Aug 12, 2016

If you haven't heard by now, Koolo et al. have made me the new moderator of this section. I'm going to leave this thread stickied and update it with new rules and guidelines for Music as we work them out together, some by trial and error.

For now, a few broad strokes:

-- It was my idea to discontinue the Albums section. I think that consolidating music discussion in the Music section is going to benefit all of us.

But what does this mean?

Well, I'm not particularly concerned about the time frame for album threads. That will sort itself out: Very famous artists will see a thread for their album stick around for a long time before/after release, while smaller and mid-level artists will have threads come and go. That's the way it should be. In practice, this means that there shouldn't be a Danny Brown Appreciation thread--there should be one for his new album. Once that dies out, it dies out; if you want to bump the conversation, find that thread and bump it. Search before posting.

-- The exception to that rule is if you want to talk about a defunct or inactive artist. While I don't want the Danny Brown Appreciation thread, I'm fine with the Kool G Rap Appreciation thread. On that note, with big anniversaries coming up, it might be interesting to do a thread about an album in specific terms, i.e.- an ATLiens thread when that album turns 20 later this month.

-- Try to keep thread titles uniform. That means threads with the album tag and the name of an album/artist, or something else instantly recognizable. If you're posting what you believe to be relevant music news, either go with the headline of the publication you're liking to, or something even more economical. If you're discussing something a little more abstract, use your judgment. I'll edit titles as I see fit.

-- I'm repeating this because it bears repeating: Search before posting.

-- No racism, no sexism, etc. I'm the sole arbiter. Don't like it? Write your congressman.



I'm not going to go back through the section and change/merge things that already exist, except when it affects the present. I'm an actual person with an actual life. But from this point forward, we're going to adhere to a version of this, and within the month the front page of Music will look how it should look. Please feel free to PM or mention me when necessary. If I'm not available, hit up @BigCountry.

 

Aug 12, 2016

lol

 

Aug 12, 2016

See? This is perfect, a teachable moment.

Don't make posts like this, because posts like these are bad posts. They're not informed by reality, don't comment on the discussion at hand in any meaningful way, and generally just clutter up the feed.

In fact, a good rule of thumb is to browse through some Red Rum posts (in other sections, of course) and then do the opposite.

 

Aug 12, 2016

Thank you for mansplaining this.


Agreed on getting rid of the Album section. It was confusing and fractured conversation.

 

Aug 12, 2016

 

Aug 12, 2016

Prolly DP so no one else could talk about his girl.