[Flame]

Originally posted by Lipton

I think ATRL is going for a more mature overhaul -- an overhaul that is focused more on the intelligent side of our members. There is a shift in changes to make it more about the music, more about the actual content that brought us here in the first place.

And you guys think that will actually happen? More delusional than I thought.

[Lee!!]

Originally posted by MrPeanut

Delete all sections except Games and Your Top Ten.

Shhh don't tell everyone about the next phase yet!

[Lipton]

Originally posted by EdgeOfAddiction

the real announcement that SYG is closing.

It's coming in a few months, maybe sooner depending on how much it keeps becoming a problem.

[Goosey]

Originally posted by Retro

The key part of my post is "inappropriate" - it's not at all that we want the forum to be 100% exclusively about music, it's that both when the discussion is about music and when it is not, it needs to be appropriate for all users.

And what does the last part entail?

Because the first post in this thread is somewhat open to interpretation. "no shade" (good luck with that), "no IMPLIED nudity" (what does this even mean?), "no scantily clad bodies" (what pop girl isn't) makes it sound like this is the new face of ATRL:

[Gui Blackout]

Originally posted by Lee!!

If Facebook or Google makes a change to their privacy settings and if you don't like the change you can deactivate your account and cease using their product. It's the same thing here. It's not stupid in any way. You just don't agree with our decision. There's a difference.

No the difference is that you and the rest of the mods/adm need to stop with this "we do what we want, we don't care about you think, deal with it" attitude. I can guarantee that these changes are not pleasing 95% of the members. So again, the changes are being made to please WHO?

[Retro]

Originally posted by Flame

I do find it a joke that we have to censor basically everything when pop music does NOT censor itself at all. Music can be super raunchy. Hell. We can't even have some threads because pop stars have a bad word in their song title. Like it's so stupid. I don't understand.

What I think people are missing from the OP is that we know pop music isn't perfectly G rated. I stan for Lady Gaga for god's sake, of course I get it. There will be leeway with entertainment in general because there are aspects of it that are inherently "raunchy" - it just has to be within reasonable limits.

[jayyyxtee]

Originally posted by Vespertine

You guys are all doing the most in here, like boo-fricken-hoo, you can't go on racist/homophobic/misogynistic rants in blogs anymore

I'll admit the total banning of suggestive content even in blogs seems a bit much to me, but otherwise the changes are fine. I always cringed whenever I opened my laptop in class and accidentally had an ATRL window up, probably with some dude's ***** dancing across my screen

it's just the fact that this server is TERRIBLE after months of them telling us "its being worked on" and then they have the nerve to continue to take things away. How bout you keep up with your promises before making changes

[Mimie]

Originally posted by Flame

And you guys think that will actually happen? More delusional than I thought.

I mean, we're pop music fans. And they expect us not to get messy?
The pop girls are such a MESS, they shouldn't expect less from us

[Erik]

Yeah, close SYG. I'm all for it!

[Kamil24]

Originally posted by Lee!!

Shhh don't tell everyone about the next phase yet!

Not the Games section

[lancelovesgaga]

Are you guys allowed to archive blogs?

[Tigre]

I don't even go to the Blogs...but I'll be PISSED if Stand Your Ground is closed. Yayyyy a music forum where everyone walks on eggshells because no one is allowed to have a negative opinion without getting reported by a butthurt stan.

[Giselle]

Originally posted by Flame

I do find it a joke that we have to censor basically everything when pop music does NOT censor itself at all. Music can be super raunchy. Hell. We can't even have some threads because pop stars have a bad word in their song title. Like it's so stupid. I don't understand.

The swift clock And isn't that what made MTV (where TRL [where ATRL came from] came from) so popular? These girls aren't even slightly making sense

Originally posted by EdgeOfAddiction

This buzz announcement was cute and all but I'm ready for the real announcement that SYG is closing.

That'd make more sense than all of this. Some of the things people post in their, and they're worried about keeping it "appropriate"

[Rated R]

Does this mean MusicLoverDude can't post shirtless selflies anymore? Is that crossing the line of inappropriate?

[Mellark]

The frustrations. I'm okay with these rules but it had to come.

[Sazare]

Actually, I do have a question about blogs

Blogs will now be treated like the rest of the forum. No explicit or offensive content allowed (No “NHB” or “Dirty Talk” content). Private blogs have a little more freedom when it comes to celebrity discussion and general arguments, but sexually explicit content is prohibited and blog titles must not contain offensive content (no shading, trolling, etc).

Does that mean that the contents of a blog (e.g. its text and its comments) are allowed to have shade/trolling?

[Stunnah]

Originally posted by Vespertine

You guys are all doing the most in here, like boo-fricken-hoo, you can't go on racist/homophobic/misogynistic rants in blogs anymore

I'll admit the total banning of suggestive content even in blogs seems a bit much to me, but otherwise the changes are fine. I always cringed whenever I opened my laptop in class and accidentally had an ATRL window up, probably with some dude's ***** dancing across my screen I can go to other sites for that, thank you very much

I completely agree. Freedom of expression is so disgusting! I think we should have to finish all our posts with 'Praise Jesus' and ban the gender-bending use of 'sis'. Such blasphemy should not be tolerated in the new and improved ATRL. The mods sleep, but God doesn't, and he's always ready to dispense a few WPs for nudity and lewd talk!

[RainDreamer]

Originally posted by Lipton

SYG will be the next thing to go. It is already being discussed.

Just as I thought , 'Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 2.0' here we come .... Might as well put an age range for people who want to join the site to know who its targeted people are. Am sure the mods will now have it better managing reports about " someone took my avi "

[ANDR.OID]

Originally posted by Lee!!

We didn't expect anything less

A Cole Sprouse Tumblr social experiment sized mess.

[Doc]

Oh my god, 22 pages.
Let me bookmark so I can read through the MELTDOWNS after I finish my lab report.