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victorsskull	Date: January 8, 2009 @ 5:39 PM well how bout some suggestions
BOWILLIE	Date: January 8, 2009 @ 7:10 PM http://images2.dmusic.com/users/b/o/w/bowillie/66748.jpg
DoNotDisturb	Date: January 8, 2009 @ 7:12 PM
victorsskull	Date: January 8, 2009 @ 9:53 PM
GeneHilbert	Date: January 9, 2009 @ 1:23 AM I'd like to able to upload some pictures. That would be swell.... Oh and some beer wenches... would be kewl also.
elektronz	Date: January 9, 2009 @ 1:32 AM a kick up the arse speed wise coz its dragging said appendage bigtime
elektronz	Date: January 9, 2009 @ 1:37 AM ok i take that last statement back ..its my pc thats dragging its bum
elektronz	Date: January 9, 2009 @ 1:41 AM how about making the upload limit equall to how much song memory you have left ..ive got a couple of projects id like to upload as a whole thing as there 50 and 55 meg ..
victorsskull	Date: January 9, 2009 @ 9:06 AM On 9th Jan 2012, elektronz said: a kick up the arse speed wise coz its dragging said appendage bigtime should be good today
Rockmebaby	Date: January 9, 2009 @ 9:15 AM How about a nice sexy male voice to greet me when I log on
zedsalt	Date: January 9, 2009 @ 9:39 AM I could record a GOOD one. The trick would be for you to then avoid looking at any photo of me...
Rockmebaby	Date: January 9, 2009 @ 10:59 AM you'll do :bigrin:
victorsskull	Date: January 9, 2009 @ 11:07 AM lol
ChillinBuzz	Date: January 9, 2009 @ 11:19 AM cough skins sneeze
GeneHilbert	Date: January 9, 2009 @ 11:29 AM Management Announcement Dear employees, Due to the current financial situation caused by the slowdown of economy, Management has decided to implement a scheme to put workers of 40 years of age and above on early retirement. This scheme will be known as RAPE (Retire Aged People Early). Persons selected to be RAPED can apply to management to be eligible for the SHAFT scheme (Special Help After Forced Termination). Persons who have been RAPED and SHAFTED will be reviewed under the SCREW programm (Scheme Covering Retired Early Workers). A person may be RAPED once, SHAFTED twice and SCREWED as many times as Management deems appropriate. Persons who have been RAPED can only get AIDS (Additional Income for Dependants & Spouse) or HERPES (Half Earnings for Retired Personnel Early Severance). Obviously persons who have AIDS or HERPES will not be SHAFTED or SCREWED any further by Management. Persons who are not RAPED and are staying on will receive as much SHIT (Special High Intensity Training) as possible. Management has always prided itself on the amount of SHIT it gives employees. Should you feel that you do not receive enough SHIT, please bring to the attention of your Supervisor. They have been trained to give you all the SHIT you can handle. Sincerely, The Management
GTOriginal	Date: January 9, 2009 @ 1:54 PM I would offer to help, but my voice sounds like Big Bird with his nuts in a grinder, if he were possesed by the devil at the time.
leflaw	Date: January 9, 2009 @ 3:43 PM sell music downloads with proceeds to artists paypal account ( subscribers only) non - subscribers can sell too but with 50/50 split to dmusic's paypal account
leflaw	Date: January 9, 2009 @ 3:46 PM -bulk uploader with ftp-like drag and drop interface -sldeshow for gifs -option to remove all dmusic graphics and sitewide links from artists page, so it look like ..... an artists page allow songs to be accessible by password, or by email address, so you can invite people for "private" or non-public performances or downloads I got lots more now that I have victor to bash for not getting it done !!!
celtaidd	Date: January 9, 2009 @ 5:25 PM non subs to have a watchlist
zedsalt	Date: January 10, 2009 @ 9:20 AM On 9th Jan 2012, GTOriginal said: I would offer to help, but my voice sounds like Big Bird with his nuts in a grinder, if he were possesed by the devil at the time. This seemed difficult to believe at first, but then I thought of the difference between Mel Tillis' speaking voice and his singing voice... [QUOTE info=leflaw,January 9, 2009 @ 3:43 PM]sell music downloads with proceeds to artists paypal account ( subscribers only)QUOTE] How would it differ from the paid downloads program that was attempted not long ago? I mean, aside from being available to all subscribers, rather than a small group of beta testers...what changes are you thinking might make it sucessful?
