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Originally Posted by thesultanofswing86
Just read this.
I agree with the initial point made. The moderators can be so pathetic. "This thread is now closed as its a waste of bandwidth"
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That would be threads that consist of one word, or a stupid comment that isn't designed to provoke any sort of discussion. A thread that has become a slagging match, or contains material that is harmful to other users of this site will be moderated up to a point by deleting posts, but once it becomes clear that anyone interested in making a sensible point has been put off the discussion by people acting like idiots, closure is the only option.
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Originally Posted by thesultanofswing86
Bullshit. 90% of this website is a complete and utter waste of bandwidth. Thats what its about! And then people come on and say oh this site is supposed to be about music blah blah blah. These people obviously enjoy reading the posts full of shite otherwise they would just ignore it and not bother saying a thing!
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Complete nonsense. This has been dealt with so many times, but it boils down to this; if you're looking for somewhere to read/post utter shit, do it somewhere else. We'd rather this site concentrated on the music community and the people involved in it, and that's why we're cracking down on the stupid stuff.
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Originally Posted by thesultanofswing86
Then they go do what they've done to the wasteland. What a complete waste of time and effort. Who actually cares? It's just an internet forum for god sake. As long as the main goal of the website (music, apparantly) is being met, who gives a shit what goes on in such forums as the wasteland.
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The Wasteland reorganisation is in response to what users have told us they'd like to see in the site. You don't like it, fine. It's an experiment, it might work, it might not. No point in getting your knickers in a twist.
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Originally Posted by thesultanofswing86
People take it far too seriously (maybe I'm guilty of that in writing this) and the moderators are especially guilty of this.
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Of course the moderators take it seriously. That's why we volunteered for the job, in order to help maintain and develop this site into a useful resource for musicians and music lovers.
You seem to have a very small-minded and old-fashioned view of what can be achieved using sites like this. Remember, the forums are only one aspect of this site. Far more people use this site as a resource for finding out information and communicating directly with venues and promoters than post on the forums. If the material on the forums is giving the place a bad name, or if there are too many nonsense threads drowning out relevant and useful information, though, then the mods will definitely step in and remove the offending material. I for one would never apologise for doing so, and neither would any of the rest of the staff.