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shameless self promotion on this forum is getting very dull

Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:06 am
by reptilian
continually bumping threads that no-one seems to really care about and getting the same old faces to engage in mindless self gratifying discussions just to keep the thread in people's faces

worst of all jumping on every fucking thread when a newcomer who has only just heard of dubstep wants some pointers and showing them the tune you are currently spamming when they might never have even heard of mala or whoever else

i'm getting sick of it, if the tune's good people will discuss it - shameless self promotion shouldn't be allowed and is against the rules

isn't it?

EDIT: O yeah of course if done tastefully self promotion is a vital part of this forum, i am talking about when people TAKE THE PISS

Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:27 am
by darkmatteruk
for the vast majority on here, no-ones going to do their promtions for them

what exactly do you mean by, take the piss?

ive never posted a track in this part of the forum, but i am about to bump one of my threads

Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:35 am
by reptilian
darkmatterUK wrote:for the vast majority on here, no-ones going to do their promtions for them

what exactly do you mean by, take the piss?
see the rules on spamming

"excessive self promotion"

Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:35 am
by reptilian
also hijacking discussions

Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:39 am
by darkmatteruk
sorry i wasnt trying to hijack the discussion, just wondered what you meant, people over bumping their threads, posting in wrong places whatever

Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:44 am
by reptilian
sorry i didnt mean you were hijacking the discussion - didnt mean it to come across that way

i meant thats one of the things that takes the piss - like i said before when a total newcomer to the forum want advice about what dubstep is good cos they've only just heard of it and they get a load of spam when it would have been more honest to say for example have you heard joker, anti social, digital mystikz etc (insert any other consistent prolific and respected producers)?

yeah excessive bumping is really annoying too cos it just clogs up the topics

Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:46 am
by reptilian
certain people have been doing it a lot and i was really just trying to say - is this within the rules?

Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:49 am
by darkmatteruk
yea i see what you mean now. in an ideal world, newcomers would read the stickies, and there would be no more "how do i wobble" threads :)

Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:54 am
by reptilian
darkmatterUK wrote:yea i see what you mean now. in an ideal world, newcomers would read the stickies, and there would be no more "how do i wobble" threads :)
i agree but that wasn't what i meant

newcomers are asking for advice on what is good dubstep and in some cases they end up with a load of shameless spam pointing to some pretty average music from people desperate to promote themselves

Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:59 am
by darkmatteruk
Reptilian wrote:
darkmatterUK wrote:yea i see what you mean now. in an ideal world, newcomers would read the stickies, and there would be no more "how do i wobble" threads :)
i agree but that wasn't what i meant

newcomers are asking for advice on what is good dubstep and in some cases they end up with a load of shameless spam pointing to some pretty average music from people desperate to promote themselves
i'll hold my hands up because ive been guilty of that once quite recently, and i do agree with you, its not something i like to do, but felt it appropriate to the thread in qustion at the time

Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:01 am
by deamonds
lol @ the moaners on this board

Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:03 am
by darkmatteruk
deamonds wrote:lol @ the moaners on this board
hey man lol, im in quite the jolly mood today, im not moaning about anything, surprising really as ive not slept for like 30 odd hours or so -w-

Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:05 am
by deamonds
darkmatterUK wrote:
deamonds wrote:lol @ the moaners on this board
hey man lol, im in quite the jolly mood today, im not moaning about anything, surprising really as ive not slept for like 30 odd hours or so -w-
not you boss..

to the people who moan about shit on this board, if you dont like it, you know what you can do dontcha!!

Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:06 am
by Dead Rats
I don't see whats wrong with an artist trying to promote themselves and bumping threads, because alot of the time people won't even bother to scroll to the bottom of the page, letalone click 'page 2'.

Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:10 am
by alien pimp
maybe less blah threads would help cool threads need less bumps

which reminds me to bump the Grinch release, where's the fekkin link...?

Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:22 am
by blackdown
does my nut in. some people are shameless, like that caspa album thread where everyone is linking to their air releases. do you think the guy who started the thread wanted to be spammed? nah he wanted info on the caspa album...

Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:24 am
by reptilian
deamonds wrote:
darkmatterUK wrote:
deamonds wrote:lol @ the moaners on this board
hey man lol, im in quite the jolly mood today, im not moaning about anything, surprising really as ive not slept for like 30 odd hours or so -w-
not you boss..

to the people who moan about shit on this board, if you dont like it, you know what you can do dontcha!!
fine, i'm off out now anyhow. you see i've got a life - i'll leave you to work on getting to post number 8000

Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:24 am
by darkmatteruk
i must say, alot of this has passed me by, seen a bit of it lately, but not much overall

Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:26 am
by reptilian
Blackdown wrote:does my nut in. some people are shameless, like that caspa album thread where everyone is linking to their air releases. do you think the guy who started the thread wanted to be spammed? nah he wanted info on the caspa album...
exactly - that really pissed me off

although to be fair i put up a link on that thread

but it was to a lionel richie album :wink:

Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:38 am
by paulie
Reptilian wrote:
Blackdown wrote:does my nut in. some people are shameless, like that caspa album thread where everyone is linking to their air releases. do you think the guy who started the thread wanted to be spammed? nah he wanted info on the caspa album...
exactly - that really pissed me off

although to be fair i put up a link on that thread

but it was to a lionel richie album :wink:
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