Actually... not a fan of Wandy in general, but he did point out a Grateful Dead drop that went unpublicized, and even gave some suggestions for diving into the catalog. I thought the suggestions were pretty good, realizing that I am not a huge fan (I liked the PIgpen years best).
Perhaps a musical interlude from a song a very talented friend of mine wrote named, appropriately, I'd Be Grateful If You Were Dead, reflecting his deep and timeless love for hippie jam bands - link.
Perhaps I was a bit hasty in my previous assessments of the relative civility of the eMu MB, or perhaps people just woke up on the wrong side of the bed this year, but it is rather interesting the downward spiral that this thread that started so innocuously has taken. I just don't get it.
@BigD-Bluez, considering the live hand grenade that religion is I am pretty impressed by the restraint shown in that thread (even the goblin comment was just a tongue and cheek troll) and the willingness to parse spirituality and provide the OP with listening suggestions.
Many other boards faced with something like that often rapidly devolve into a series of false equivalencies wrapped up neatly with ad hominem and straw man arguments before finally devolving into Godwin and sometimes leaking out into other aspects of the posters' online lives. That, or it just keeps working like a perpetual circle jerk like /r/atheism does on Reddit or the comments and posts on RedState.
How can we take someone seriously who thinks so poorly of our dear froggie?
Count me with elwood--I'm impressed that most posters didn't take the bait, choosing to expand on the OP's interests rather than debate the merits of religion and spirituality.
Frankiepop? Such a loser. I don't remember ever seeing a post that wasn't a slam at someone or something. I see frankiepop and I generally skip it. He adds no substance to the boards. At least Wandy gives good tips here and there.
How can we take someone seriously who thinks so poorly of our dear froggie?
- Geez ! this is an outrage !
- Unfortunately I can't tell him to fuck off chicken style, the Shim Sham Shimmy compilation from Soleilmoon is no longer on eMu.
By the way, did eMu start forbidding people whose accounts are "on hold" (as opposed to cancelled completely) from posting to the boards just recently, or has it always been that way?
So your account has been canceled for two years, and you can still log on and get the free daily download? Can you get other free tracks too, or just those?
I went on hold on Dec. 29, and I was able to post something a day later, but not now. Obviously it wouldn't surprise me if this is a new policy and they simply imposed it with no announcement whatsoever... I just thought I'd check if there are people here who have been on hold at various times in the past year or two and have tried to post things there while on hold.
I've also noticed that they're a lot more aggressive these days about deleting "inactive" threads - they're not even waiting 30 days. Many of the initial reactions to their general perfidy are gone now, no doubt never to be seen again.
I've also noticed that they're a lot more aggressive these days about deleting "inactive" threads - they're not even waiting 30 days. Many of the initial reactions to their general perfidy are gone now, no doubt never to be seen again.
Do you have examples in mind? I am unaware of examples of thread deletions, and doubt they've touched code parameters in a long time. Are you saying that searches for the threads you have in mind return nothing? Certainly I can search on phrases from old threads and get them returned, though of course they've disappeared from the browse view.
At best the message board software that eMu employes is ancient, brittle, and clumsy. Hell, they even admitted back in 2003 that the code was a good 7-8 years old at that point and here we are some 7 years later and it is still the same software.
So what am I missing re frankiepop? I can't see any of the postings.
I vaguely remember using my rapier wit on him once or twice in the distant past in response to some smug, asinine comment he had made. Not having a decent comeback, he has since had a thing for me (and not in a romantic sense either). I find it quite humorous, actually.
@ScissorMan - I used a cancelled account for months to get the daily downloads and other freebies. The only trick was that free samplers had to be grabbed one track at a time. Clicking the download album button - even if it was $0.00 - brought up the "do you want to restart your subscription" page.
Do you have examples in mind? I am unaware of examples of thread deletions, and doubt they've touched code parameters in a long time.
It isn't a question of examples per se - there was a time when you could find inactive threads from 2-3 years back, but now, the earliest inactive thread is dated Dec. 8 of last month. I doubt any of that is automated - they're deliberately deleting inactive threads before they're even 30 days old. As of right now, this is the last page of the All Topics listing:
That can't be a coincidence, can it? Unless I'm not seeing them because my account is on hold, but I would never have expected the software to be that sophisticated.
I guess I don't blame them for deleting all that stuff that's super-critical of them, if only because it's their website and they have the right, at least legally. But there were a lot of really helpful threads about actual music that got lumped in there with everything else, and now they're gone too.
That's actually the result of their crappy software, not deletions. If you do a search, you can find those older discussions. From what I remember, they did alter the number of pages that displayed when you click through the forum, but didn't actually delete the ones that were no longer displayed.
For example, search for "cathyhn" and you'll get threads discussing what people expect will happen when Sony arrives. Kind of interesting clicking through those - took me back to a time when Katrina was still debating cancelling
thom's right - that old stuff is mostly there, just not displayed (the 'Search' link is at the top right of the main board display page). If only they would just remove the forced-expiration part of that code (there's a good chance it's a one-line type change, an age test on the thread) - the board, even with the old code/interface, would be much more useful if you could bump old threads.
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thom - We do all hang out at the same igloo.
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sorry...it was just sitting there
@craig - are you sure he's from minnesota? i think he's from tampa. 'cause that would make him a tampon.
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sorry x2.
Rumor has it that he's a denizen of Embarrass, Minnesota - not only that, but he put the ass in Embarrass....
Many other boards faced with something like that often rapidly devolve into a series of false equivalencies wrapped up neatly with ad hominem and straw man arguments before finally devolving into Godwin and sometimes leaking out into other aspects of the posters' online lives. That, or it just keeps working like a perpetual circle jerk like /r/atheism does on Reddit or the comments and posts on RedState.
Count me with elwood--I'm impressed that most posters didn't take the bait, choosing to expand on the OP's interests rather than debate the merits of religion and spirituality.
- Unfortunately I can't tell him to fuck off chicken style, the Shim Sham Shimmy compilation from Soleilmoon is no longer on eMu.
I've lost one of my most powerful tools :-(
By the way, did eMu start forbidding people whose accounts are "on hold" (as opposed to cancelled completely) from posting to the boards just recently, or has it always been that way?
Oh wait - you said "on hold". That sounds like it's new.
I went on hold on Dec. 29, and I was able to post something a day later, but not now. Obviously it wouldn't surprise me if this is a new policy and they simply imposed it with no announcement whatsoever... I just thought I'd check if there are people here who have been on hold at various times in the past year or two and have tried to post things there while on hold.
I've also noticed that they're a lot more aggressive these days about deleting "inactive" threads - they're not even waiting 30 days. Many of the initial reactions to their general perfidy are gone now, no doubt never to be seen again.
I vaguely remember using my rapier wit on him once or twice in the distant past in response to some smug, asinine comment he had made. Not having a decent comeback, he has since had a thing for me (and not in a romantic sense either). I find it quite humorous, actually.
An I fail to see how accusing someone of copulation is an insult in anyway......
http://www.emusic.com/messageboard/TopicBrowse.html?page=17
That can't be a coincidence, can it? Unless I'm not seeing them because my account is on hold, but I would never have expected the software to be that sophisticated.
I guess I don't blame them for deleting all that stuff that's super-critical of them, if only because it's their website and they have the right, at least legally. But there were a lot of really helpful threads about actual music that got lumped in there with everything else, and now they're gone too.
For example, search for "cathyhn" and you'll get threads discussing what people expect will happen when Sony arrives. Kind of interesting clicking through those - took me back to a time when Katrina was still debating cancelling