wtf is this i love metal nonsense

honestly, can't we look on the bright side and appreciate the fact there aren't tons of bracket polls anymore?

There's two threads, you dumb dipshit. WHOOPS

granted i'm ignorant of metal, but i guess my point is that it seems to me that the 41 combined posts in 'rolling power metal' and 'rolling black metal' could easily be folded into the already existing 'rolling metal thread'

idk people who are interested in power metal prob dont want to interact w ppl who are interested in black metal

goons are more open to cross-pollination #thatsracist

AG, i want many many many metal threads, as I love metal. But having six rolling threads is overkill, come on

or do you just like telling people what threads are ok with you and those that aren't? Whiney G Weingarten Superthreadcop
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like if we already had a 'rolling cereal thread', but then had a 'rolling fruit loops thread' and a 'rolling cheerios thread' and a 'rolling frosted flakes thread' and a 'rolling apple jacks thread' and a 'rolling corn pops thread' i think most ppl would go "i think this cereal discussion could be condensed'

why

c'mon Whiney -- don't compete with gr80 for captain of ilx thread police

fuck ppl who like fruit loops imo

Hahaha it's just silly! Goon is like the same 20 ppl, rolling metal is the same 20 ppl. Why chop them up?

like who gives a shit, are we running low on server space or something? this whole thing is so bizarre to me multixpoast

why are there sub boards in the first place?

why did you create a sub board two days ago?

the sub-genre rolling threads are there to stop threads being made on every metal band ever. I would have thought half a dozen rolling threads would be better than that. there is a problem with the rolling metal thread, everything gets lost in it.
Trayce might be in favour of having a thread on every band or album but im pretty sure noone else does.

have you considered that if your goon threads weren't just these huge cluttered threads that maybe more people would post on them? Like it kinda seems that the way your threads are set up, they're set up to be a bit insular?

why have ilm posters by and large in the last 5 years or so chosen to start rolling threads every year?

also uh you dudes realize that (ok not j0rdan) this is kinda a counter-argument to getting rid of the metal board right? or do you just like complaining for no reason

goons like being insular, no wai!

in terms of cultivating participation in threads, using the goon threads as a comparison is kinda ridiculous.

i don't even see why this is important, bu i'll address it anyway -- the idea that the rolling rap thread is insular is bullshit. there is a small community of consistent posters because a small amount of ilxors follow rap really closely -- there have been various posters of the past few years (zvookster, tpp, flopson, spottie_ottie etc to name a few) that have just shown up out of the blue and started posting in the thread -- it's incredibly easy to follow, there's probably 10-15 posts a day on average

sarahel, noted goon thread expert

Trayce might be in favour of having a thread on every band or album but im pretty sure noone else does.

Dude there's plenty of individual threads on various pop, electronic, new wave and indie bands and even individual albums (and tours!). Isnt that the point of "I Love Music"?

goon thred is a nice model imo, i think of it as main artery or water cooler of rap discussion on ilx. for generalist bullshitting & youtubes not fit for preexisting threads

u make a thread on the band/album if u think it'll take off or if it feels like it's getting big or if u want to spread exposure. like WAKA or ODD FUTURE WOLF GANG KILL THEM ALL or lil b: the based god last year. some ppl have no restraint

i want to be clear & say that i'm not advocating for ilm to be made up of 8 threads rolling threads a year -- just the notion of 8 rolling threads a year for one genre seems paradoxical & superfluous, also clogs new answers which personally bothers me

or we keep it to its own subgenre thread. which i think is better. If jordan has a problem with 5 metal threads on ILM, dont you think him & others would object to dozens of metal threads created every day?

btw, the gonns have already subconsciously rejected this model -- SLAPS---> nu-bay post-hyphy post-jerk <---SLAPS

whiney started a thread in 'rolling black ice metal' vein but no one bothered w/ it

i kinda want to move the (now locked) "delete this board now" thread to imp just to make it clear that a bunch of people are playing both sides of the field, and also to make my reposted thing up there make a lot more sense in context, because most of the egregious bullshit im talking about happened in that thread

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i know jordan was happy to have a metal sub-board, but the rest of you didn't want it. So now you just have to deal with a few extra rolling metal sub-genre threads

Black Ice was a good band, imo

If jordan has a problem with 5 metal threads on ILM, dont you think him & others would object to dozens of metal threads created every day?