ChillinBuzz	Date: January 10, 2009 @ 9:50 AM On 10th Jan 2012, zedsalt said: How would it differ from the paid downloads program that was attempted not long ago? I mean, aside from being available to all subscribers, rather than a small group of beta testers...what changes are you thinking might make it sucessful? What, apart from it actually working and hoping it will pay out?
guitaroo	Date: January 10, 2009 @ 2:34 PM For one, the preview button on the forums is posting instead of previewing - that shouldn't take to much blood or sweat to fix. I haven't been around enough to know what else - but I'll let you know.
GeneHilbert	Date: January 10, 2009 @ 2:51 PM That reminds me, Thanks Roo.... A self delete post function, or an edit function........ Smiheotng...... A wayy tooooo crorcet da dammmm mis potsign Paesle........
FraDonaghy	Date: January 10, 2009 @ 3:00 PM It's pretty obvious what the site "needs".. more money. An investor or two or a large advertising contract. Invest that money in fixing the servers (so they don't grind to a crawl every few days) and the other bugs. Then advertise the site in mainstream media and get more users and artists involved. After that, we can tinker with the bells and whistles.
hate9wicket	Date: January 10, 2009 @ 4:00 PM A new AJ.... http://u2dominator.blogspot.com/ He frequents a fan site, starts about 20 threads a day, has an "album" for sale on CDBaby. Should I recruit him?
GeneHilbert	Date: January 10, 2009 @ 4:14 PM LOL........ All Hail AJ..... We are in need of some new victims. Only having Zedfrick to fuck with gets a little stale..... And brother rhthesinner mostly blocks the new meat before we can warm up to them..... We need....... fresh meat.... fresh meat.... fresh meat....
victorsskull	Date: January 10, 2009 @ 4:22 PM yes drama drives and chaos
rokatie2	Date: January 10, 2009 @ 4:40 PM sampling chaos be a cost chicago?
ChillinBuzz	Date: January 10, 2009 @ 6:25 PM evening, boss! I mean, bot!
victorsskull	Date: January 10, 2009 @ 8:30 PM
GeneHilbert	Date: January 11, 2009 @ 6:58 AM That's what I talkin' 'bout........ LOL
milesov	Date: January 23, 2009 @ 4:24 PM 2mins to a song that qualifies for charting... #5 offer incentives to the people you do have here. ie, get 30 bands to upload, yer subscription is free for life or whatever #6 bring the people back. start issuing 30 day notices to sign into their account or lose it. you've at least got a chance to get them back that way.....if not, more server cleaning! make more use of your emailing ability. have a featured artist email, weekly or monthly newsletter, anything, get dmusic's name back in the inbox and see if the traffic follows... #7 leflaw has good ideas. more customization to the band pages. i can't stand the current color scheme myself. maybe you can allow code from some of these other sites like pimpmyprofile or whatever that are available to myspace users? and if none of that works... #8 hack the competition
victorsskull	Date: January 23, 2009 @ 4:29 PM thanx bro On 23rd Jan 2012, milesov said: 2mins to a song that qualifies for charting... #5 offer incentives to the people you do have here. ie, get 30 bands to upload, yer subscription is free for life or whatever #6 bring the people back. start issuing 30 day notices to sign into their account or lose it. you've at least got a chance to get them back that way.....if not, more server cleaning! make more use of your emailing ability. have a featured artist email, weekly or monthly newsletter, anything, get dmusic's name back in the inbox and see if the traffic follows... #7 leflaw has good ideas. more customization to the band pages. i can't stand the current color scheme myself. maybe you can allow code from some of these other sites like pimpmyprofile or whatever that are available to myspace users? and if none of that works... #8 hack the competition
milesov	Date: January 23, 2009 @ 4:30 PM 2mins to a song that qualifies for charting...
milesov	Date: January 23, 2009 @ 4:33 PM sorry, i keep trying to post 1 thru 4, and it keeps screwing up...i sent you those vic, on your page...post'm if you like...
