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Post by rockmaniac on May 24, 2011 14:26:31 GMT -5
the layout's OK, in my book
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Post by The Party Captain on May 24, 2011 16:26:18 GMT -5
I have a general rock forum in Tunelab. Do you run Tunelab?
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Post by lockebox on May 24, 2011 17:19:57 GMT -5
Sorry to be a killjoy here, but I don't really see the need to abandon this forum for a near identical one. After having a quick look, you're basically covering the same bases as on here. You're fighting a losing battle if you think you can get the seven thousand-odd members that are signed up to Pulse. No offence, Dev.
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Post by pen on May 24, 2011 17:32:46 GMT -5
I have a general rock forum in Tunelab. Do you run Tunelab? No. I just post there.
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Post by Devin on May 24, 2011 17:39:22 GMT -5
Sorry to be a killjoy here, but I don't really see the need to abandon this forum for a near identical one. After having a quick look, you're basically covering the same bases as on here. You're fighting a losing battle if you think you can get the seven thousand-odd members that are signed up to Pulse. No offence, Dev. The difference is there's more things to do/post on my forum that relate to rock lovers, and my forum is directed to rock listeners. Plus, I'm not trying to get only Pulse members, nor am I competing with Pulse. I've already got 3 or 4 members signed up that either tried to sign up on Pulse but got lost in the waitlist or do not know what Pulse is. I've now got Proboards promoting the forum too.
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Post by lockebox on May 24, 2011 17:57:15 GMT -5
Ok. I just don't plan to post the same thing on several different forums. Also, I think with the community-like feel here, you can basically post anything. I know Jamie & The Realest Ninja have posted about their respective bands on here. I don't think it offers anything different, but that's just me.
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Post by lockebox on May 24, 2011 18:00:21 GMT -5
Tell you what actually, I just had a great idea. I'll follow suit if you can promise this forum will be a no-Ziff flyzone. ;) Don't worry, this thread doesn't have parentheses in the title. Artie won't even know it exists. You've gotta admit that this forum would be missing something without Artie, though. He provides the comic relief that adds to the charm of the board. Some of the feuds over the years have been hilarious.
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Post by Devin on May 24, 2011 18:00:24 GMT -5
I can make it offer different things, like Post Your Band! section. Hmm, that's a good idea....
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Post by rockmaniac on May 24, 2011 18:16:34 GMT -5
how about an Album Review section?
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Post by Devin on May 24, 2011 18:17:45 GMT -5
Sure thang!
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Post by The Party Captain on May 24, 2011 19:24:17 GMT -5
Don't worry, this thread doesn't have parentheses in the title. Artie won't even know it exists. You've gotta admit that this forum would be missing something without Artie, though. He provides the comic relief that adds to the charm of the board. Some of the feuds over the years have been hilarious. Every village needs a village idiot.
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Post by Devin on May 24, 2011 19:48:14 GMT -5
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Post by The Party Captain on May 24, 2011 19:48:32 GMT -5
Ok. I just don't plan to post the same thing on several different forums. Also, I think with the community-like feel here, you can basically post anything. I know Jamie & The Realest Ninja have posted about their respective bands on here. I don't think it offers anything different, but that's just me. Yeah the community here is quite hard to duplicate. I would esitmate 80% of the posting in the Alt/Rock forum is done by about 30 people and most of those 30 people have been here for years. I've been posting here for a couple of years and I'm a newcomer compared to these guys. I like that the community is small. I really look forward to hearing what pen, jvandyck, Lisping Hibiscus, etc. have to say about certain things. I respect these guys' opinions more than I do most music critics. I agree with the functionality argument. I check this forum in close to the same way I do the news. I'll gladly use your forum for anything that I find to be supplemental, but I don't see it being successful if it offers chart discussion which Pulse already has. I think a much more effective approach would be maybe campaigning the moderators to expand Pulse under the umbrella of genres to add the things we have previously mentioned. There you go. That's different. I would be willing to look up and discuss new or up-and-coming bands. It's a niche not covered by Pulse.
