shutting down troll threads just makes it so there are no threads :[ (Page 6 of 8)

Man, I don't see why everyone is hating on these forums. I've been to a lot of other forums and they have much worse trolls and derailment. At least here it's all contained into single threads. Most real trolls try to attack as many threads as they can, not here. Everyone's looking at the negatives but we do so much good here too. I try and answer legitimate questions and concerns and I know others do as well.

I'd recommend this place anytime but with the warning of lurking first

I just want to say that I thought you were SpacemanFantastique too.  Whooooops

Where does it say that everyone posting should do so in a way that furthers the education of the general population on the topic of chipmusic?

In truth, I didn't block ant1.

And, no hate to ant1 here, he doesn't post as much or help people using lsdj. And a lot of my posts are in the threads that I've made. Such as time signatures and poly rhythms in lsdj, talking about the Kaoss line, my album, helpful tips for an ep, etc.
We're not the best to compare, we're wayyy too different as users. Yes, I do post in a conversation style, but why not? This is a forum and you're my friends. I have taken to talking more outside out of here, so mebbee that'll make you happier. People appreciate that I help them though, and that's what this place is about.

I don't think cm.o should be a PR site, definitely, but that doesn't mean we can't try and be more mature. No one here has an obligation to educate anyone on chipmusic (or anything, for that matter) but I feel like we'll be a better community if we do. Obviously it's not that simple, but I don't think it's a terrible thing to want a central chipmusic site to help others understand what we're all about on our terms.

Again, I'm not trying to dictate that anyone does anything; it's more like an appeal. It's not an unreasonable trait to desire, and as the medium reaches more people there will only be more new listeners; we might as well be mature about it. And maybe cm.o isn't that site, or maybe we won't even have a site at all, maybe it'll be the artists that play big shows and festivals that put that representation out there, but I don't think it hurts to try, at least.

The thing is, neither of us are really in a position to mandate what the site is or isn't -- we can only conduct ourselves in a way that we want others to follow. I mean, if the current state is where the site is headed, I can't really do much about it but try to be helpful and post where I can. Ultimately the site turns into whatever you want it to be through your interactions on it...I would just rather it be helpful; I can go to 4chan for trolling.

And as far as promoting chipmusic goes: as immature as it may be, I still respect *whatever* it is enough to try and speak well of it when I can. It's not a "job" to me, it's just what I should do...I don't need to wait for a netlabel or whatever to do it for me.