SimonWaldram	Date: January 23, 2009 @ 4:52 PM What the site needs now is love, sweet love.
ChillinBuzz	Date: January 23, 2009 @ 5:20 PM There are incentives... getting 30 bands to upload for a lifetime subscription is too easily abuseable though - I could do that quite easily with the amount of music I've written (pass it off as several artists) and a good knowledge of computers (which I also have)... Nope, unrealistic I think. 30 day notices aren't that great to be honest, depending on who you'd be targetting. What say someone gets cut off or thrown in jail for a few months, would it be fair to wipe them out for that? No. If you're talking about accounts that have been dormant for a few years, then maybe... But not 30 days. What sites out there kill users after that short length of time (that you can compare to us)? Customisation I am hoping is still on the cards. However, everyone says, "MySpace can do it, why can't we?" or something similar... Yes, MySpace do allow it - And that same coding allows all manner of malicious crap, nevermind the idiots who post hundreds of images and videos on their page, causing your machine to have a prolonged fit. Skins are something I'm quite in favour of, as long as there's plenty of choice. Hack the competition? Best idea so far
victorsskull	Date: January 23, 2009 @ 5:35 PM also a problem is someone could create 30 artist accounts and then get a free subscription not cool custamizing pages would be great
victorsskull	Date: January 23, 2009 @ 5:52 PM #8 hack the compitition
GTOriginal	Date: January 23, 2009 @ 5:55 PM DMusic doesn't need anything. It is the perfect online Utopia. This call for suggestions is only a ploy to give the management something to shoot down now that most of the users are gone already. Still, I'm gullible enough to throw a few out there in the hopes that someone who matters will pay attention: 1) Bring the old timers back - if they lost any sub time last year, refund it to them, perhaps with a little extra for the pain in the ass. Maybe comp their next few months if not willing or able to pay out. Collecting sub fees during early 2008 was borderline criminal. Promising a refund and not delivering it was also. Note that I personally have nothing to gain with this one. - Also poll the users as to why they are leaving in the first place. Many will be afraid to say directly, but some may not. Regardless; if the attitude is screw you goodbye, then screw you goodbye it shall be, as we have seen... 2) Attract new users. In 2003 I came to a completely supportive music web site with a community that separated DM from all the others. In that time DM has pretty much morphed into yet another ho-hum pay site, and any semblence of community has been chucked out the window. Personally I thank one or two abusive individuals for that, which is all it really takes. DM should periodically review their bolt holders performance instead of giving them free reign to drive people away... 3) Don't sell artist CDSs unless you are going to compensate them as agreed. I speak from pure experience, 15 units later. 4) Fix or delete the preview button. Two seconds work for a college frehman. 5) Let's get our shit together collectively on what is SPAM and what is not: I think if the artist has tunes on DM, he or she should be allowed to go to the public shouty and say so. Depending on the person, this is either OK or it is not OK (favoritism needs to be eliminated too lol). In either case, nobody's gonna wait around to be discovered, and there are plenty of genuine spammers to rip apart.
victorsskull	Date: January 23, 2009 @ 6:02 PM 5)where are the spammers ? please show me. 4) yes this needs to be fixed 3) working on it 2)working on it 1)bring the old timers back-working on it yes I do things backwards lol
milesov	Date: January 23, 2009 @ 6:18 PM fileden is online storage, i have my music on it. they require a log in every 30 days...i think other storages do as well, like rapidshare...not exactly the same, but its being done. maybe 30 days is too short. i dunno. yes, i've been off the inet longer than 30 days so i understand your point. the point of that was mainly to get dmusic on people's eyes/mind via email...its by far the cheapest form of advertising you don't even necessarily have to delete the account even...maybe you suspend it, and make request a new password or something... i get email notices for different things that occur as well...ie "you've just received a comment from _____ at your soundclick page...or..."line6 monthly newsletter", etc...you have a database of email addresses, why not use it to full advantage? certainly every time a store is sold there's a "under new management" sign in the window", lol. maybe offer 1yr on the get 30 bands, i dunno, then it won't be worth all the trouble of creating 30 artist accounts, be less effort to just pay the sub fees. perhaps there's other incentives. i dunno. the idea was to get the community to assist in bringing people back...thats it. maybe no incentives are necessary. this type of concept worked well at mixposure in its early stage. though, i participated in the program in a sincere fashion! LOL! and ya, i agree about the overkill that goes on at myspace too. just trying to help!