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Post by Devin on May 24, 2011 19:54:13 GMT -5
I have a few different things added now. I also pushed the charts down and the song discussion up to attract more average rock listeners.
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Post by rockmaniac on May 24, 2011 20:32:31 GMT -5
hey devin, why am i moderator?
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Post by Devin on May 24, 2011 20:37:33 GMT -5
Would you not like to be one? I just assigned you to Album Reviews section. If you don't want to be a moderator I can take you off.
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Post by rockmaniac on May 24, 2011 20:42:14 GMT -5
u put me as moderator. no objections from me
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on May 24, 2011 21:57:27 GMT -5
That's some good promotion work there. :)
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Post by Lozzy on May 25, 2011 7:13:04 GMT -5
I love the new colors! Edit: how about white (or essentially anything lighter) for the welcome box? My editing skills are crap, but it'd look something like this: i53.tinypic.com/t0j2w8.jpg
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Post by jvandyck87 on May 25, 2011 8:38:21 GMT -5
Thanks, Dev. I will be coming along soon. You picked the week I'm on family vacation for my sister's birthday and cousin's graduation to start this thing so my log-ins have been relatively infrequent. Can I log in just using this account or do I register for your board separately?
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Post by rockmaniac on May 25, 2011 9:59:45 GMT -5
i believe u have to register
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Post by HereIsGone on May 25, 2011 12:33:33 GMT -5
I love the new colors! Edit: how about white (or essentially anything lighter) for the welcome box? My editing skills are crap, but it'd look something like this: i53.tinypic.com/t0j2w8.jpgI can try an off-white colour. That was bugging me too.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on May 26, 2011 1:34:57 GMT -5
I've already got 3 or 4 members signed up that either tried to sign up on Pulse but got lost in the waitlist... Um...Pulse has a waiting list??
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Post by Devin on May 26, 2011 5:28:10 GMT -5
^ I'm not sure what it is but it's always possible to not get accepted into Pulse. It took me like a week until I got my acceptance to join the site.
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Post by jvandyck87 on May 26, 2011 10:29:27 GMT -5
Btw Dev, you should put a link to the site in your sig if you're gonna be promoting it. :)
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Post by Devin on May 26, 2011 13:04:05 GMT -5
^ Did you not see I had that done yesterday?
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Post by rockmaniac on May 26, 2011 13:06:31 GMT -5
when i point at your sig, Dev, the link doesn't show
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Post by Devin on May 26, 2011 13:08:17 GMT -5
It says: rockCharts (which is an image, not a link), and then says JOIN NOW! along with the direct link underneath that. I can't see the problem.
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Post by pen on May 26, 2011 17:09:15 GMT -5
It says: rockCharts (which is an image, not a link), and then says JOIN NOW! along with the direct link underneath that. I can't see the problem. You can't see the problem, and we can't see the link. It's kismet!
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Post by Lozzy on May 27, 2011 9:26:06 GMT -5
I love the new colors! Edit: how about white (or essentially anything lighter) for the welcome box? My editing skills are crap, but it'd look something like this: i53.tinypic.com/t0j2w8.jpgI can try an off-white colour. That was bugging me too. New one is perfect. ^ I'm not sure what it is but it's always possible to not get accepted into Pulse. It took me like a week until I got my acceptance to join the site. Pulse moderation has made it so that your account needs to be verified before you can gain posting privileges. The point is to help prevent people creating multiple spam accounts, as the mods can check IP's. I'm not sure why it takes so long - it was 2-3 weeks for me - I assume the mods get very busy and/or caught up and only check the pending members page periodically. I think. It says: rockCharts (which is an image, not a link), and then says JOIN NOW! along with the direct link underneath that. I can't see the problem. I'm not sure why it works for some people but not others, but this is how it looks to me; I believe this is in correspondence with the maximum signature size limits Pulse moderation has put into effect. The last letter of the image and the text below are still there, but they basically don't fit into the canvas of space allowed. I would suggest composing a 500x100 image, and incorporating some sort of "Click to join now" kind of text onto it along with the logo and just hyperlinking it across. That way there shouldn't be size issues. Of course it's up to you though.
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