Woebot
Well-known member
As of next Thursday morning all the rolling genre threads with the postfix "breaking news, gossip, libel, lies etc," are going to be shut down.
http://dissensus.com/showthread.php?t=2192
http://dissensus.com/showthread.php?t=3558
http://dissensus.com/showthread.php?t=2776
http://dissensus.com/showthread.php?t=3616
http://dissensus.com/showthread.php?t=3773
http://dissensus.com/showthread.php?t=5501
http://dissensus.com/showthread.php?t=4614
http://dissensus.com/showthread.php?t=3924
http://dissensus.com/showthread.php?t=3772
http://dissensus.com/showthread.php?t=4396
I've talked it through with all the moderators and 2Stepfan has written a little explanation which puts it very well and which will be posted on all the threads:
<b>"We're delighted see that this thread has proved so popular with Dissensus users and that so much has been contributed to it. However, this thread (and the other "Gossip and Lies" threads) are getting so long that they are pretty unmanageable, and they're beginning to suck a bit of the life out of the forum. Virtually all of the posts here would work better and get more attention if they were in proper, smaller threads. So we're going to close this thread and all the other "Gossip and Lies" threads (other than the cricket one, which is so different from all the others that it probably still has a place). We know some of you have really enjoyed this thread so we're giving you a week (seven days from now) to make your farewell posts, then we're going to close it. After that, we'd love it if you could contribute this energy to the broader forum."</b>
What we'd like to encourage people to do is simply post good threads about music. Don't post just any old fluff, for instance think for a split second if there's an existing thread which you could add to or if the world really needs a thread about so and so's belly button, but do feel free to post into the main forum.
If it's a topic lots of people are interested in it will keep itself bumped up, that in turn will encourage people who might not normally be interested to check it out. Oh, yes as per Paul's spiel, the Cricket thread will remain open.
http://dissensus.com/showthread.php?t=2192
http://dissensus.com/showthread.php?t=3558
http://dissensus.com/showthread.php?t=2776
http://dissensus.com/showthread.php?t=3616
http://dissensus.com/showthread.php?t=3773
http://dissensus.com/showthread.php?t=5501
http://dissensus.com/showthread.php?t=4614
http://dissensus.com/showthread.php?t=3924
http://dissensus.com/showthread.php?t=3772
http://dissensus.com/showthread.php?t=4396
I've talked it through with all the moderators and 2Stepfan has written a little explanation which puts it very well and which will be posted on all the threads:
<b>"We're delighted see that this thread has proved so popular with Dissensus users and that so much has been contributed to it. However, this thread (and the other "Gossip and Lies" threads) are getting so long that they are pretty unmanageable, and they're beginning to suck a bit of the life out of the forum. Virtually all of the posts here would work better and get more attention if they were in proper, smaller threads. So we're going to close this thread and all the other "Gossip and Lies" threads (other than the cricket one, which is so different from all the others that it probably still has a place). We know some of you have really enjoyed this thread so we're giving you a week (seven days from now) to make your farewell posts, then we're going to close it. After that, we'd love it if you could contribute this energy to the broader forum."</b>
What we'd like to encourage people to do is simply post good threads about music. Don't post just any old fluff, for instance think for a split second if there's an existing thread which you could add to or if the world really needs a thread about so and so's belly button, but do feel free to post into the main forum.
If it's a topic lots of people are interested in it will keep itself bumped up, that in turn will encourage people who might not normally be interested to check it out. Oh, yes as per Paul's spiel, the Cricket thread will remain open.