GTOriginal	Date: January 23, 2009 @ 6:20 PM Spammers don't stick around. That's what makes them spammers. Still it should be either OK or not OK for artists to promote their tunes on this site. It seems to be a case-by-case depending on the personalities involved and the phase of the moon. If a guideline exists, it should be published and linked to the main page... Oh yeah... 6) Fix or wipe the link to the DM Radio Stations on the main page. I did my part to promote others with my classic connection, and was thanked with a page that cannot be displayed. A year later, same shit. Maybe the same college freshman from item number 4 can fix this one too...
victorsskull	Date: January 23, 2009 @ 6:21 PM we are working on email notifications On 23rd Jan 2012, milesov said: fileden is online storage, i have my music on it. they require a log in every 30 days...i think other storages do as well, like rapidshare...not exactly the same, but its being done. maybe 30 days is too short. i dunno. yes, i've been off the inet longer than 30 days so i understand your point. the point of that was mainly to get dmusic on people's eyes/mind via email...its by far the cheapest form of advertising you don't even necessarily have to delete the account even...maybe you suspend it, and make request a new password or something... i get email notices for different things that occur as well...ie
victorsskull	Date: January 23, 2009 @ 6:23 PM the radio is being worked on and if there is a link on there that doesnt work let me know so I can fix it. On 23rd Jan 2012, GTOriginal said: Spammers don't stick around. That's what makes them spammers. Still it should be either OK or not OK for artists to promote their tunes on this site. It seems to be a case-by-case depending on the personalities involved and the phase of the moon. If a guideline exists, it should be published and linked to the main page... Oh yeah... 6) Fix or wipe the link to the DM Radio Stations on the main page. I did my part to promote others with my classic connection, and was thanked with a page that cannot be displayed. A year later, same shit. Maybe the same college freshman from item number 4 can fix this one too...
ChillinBuzz	Date: January 23, 2009 @ 6:27 PM Good idea for the poll, Gary. Also, the preview button does need to vanish but I have a feeling the coder's biggest concern is working out why the site speed keeps going up and down like a yo-yo (and how to stop it doing this)... But since I'm not him, I'm not speaking on his behalf, just thinking what it might be. As for selling the CDs, some other sites don't pay anything out until you reach a certain threshold - I assume this is to keep administrative costs down? I know not everyone has PayPal (and I don't trust them anymore after one incident last year) but there has to be a line somewhere... Still, I think perhaps it should be sorted after a set time rather than reaching a point in sales, if that was preferred by an artist. Nobody right now has a problem with spam in the community shoutbox, do they? I know I had a problem with it there quite some time ago but not anymore. I personally don't respond well to it in my own shoutbox unless it's someone I know well (and I'm not asking for it to be diverted to my inbox, as I've done in the past) but everyone has a different limit. So, recap - community shoutbox promotion is NOT spam, user shoutboxes are the users' area and they make their own terms there. Genuine spammers do exist, Vic - I suspended one today after they joined the site just to promote something to do with "downloading comedy shows onto your pc" - the thread was deleted by another admin with more privileges. We tend to get at the actual spammers pretty well... Having said that, anyone who objects to this stuff can always use the "block user" option if they don't want it on their page... I've used it where I've decided that I just can't get along with someone I think falls under that category - Certainly beats having a bitter public argument with them, which leads me to the only point of GT's that I haven't touched on, #2... There aren't enough users, for sure. The newest users list appears to be fairly active but a lot of them never sign in, which makes me think they never even look at the site beyond a couple of pages - You have to wonder why they don't... That's something that could be targeted with a poll or an email form for users too. Since 2003, I can only think of "one or two" bolt holders that have had a negative effect, so correct me if I'm wrong. The first was our former head admin, who rightfully lost his job - after breaching users' privacy to satisfy his own stupidity and banning people simply because he didn't agree with them or didn't want them around, amongst other things... I can think of another bolt holder (who wasn't a bolt holder for 2 years until recently again) who played a part in pissing off a fair few people... Right now, that person is a lot different to what he was back then but if people still feel badly about him, I think he'd rather know now and give up the bolt, than have people forever labelling him.
