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Poll: Music News and Groups: The aftermath
View Poll Results: The groups section? YE or NE
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Yes! Keep it open
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37.62% |
No! Shut it down
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62.38% |
Member Since: 10/14/2008
Posts: 14,986
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Member Since: 12/5/2008
Posts: 1,260
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No the board is dead since the "groups" bigbang disaster!
and i dont understand if we have news for an artists, Beysus for example, we can post it in the music news section or we have to only post in the groups section, if so what can we most in the music news section?
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Member Since: 8/3/2006
Posts: 33,524
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The people who don't want official threads are the ones with un-popular faves and the same vise-versa. The server wasn't even that annoying anyway, some need to hop off for a second or two.
Back to official threads please.
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ATRL Senior Member
Member Since: 2/21/2005
Posts: 21,684
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I <3 TC for trying to make this a better place, it just makes me mad that he is not getting enough credit for it
Anyway, when official threads are back, only a few artists are gonna have one, maybe two or three. Just saying...
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Member Since: 5/1/2007
Posts: 15,659
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Originally posted by beysusfan
No the board is dead since the "groups" bigbang disaster!
and i dont understand if we have news for an artists, Beysus for example, we can post it in the music news section or we have to only post in the groups section, if so what can we most in the music news section?
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You can post it in the Music News section as long as it's relevant, if it's just chatting about Beysus, do it in the Groups section.
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Member Since: 8/3/2006
Posts: 33,524
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The mods.
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ATRL Senior Member
Member Since: 12/29/2003
Posts: 6,311
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Originally posted by TC
Personally, I think it should work like this:
Whenever there's important news (something that we all agree is important), post a new thread about it! The old one can be closed. Who cares. Then, if nothing happens for a month, the thread expires, so as to help our poor server.
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I like that idea! I think Reeces had brought it up in the Official Thread Discussion thread at some point. Thanks, both of you, for trying to find something that everyone could like!
I voted to keep groups around, since they really have not been properly used and noticed; however, if they get closed, I would not mind the new way of dealing with official threads.
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Originally posted by Red
Now, let me say this: If this leads to the official threads coming back, in whatever capacity they come back in, don't kill the groups. Actually, promote them even more, and get people involved in them. The whole group idea could be huge, if it's executed and promoted right.
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RYAN! Yes!
I want groups to live, even if official threads return. I mean, seriously, sub-forums for all of your artists... why is this being disregarded so easily?!
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ATRL Senior Member
Member Since: 9/26/2001
Posts: 22,475
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Originally posted by 1-N-Only21
The people who don't want official threads are the ones with un-popular faves and the same vise-versa. The server wasn't even that annoying anyway, some need to hop off for a second or two.
Back to official threads please.
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Thanks for the generalizing, darling.
I don't hate official threads because, OH NOES, MY ARTISTS AREN'T AS POPULAR AS YOURS! I hate official threads because they're filled with pointless drivel that takes over the thread and overshadows the actual IMPORTANT news for the artists involved.
Now, let me say this: If this leads to the official threads coming back, in whatever capacity they come back in, don't kill the groups. Actually, promote them even more, and get people involved in them. The whole group idea could be huge, if it's executed and promoted right.
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Member Since: 8/3/2006
Posts: 33,524
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All I see is mods that never post agreeing and this poll proving my point.
Tell me when they are back, kthxbye.
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Member Since: 5/11/2007
Posts: 9,742
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There was no point in it. No one uses it, and no one posts in it. As TC said, Let It Burn!
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Member Since: 9/20/2008
Posts: 2,651
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No one post in groups end off. We can create a forum where people can created offical threads when there fav artists got a new album comming out. Its in a forum format and people more likely to go in it.
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ATRL Administrator
Member Since: 8/27/2006
Posts: 5,277
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Seems like every year there's a mandatory debate about this, that always ends up with things going back to normal
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Member Since: 6/28/2008
Posts: 4,530
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I don't like it when the official threads push newsworthy threads to the second page... how about a subforum just for official threads?
But wait, isn't that just like groups? 0_0
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ATRL Senior Member
Member Since: 9/26/2001
Posts: 22,475
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Originally posted by 1-N-Only21
All I see is mods that never post agreeing and this poll proving my point.
Tell me when they are back, kthxbye.
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Okay, now you're just acting troll-ish, and that's just not healthy.
I don't hate the idea of official threads, god damnit. I hate the execution of them. When there's legitimate news, IMPORTANT news, about an artist, it gets shoved to the background for some mindless crap that has no place in such a thread.
And let me make this clear, too, if you ever get around to reading this: I do not want official threads for MY favorite artists. Even though I love them dearly, Korn and Muse do not deserve their own official threads. But, at the same time, artists that aren't officially gigantic on ATRL (and, just so we're clear, I mean the big ones, such as Britney, Christina, Beyonce, and, yes, Rihanna) don't deserve official threads, either, no matter how much support they get from a couple of stans.
EDIT: My official vote is this: Keep the groups, but, since the people have spoken, bring back the official threads, too, though with a few changes. Don't sacrifice the groups, when it's obvious that they have a bunch of untapped potential.
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Member Since: 12/16/2007
Posts: 7,191
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Originally posted by 1-N-Only21
The people who don't want official threads are the ones with un-popular faves and the same vise-versa. The server wasn't even that annoying anyway, some need to hop off for a second or two.
Back to official threads please.
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Exactly.
Official Threads worked out really well for ATRL, now its just blehh...
sure make some restrictions, but official threads should be back! Obviously most of the members want them back.
I dont see anyone but the mods complaining about them...
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Banned
Member Since: 10/21/2001
Posts: 25,547
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Keep the Groups section. The people who vote No want their Britney and Beyonce threads in the Music News forum anyway
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Member Since: 8/3/2006
Posts: 33,524
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Originally posted by Tightrope
Keep the Groups section. The people who vote No want their Britney and Beyonce threads in the Music News forum anyway
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AND...? The official threads kept the clutter out of the music news fourms and it was going great, the only things that were posted outside were news on the ones who didn't have official and new song leaks, it worked. Now they are trying to do groups, nobody even posts at all. a
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ATRL Senior Member
Member Since: 9/26/2001
Posts: 22,475
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Originally posted by CarCAL22
I dont see anyone but the mods complaining about them...
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Except there's 18 people that have voted for the groups, and I'm not even sure if there's 18 admins, mods and even contributors COMBINED.
I hate to repeat myself, but I have to. I voted for the groups, but that's to keep them around, not to shut them down entirely, like some of you are suggesting. There's a way to have both official threads and groups around.
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ATRL Administrator
Member Since: 5/2/2000
Posts: 2,844
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I have a theory.
As humans, we can love and connect with other people, of course. But we know when something seems "off" about another person, and it repulses us. It's why things like zombies and CGI characters freak us out.
Those groups are almost like forums, but something is "off" about them. Despite the improvements that vBulletin made in the most recent version, you can tell something just ain't right.
After some time to reflect, I think we'd be much better off if they didn't exist at all. People don't understand them.
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Member Since: 6/12/2008
Posts: 7,308
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yeah let the groups burn, it's so complicated and uncomfortable :S
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