some subforums have been merged

[dubway]

Grime and Other Music are part of dubstep now.
dubstep forum was always open to all kinds of music..
there is no need to separate music in different rooms.. its all music..
but it still is dubstep forum!

p.s. i see your arguments - i will leave Secret Ninja Hideout

[thomas]

My only point to make is

this dubstep forum will become hectic....i would like to see dubstep and Other, again.

[vonboyage]

Same i dont think this was the right way to go..

..ah well

[skrewface]

How about my suggestion of forced tags in title i.e. [Reggae] I like this song just to make it easier to browse for the visitors of this forum?

[hera]

[bert]

here's what i was about to post on the thread before it was locked

The unintended consequence, I think, was that because the board became so segmented, each new sub-forum essentially narrowed what could be said in the main forum. And I'll be honest, the topics began to get really stale. Everything seemed to either be a hype thread, a myspace thread, or a "such and such track is big" thread...followed by 40 replys of "Yeah!". There seemed to be more advertising than discussing going on.

thing is, as much as i agree with you, you will never be able to control what people post, no matter how much you segregate/centralise this forum. its a free forum full stop. there are over 7000 registered people on here now, trying to limit the number of forums so they post relevant entries isn't realistic. you will always get 'such and such a track is big' regardless of whetehr there is one forum or 20.

Honestly there were plenty of days when I'd log on and just check out what was happening in the Hideout, and not bother w/ the main forum at all (aside from cleanup/moderating duties).

That i am sure is the same for a lot of people, but also just part and parcel of having a large forum - its not the case of there being 400-500 people anymore - this is a big forum with lots of people with lots to say! collapsing it will make it harder to keep up with what people have to say.

my last thought on all this: i've never felt compelled to comment on a forum ever, not once, until i found this place, and then subsequently experienced the music and the people involved. In my opinion this is an integeral part of the scene and shouldn't be diluted by collapsing virbrant sub-communities into one big shout box.......

[dubway]

i dont think it will get messy at all

[shonky]

p.s. i see your arguments - i will leave Secret Ninja Hideout

[unempty]

p.s. i see your arguments - i will leave Secret Ninja Hideout

Supreme ninja master Lee Van Cleef thanks you for allowing him to spare the lives of you and your offspring for seven generations. Now he may watch Oprah and munch doritos in peace.

[thomas]

i dont think it will get messy at all

from experience it dose, and this is on forums with a quarter of our members

[unempty]

(quote from the old locked thread)

... Perhaps forcing a TAG before the titles for ex. [Drum & Bass] Mix by Dj Gonorrhea or [Reggae] The Asshole Show on 98.7 FM. Maybe even [Video] Wiley on Youtube ...

Problem partially is that phpBB doesn't support tags or categories at all, so it can't be enforced "naturally". There are other, more modern, forum software that do, such as Vanilla - which is bloody fantastic btw. Vanilla is also better suited for "one single large forum" settings, since it makes it alot easier to track topics and what discussions you're part of.

Check out the Vanilla Forum itself for an example how it works.

Just thought it might be worth mentioning...

[seckle]

Problem partially is that phpBB doesn't support tags or categories at all, so it can't be enforced "naturally". There are other, more modern, forum software that do, such as Vanilla - which is bloody fantastic btw. Vanilla is also better suited for "one single large forum" settings, since it makes it alot easier to track topics and what discussions you're part of.

from day one, we've tried our best to run a glitch free forum. glitch free also means that we like to keep it as simple as possible. the more complex the code, the more it conflicts with different browsers. phpbb is heavily beta tested before official releases or updates. i've seen vanilla before but, we're long past the stages in this forum to go ahead and start testing software on 7000+ people. thanks for the suggestion though.

[metalboxproducts]

wierd

[ramadanman]

i can see this place turning into dogs on acid

[vonboyage]

Damn straight...

Reeeeally hope it takes the other path though.. i gatz faith..

[Jennifer]

i can see this place turning into dogs on acid

[tappy tippon]

i've always admired the structure of the forum, and didn't really see the need for the change, but i'm sure you only have the forum's best interest at heart, so you do what you thinks best. very glad you've decided to keep the SNH as it is though

[little boh peep]

i can see this place turning into dogs on acid

To be fair that's down to moderation and what the user base chooses to post as well, not just music posts mixed in with random talk.

[d_three]

i can see this place turning into dogs on acid

[boomnoise]

let's see how it goes. it's not as if this change is irreversible. we've got to respond to the ever changing nature of an online community. only one thing to think about really and that's the dubstep community.

so, let's see...