ChillinBuzz	Date: January 23, 2009 @ 6:28 PM milesov, you brought up some good ideas... it may take something radical to kick the machine back into gear here. and if by college freshman that means Jack, i don't think he's around anymore...
BOWILLIE	Date: January 23, 2009 @ 6:44 PM polling is a good idea.. but the phrasing is confusing. .. unless the handfull of people here are leaving..whats the point in posting that question? email the ones who did leave and link them that poll. then again..poll questions would be confining and not actually touching on the real reasons.. ultimately you will get a dozen personal excuses and then you are back where you started. what would poll questions be? you couldnt ask a direct fill in the blank one hundred words or less
GTOriginal	Date: January 23, 2009 @ 6:46 PM Jack! No, I was referring to any generic programming student, not pointing fingers at Jack or anyone else.
GTOriginal	Date: January 23, 2009 @ 6:48 PM 7) Get rid of pesky double posters.
ChillinBuzz	Date: January 23, 2009 @ 6:53 PM Coders came and went faster than users...
Distilled1	Date: January 23, 2009 @ 8:05 PM "perhaps there's other incentives. i dunno. the idea was to get the community to assist in bringing people back...thats it. maybe no incentives are necessary. this type of concept worked well at mixposure in its early stage. though, i participated in the program in a sincere fashion! LOL! " Last year I sent a note to everyone on my buddy list, this is well over 250, If I had all the emails I would have sent them as well. I was not a formal admin of the site at the time, I did this as a grass root effort, as well all of should do so! IF I can find my forum thread or any one can post a link to it it had the note I sent... I sent Hi you alive we miss you hope everything's going all right Dmusic misses you stop in and let me know whats going on... over a year later I still get reply's... ( I think just did this as well. some OLD timers are not doing music nor interested in it anymore others have given up on the web, and are living their life best they can. my opinion is we need to get as many new users that are active in music making and listening here and keep them here and well that goes for old and new alike right? Bottom line is we need to have a reason to be here at this site. something that will keep everyone entertained. just MHO. and a lot is being worked on e-mail, newsletter , radio, and much more. Make sure your e-mails are up to date milesov I set for e-mail notification of notes and as well set notify comments etc. so I get it all in my e-mail everyday do users have this ability as well? keep the ideas and comments/suggestions good and bad coming we need to know it all
GTOriginal	Date: January 23, 2009 @ 8:16 PM A lot of those features are subscriber-only. Watchlists are a great example. As a nonsub I don't know these things exist, so much for a selling point. The message is basically here you are enjoying our site - pay good hard earned money in a toubled economy and we will give in return... stuff you don't know about. Space alone would sell subs in a community of supportive people. As a relative old timer I have tried to volunteer this and that to the site and pretty much get nowhere every time. My internet connection sucks but my time is almost unlimited for now. So there ya go. DMusic - Grass Roots Since 1998
Distilled1	Date: January 23, 2009 @ 8:17 PM heres WHAT i WROTE post a link to your page and the dmusic sign up page at the top of EVERY page you have, myspace, soundclick, last FM, garage band , mp3.au, mp3.com, your web site, your friends web site. every email (unless its a company e-mail ( I got in trouble for that LOL ) add a link in your sig. heres mine : great indie music site all genres all free all legal!!! Rich, Empire Day Music for YOU visit me at DMusic each has a clicable link dmusic.com, the band page and my page. and this on any blog or forum you ever goto even one time! as a sig. spread the word, now as a DJ here I do this daily with artist I want to play I ask them to please come and join up and push the FREE and better than any other for free, of course I have no way of knowing they do but its that effort I hope that helps. talk to friends from here that have disapeard, many are out there still at other sites. find them and bring them back! ( I know will be easier if there is something really good happening. just Ideas with any site if "WE" are not promoting it and ourselves there wont be any site. everyone send this to all your buddy list (Confused) I did you still alive? We miss you and your music! Dmusic Live streaming radio 24/7 http://209.51.162.163:6922/listen.pls "alll 700 of them Faints" (YES ALL 700!) hope you stop in and say Hi! (your name)