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, March 21, 2011 12:40 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

like i already explained -- i would have no problem w/ this because these threads would fall off the top of new answers pretty quickly because they'd have like 5-10 posts each (this is how the board is designed to work) -- and if they didn't fall off new answers and there were 50 metal threads w/ 50 posts each at the top of new answers, i think it would be time for a sub board

john i think this thread should be on ILE so everyone who campaigned against the metal board can see this

does anyone have a real problem?

btw, the gonns have already subconsciously rejected this model -- SLAPS---> nu-bay post-hyphy post-jerk <---SLAPS

― blingee cummings (J0rdan S.), Monday, March 21, 2011 12:40 PM (34 seconds ago) Bookmark

this is why idg why we are arguing about this. just like that, if ppl support the current model of rolling subgenre threads then those threads will stay alive. if not, they fall off SNA and die. #WHOGIVESASHIT

dayo you're in this thread arguing, you can't pull the #WHOGIVESASHIT card, sorry

I just wanna clusterfuck too

i remember the wonderful distant past where i made a shocking out of control powermad mod decision and started "I Love Vinyl" out of the blue and everyone became incensed and furious about my abuse of power

xpost why does WGW have that copyrighted or something?

is whiney just whining because he cant get the secret invite only goon board he didn't actually really want but was just trying to make a drama out of it all?

I may have missed something that kicked all this off and I'd like to know what it was but:

If jordan has a problem with 5 metal threads on ILM, dont you think him & others would object to dozens of metal threads created every day?

- would this really ever happen? Seriously? Dozens of metal threads started anew every single day? Who would ever do this with any genre?

well if posts on a rolling metal thread is enough to keep them top of new answers then individual threads on the bands/albums are bound to happen if rolling threads are banned just because they are for metal.

Roxy is posting on the rolling bm exclusively because the chat on the big rolling thread doesnt interest her. The other subgenre threads have that with other people.

Why should we not be allowed to have these threads if we want them?

i'm not saying that you guys should not be allowed to have what you want -- notice i haven't asked john to delete the threads or w/e -- personally i was just questioning the necessity of the various sub-genre threads

(also empirically & generally speaking not all sub-communities of posters get to have what they wa because the general community is much larger than a group of 30 or so ppl)

you do realise that there are hundreds of sub-genres in a genre that is still evolving after 40 years. Not everyone likes every genre Some people hate other genres. Some only want to talk about 1 or 2 or whatever of these genres. some like more mainstream stuff some like to talk about black metal bands who release tapes ltd to 200 copies. It's a big big world in metal.
you cant contain it all in one thread. Any why should metal fans on ilx be forced to stay in one rolling thread?
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that response is to trayce

i know jordan, and i appreciate you being level-headed on this. But noone wanted the metal board so they have to deal with more metal threads on ilm. I know you were happy with a subboard which made it easier for you to avoid, but 99% of ilx was against it. Metal fans & non metal fans. That is why it was deleted.
As a result it just means there are more metal related threads on ILM. Maybe keith can come up with a way to hide certain genres , i dont know. But i get the feeling the same people who wanted to keep ILM together will be against that too and against whineys goon board.

personally i was just questioning the necessity of the various sub-genre threads

I'll repost the bit on the metal board that got deleted that (tried) to explain why some people find the main metal thread too unwieldy. Im not very good at explaining things, so perhaps someone will come along later to try to explain better.

This thread is quite promo based and fast moving at times. This causes a problem for some (not all). Part of the reason some wanted a new board. So i'd like to offer a compromise.

I would like to keep the rolling industro thread plz.

― Threadkiller General (Viceroy), Sunday, 20 March 2011 21:26 (21 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i still say the rolling threads should exist so stuff doesnt get lost in the rolling thread. its pretty hard to discuss stuff when it was discussed by a select few 300 posts & promos ago.

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 20 March 2011 21:28 (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

worth keeping rolling sub-genre threads too, I should think. The Rolling thread moves too fast some times, good to have some space to talk about genre records without the constant churn of the main thread.

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― Neil S, Sunday, 20 March 2011 21:29 (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i understand those with promos dont get that some find it a bit off-putting but maybe they could try to understand those who do.

since this thread is discussing what should or shouldn't happen on ILM, shouldn't this thread be on ILM so everyone can take part?

is there really anything more to say about this?

plenty of people will be arriving at work in a few hours, not having been on ilx since 5.30 friday. they wont have seen this. if whiney and co want to limit subject choices of threads and how often people should post on certain subjects then perhaps they should be allowed their say too? After all, everyone got to say to delete the metal sub-board.

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