Where are the Links ??

Edited by Alexmontrose - November 05 2021 at 21:50

Alexmontrose wrote: Could have been another site where I saw the links, might have mixed this one and that one. Thought it was this one. Anyway....thanks so much to the 26 people so far who have read this post...and couldn't be bothered to reply. What a bunch of helpful, considerate people on my first registered day here. Geeezuz. Cya.

Edited by cstack3 - November 05 2021 at 22:52

Cristi wrote: Alexmontrose wrote: Could have been another site where I saw the links, might have mixed this one and that one. Thought it was this one. Anyway....thanks so much to the 26 people so far who have read this post...and couldn't be bothered to reply. What a bunch of helpful, considerate people on my first registered day here. Geeezuz. Cya. People from all over the world post here. It's still morning where I live, i still have not finished my coffee.  And i've just seen your posts. There are no listening links on PA. There used to be. In 2006 there were even some song downloads.

I was one of those who clicked on this topic within its first half hour while on my phone waiting for my wife in an aisle of the grocery store. Logging in on my phone and posting would have been hard to do, and I didn't know what you were talking about. A lot of those views are likely bots, and people often don't post unless they have something relevant to say. I usually like to research a bit to figure out where things are coming from.

It can take a wile to get a response and I do think that was really quick to complain (this forum has slowed down over the years), but then you do mention not being the most patient of people. One is not entitled to a response, and hopefully one is grateful to those who do try to respond.

Most hits are bots I think. Better to look at the logged registered users online. I meant that I try to research often before responding, unless I have a ready answer. I have received complaints when I have tried to address a question before putting lots of time into the research.

Sometimes that might take a long time to look into before I feel I have anything useful to say and sometimes I feel I have nothing useful/ relevant to add. Some of us are not that involved with the site outside of this board and various would not have felt they had an answer to your issue. If more had responded it might just amounted to "I don't know, sorry". Not very satisfying.

I find it very different talking to people in person than online. Sometimes it might take me over an hour to research and write a response, but I would rarely take up that much time pondering and monologuing with someone face-to-face. I used to belong to a discussion board that also had an attached IRQ chat function. Both served different functions. The IRQ was quick group chat with real-time quick responses, and at the message board people put more thought and time into their messages/ responses.

One needs to be patient probably if one is to enjoy this discussion forum. The Just For Fun section can be faster paced.

Edited by Logan - November 06 2021 at 08:16

^ This is why I usually take my time in research and pondering when answering peoples questions. I think we are having some misunderstanding. More comfortable online, did I say that? I find face-to-face more comfortable but find the two experiences very different.

M@x is the site owner and has control over various things. He is not easy to reach often. We have this forum Help us improve the site (click) where you can present your case.

We do have youtube posts to go with artists on the pages (there have been some technical issues with that and with users uploading them which the site owner is aware of) and we have links at the bio pages to the band websites (bandcamp ones would be useful etc.) I don't think its hard to google other media.

We used to have streaming mp3s (acting as band song samples) hosted here but those were removed for legal reasons.

Edited by Logan - November 06 2021 at 09:16

I spend lot of time from home as I work from home and have a special needs child, but I love face-to-face with friendly people since I like having the other cues (body language, expression, gestures, tone). It can feel warmer. I used to enjoy writing more than I now do and I liked forum writing because I enjoyed writing. Been years since I would spend many hours talking with friends about music. But this has gone a bit weirdly personal. Sorry if you find this site and forum disappointing. I do suggest that if you care enough, then present your suggestions in Help Us Improve the Site. People like me and collabs are all volunteers and there is only so much we can do to improve the site.

Edited by Logan - November 06 2021 at 09:54

Weirdly personal in that I felt rather uncomfortable giving out personal info with someone I don't feel I yet know at all here (or feel I have developed a rapport with) but I decided to give some personal background as I felt it related to your comment. As for calling me Logan, I much prefer to go by the more personal given name, Greg.

Like I said, we have youtube embeds (mentioned there have been some problems), we have links to band websites, we used to have streaming mp3s as I mentioned before but those were removed due to legal reasons. I'm not exactly sure what you are proposing. We also have the forum where we can provide links in topics (within certain parameters) of course.

Porcupine Tree is not an act I'm much interested in, but looking at the band page, I do see that it doesn't have youtube vids. If I look at Magma it does. The owner has been alerted to problems regarding this. Steven Wilson used to post at this forum sometimes, and maybe he asked that his music not be included here (like song embeds).

I used to love discussion forums by the way, mostly as a way of creative writing and firing up my brain for my work, but I have largely lost interest, and it's become more habit. Right now it's harder than usual as I gave up nicotine recently and that makes it very hard to concentrate.

if you don't mind me asking, Alex, which site do you most frequent?

Edited by Logan - November 06 2021 at 11:07