GTOriginal	Date: January 23, 2009 @ 8:20 PM On 23rd Jan 2012, victorsskull said: the radio is being worked on and if there is a link on there that doesnt work let me know so I can fix it... http://gtoriginal.dmusic.net/playlists/26240hifi/26240/.eece16fc/stream.m3u
Distilled1	Date: January 23, 2009 @ 8:24 PM ^ cool that's what we need
GTOriginal	Date: January 23, 2009 @ 8:27 PM My final suggestion - take any account that has been active more than three years, mail the person a T-Shirt and say "thanks for your support". Uers that are gone - what do they all have in common? The problem with DM is this hasn't been considered yet. When you see someone having an account created in say 2002 and all they do is link to other sites from here, one has to wonder why. I have probably listed every reason here and elsewhere. You are the horse. You are at the water. Drink it or don't. I'm good either way. GT
Distilled1	Date: January 23, 2009 @ 8:28 PM *note LT/ the link is broken in the radio drop down list this one works http://gtoriginal.dmusic.net/music/stream/hifi/26240/.eece16fc/stream.m3u from his play list page but not from the boom box thing no one can read (well I speak for my old butt I can't read it I have to magnifier it )
victorsskull	Date: January 23, 2009 @ 9:28 PM what I did last week is went through my buddy list and went to all the band pages that havent been on in ages and told them about the video posting on dm. every band page on dm hase a "email artist" so its easy to do.
psypig	Date: January 24, 2009 @ 5:36 AM As someone who was around years ago but hasn't really been active here since then I can tell you this - If I didn't already know about this place from way back I don't think I would have heard about it (this might sound stupid but hopefully you see what I mean) I haven't seen any ads/features/reviews/anything else about this site since I stopped hanging here. If you want new members you need to get the word out more effectively. Btw Hi everyone. I think I'll stay a while and see what's going on
zedsalt	Date: January 24, 2009 @ 9:59 AM I read a blurb about the Meat DBeatles album in a MusicDish newsletter. That's the only time I've seen DM mentioned anywhere but a DMer's site. Opportunities for free exposure abound.
leflaw	Date: January 25, 2009 @ 3:32 PM The CEO ought to hire some marketing person.
GeneHilbert	Date: January 25, 2009 @ 4:08 PM There's a thinking man...........
Distilled1	Date: January 25, 2009 @ 5:56 PM
TameasDust	Date: January 26, 2009 @ 6:49 AM thread should have been here
GTOriginal	Date: January 28, 2009 @ 2:54 AM Now that my time on the main page is over I would like to say thanks DM, was an honor while it lasted...
elektronz	Date: January 29, 2009 @ 4:29 AM just come across a quick way to delete multiple tracks 10 delete track 20 refresh page until only removed from database is showing 30 click back a page 40 if tracks to delete are done then 50 45 goto 10 50 end
Rodrica	Date: January 29, 2009 @ 5:01 AM Some time ago I sent a polite request to an admin regarding an issue that I was not happy about and offered a suggestion as to how to resolve it. It was a minor request that would have kept me happy (several admins in the past have been happy to oblige in similar situations). Instead I was given a "corporate" style response that said a meeting had taken place between the admins and it was decided not to grant my request. It was a simple request that would have taken an admin only a few seconds to implement and would hopefully have been a one-off situation. If members feel that they do not have the support of some of those who operate the site then there is no way forward. Some of the members who you are trying to attract back on site have experienced exactly the same situation as myself. I think we all love the site and the majority of people here do a great job, but there has been disappointment about one particular aspect, which I'd rather not go into publicly. Resolve this problem and it will help to increase your membership. Email me if you want to discuss further.
