Dec 16, 2019

This^

The key to really getting this thing back to what it used to be...is getting members. It's been argued before so let me reiterate it; we need to appeal to a demographic of fans that want to discuss their favorite artists in an amiable environment that few other forums offer.

We attracted a wave of disgruntled users from other forums (KTT, RG, etc.) because we offered a whole different experience, incentives were encouraged, off-topic was a gold mine of equal parts absurdity and activity when music discussion dried up. All on top of a group of staff that really put effort into cultivating new ideas that kept the machine running, we were unstoppable from 15-17.

A lot of great points and suggestions have been made in this darn thread, it's just a matter of effort and application. Deep down I do hope to see this place rise from the ashes

 

Dec 16, 2019

We should be attracting the younger audience

 

Dec 15, 2019

seriously though are Stans/eminem the jews of music forums or something

getting tougher on Stans and eminem content never solved anything but every time there's a debate on how to desperately save the rotting corpse of the forum it's always back to blaming eminem/stans again with a fresh new theory

Anyway what would it take to forget our shady records heritage anyway. This forum's been up for years now and unlike previous ones hasn't been advertised as being eminem centred. And there's enough new blood to dilute the old stan genome completely but the stigma is always there cos of the history

 

Dec 15, 2019

@Lil Squeed will have to rebrand to Rich The Squid

 

Dec 14, 2019

Disagree. Reddit is doing quite well and down voting is a feature. Moreover, if there’s any take away from fb etc - engagement is name of the game. Give people tools don’t be such a Nancy lol.

Agreed- posters will a lot of favorite/like clout should be vetted, there should maybe be alternative ways to get vetted too imo. Maybe a vet lounge forum again idk

 

Dec 14, 2019

Honestly, as much as I appreciate the work that goes in here, I feel like forums are generally on the decline. But also the new particular format kinda seems cluttered to me or whatever, like aggregating everything in one place just highlights the lack of activity?

Here’s my genuine recommendation: there need to be incentives to post. Bring back Rep. Or steal from reddit and allow down votes. There needs to be a rationale for people to engage here and not on reddit, or snap chat or Kik. You def have pockets of cliques who met and communicated here, but now are just group text buddies. Dunno how you solve it but they should come back into the fold. Or I hate to call out @Dew and bc lol but I see them tweeting in a vacuum, no one responds lol, when they should just share the same thoughts here and have a captive audience. Dunno if or how we break that fever but def feels like a challenge.

There’s so much music discussion online I wish I knew a simple fix to corral conversation here.

 

Dec 14, 2019

Bring back Plus

 

Dec 14, 2019

True but it doesn’t need to be true for every forum. There will always be a niche spots for certain topics. I can go here to discuss rap or go to reddit where the user base is gigantic and feel no sense of relationship with any user there.

 

Dec 14, 2019

just be honest about the huge eminem base on here and capitalize off it.

 

Dec 13, 2019

I’m not good at giving this kind of ideas since I only was a mod to a local dying forum and was there for the years that was only trolls left to k--- it totally.
I just wanna say since you mentioned older versions and from my perspective that the thing that made me post daily and more was the milestones to reach to plus member status. And I think many people here was doing that while being able to have fun in here (s/I to @Rick for our daily back and forth posts). So maybe a system like that will bring some activity? Idk if it sounds stupid or not, just talkin from my perspective.
Also like @icecube said I think along with that a dislike button is needed to prevent spamming at pointless posts just for the milestones. Make it like with an x amount of dislikes you lose points and stuff like that. But also gotta be careful about abusing dislike button cause it gotta be about post quality and not sympathies imo.
Just my 2 scents, hope I helped a bit. Thanks for all the great work you’ve been doing.

 

Mar 5, 2022

Why am I getting feet fungal dms from the sxn80 Twitter, @joeyp363 ????

 

Jan 28, 2020

agreed. i would urge a compromise of some kind lol.

edit -- i dont think this design thing is a huge game changer btw. just personal preferences. encouraging engagement is the Key, and the overall layout is just a piece but not that enticing in a vacuum

dear god. keep the faith! just add vets and reps ffs lol