TameasDust	Date: January 29, 2009 @ 8:13 AM On 23rd Jan 2012, GTOriginal said: 7) Get rid of pesky double posters. done.
BOWILLIE	Date: January 29, 2009 @ 8:15 AM nice job
BOWILLIE	Date: January 29, 2009 @ 8:15 AM nice job
TameasDust	Date: January 29, 2009 @ 8:23 AM
Mojosnake	Date: January 29, 2009 @ 8:52 AM i'm all for a swift kick in the nuts not joking....... well i know joe king thats another story ........
TameasDust	Date: January 29, 2009 @ 10:08 AM like this
Mojosnake	Date: January 29, 2009 @ 10:09 AM hey thats what willis was talkin 'bout....
zedsalt	Date: January 29, 2009 @ 10:09 AM I think I've met Joe's son, Jess Joe King. Wow, a site where one user makes one minor, polite request, and that's enough to convene a meeting of administrators...I'm not trying to play down Rodrica's contributions and importance here when I say, you have to admit- that's pretty impressive. Here in the forums, I recently professed my love for another site which, rumor has it, doesn't even have an administrator. From what I'm told, they wait until they have a number of requests for administrative functions, then hire a rent-a-techie to perform them. DMusic continues to impress...
GeneHilbert	Date: January 29, 2009 @ 11:27 AM On 29th Jan 2012, Rodrica said: Some time ago I sent a polite request to an admin regarding an issue that I was not happy about and offered a suggestion as to how to resolve it. It was a minor request that would have kept me happy (several admins in the past have been happy to oblige in similar situations). Instead I was given a I'm with Rodz here. There has been way too many times when I've just given up on issues because it appears that no one gives a shit - or the request is brushed off as inconsequential. Even to the point of being ignored. There is nothing impressive about that.
victorsskull	Date: January 29, 2009 @ 11:33 AM I'm not going to say what the request was but if you knew what it was you might understand the situation better so my opinion about this matter is it should stay private and not in the threads unless she is willing to discuss what it was about.
TameasDust	Date: January 29, 2009 @ 8:25 PM I have no reference to that which is being not said so I have no idea what is not going on
victorsskull	Date: January 29, 2009 @ 8:29 PM well said bro lol
TameasDust	Date: January 30, 2009 @ 4:06 AM Gene you always have good ideas and they are not ignored. At the time there was no way to implement them due to the site being redone and then fixing the redone. That is according to my memory of events ... being half senile the memory might be a bit iffy.
Rodrica	Date: January 30, 2009 @ 9:58 AM "She" is definitely not willing to discuss it in public again, this matter was originally made public against my will, when in fact it should have remained private in the first place. That's my point/suggestion; let's not have unsavory or private matters dragged publicly through the forums again...or on anyone's page. You asked for suggestions and I've given you one. Please try and tighten up on this aspect, less people will get upset and more people will have trust in the site. I was told that all the admins had discussed this specific matter among themselves and reached a joint decision. I'm therefore amazed that nobody seems to know anything about it. Let's not open up old wounds by voicing stuff in public that needs to be handled with more sensitivity and in private.
TameasDust	Date: January 30, 2009 @ 10:02 AM Fair Nuff not that I know anything which I don't
victorsskull	Date: January 30, 2009 @ 10:11 AM miss rodrica you are the one that opened up the old wound[QUOTE info=Rodrica,January 30, 2009 @ 9:58 AM][/QUOTE]
Distilled1	Date: January 30, 2009 @ 10:17 AM private things should remain that way, if the person starting the thread (and we have had our share of these) starts it they best think twice before they post what they typed. I don't know who can delete post .. I can't. if someone post personal or unsavory or just plain rude items in any public viewing area, about someone else with out their consent these should be dealt with with a deletion of all said postings and IMHO a suspension from the site for 3 days (mind you this is my opinion, and I am a user like everyone else. I can only suggest these ideas, I can't implement them or I would be over steeping my boundary ) on unsavory/potty forums that we have had and I am sure will have more of. I have suggested (and did in the past as well) a special forum area for Not Safe For Work or enter at your own risk where its a free for all and people can do what ever they want, as well those that do not want to read or see even a heading about showers or poo or etc. don't have to. and any off topic post that deal with that, can be moved right there to a off topic thread that may be funny to read at some point. Another is a straight out politics heading as threads so many times turn into them or start as politics (I get sucked into them all the time if it was a separate heading I wouldn't go there
GTOriginal	Date: January 30, 2009 @ 10:28 AM Distilled1 it is encouraging to see both a Bolt and Boundaries in the same place. I agree with the trash forum concept. Easy enough to move misplaced threads there without deleting them, making the whole forum more public friendly. One thing I don't get: What's wrong with chicken for crying out loud? I just had chicken for dinner last nite. It was good.
victorsskull	Date: January 30, 2009 @ 10:29 AM
BOWILLIE	Date: January 30, 2009 @ 10:38 AM i agree..will probally get bashed against the head from the freedom of speech advocates.. but over all respectibility for the site is important. ive been involved in some unsavory threads here..and the later realization of those things are a bit embarrassing to think new artists/listeners read these things..and automatically judge the whole site for the actions of a few.((the catholic school systems banning the students from dmusic from the school computers was one instant.. im not overly religious..but do respect respective limits.. sue me. this isnt a verbal* naughty porn/inuendo site..its a music site. and for the future success of dmusic i can make a few concessions.
Distilled1	Date: January 30, 2009 @ 10:46 AM I am all about Freedom of speech. But on a public site that like you said is music not dirty stuff. I think it turns people away or leaves a bad taste. Why not have one area to have silly fun that does not show up on the meta data so that yep schools can open these pages!! I know my last job I could get to some pages but if I had the VPN on I could not get to the forums at all and half the pages (I would have to sneak in on urls like my page edit one
zedsalt	Date: January 30, 2009 @ 10:58 AM Ah, now, see, I have to admit that I had completely missed the point of Rodrica's first post in this thread. I was under the impression that she thought that a suggestion she had made in private, and wished to keep private, WAS the improvement she was suggesting. No, the idea that DMusic strive to be a kinder, gentler place, more family friendly...that makes much more sense, and sounds much more like our Rodrica (who is not nearly as prone to appearing senseless as, say, me, for example). That's pretty touchy territory. The current policy seems to be to allow as much as can be allowed without ignoring downright pointless viciousness. It seems, to me, like a fairly safe approach...much more so than trying to determine some average measure for tenderness of sensitivities and try to not transcend it. Las Vegas, I think, is the best example of the latter sort of effort. It's not likely to ever become a family vacation destination, and the only people who have benefited from the clean-up effort are those who operate casinos elsewhere. It sounds like Holland is about to follow in driving away tourists by the thousands. And where might we drive people away to? Maybe places like mp3.com, where I see a list of administrators as long as my arm every day, and my effort to get my avatar to appear beside my screenname is closing in on its first birthday (I've been trying since 2/29/0. That last bit was a little off-topic. Just my way of venting and saying, yet again, that Dmusic rocks.
GeneHilbert	Date: January 30, 2009 @ 11:27 AM Yeah I concur with Zed about Rodz - you guys are in the weeds..... Try to keep up..... As far as this site acting like a day care, that's never going to happen. The rap and hip hop lyrics alone are enough to be nanny censored. Besides this is a music site - free and unbridled artist. Isn't that the point of an artist - to evoke emotion and promote discussion. It's not worth a damn with we're all happy and lil minions dancing in harmony. Talk about a snooze fest......
zedsalt	Date: January 30, 2009 @ 11:35 AM I would be concerned if I thought there were a significant number of places where websites with media streaming and/or downloading are NOT automatically blocked (with exceptions being allowed manually) but sites with "adult" material ARE.
victorsskull	Date: January 30, 2009 @ 11:42 AM adult mature content is some thing we should have as an option on the songs to add

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