Let's face it, the forums are dying, the social media landscape is just not what it used to be. The two most popular sub-forums on [ms] have had a grand total of 9 posts in all of today. I think it's time for the site to head for "stage exit left"... :|

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Please dont take this site away from us. This is the ultimate forum for discussing quality underground dance music!

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TBH most music forms are on their back, Tranceaddict, Bedrock, etc all have little traffic. Soundcloud has played a key part of it. I used soulseek for the first time in years, with increased bandwidth it's not the hassle it was years ago.

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Kamal, it's ultimately up to you, but is it possible for someone else to take over, if they wanted to? Like maybe re-brand it and keep it going or something, that way the members who wanted to stay could do so? Or something like that.

I do think this board could flourish, it just needs sort of a general reset I think. All members post counts get reset, and sour relationships and attitudes get reset and we all just kind of start fresh. because I do think there are new members that get turned off by the old members bullshit. Myself included. It's like a bar full of local old assholes who scare off any new patrons from joining in :lol: . I could be completely wrong, just a few flections from my flat really.

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don't shut down, but what about some kind of face-lift? i mainly (only) use p&r and GYY. i think it really would help reducing the sub-forums. same with cattaneo/sasha/warren. lets all put them into p&r except transitions imho. i think chunky already made that proposal as well.

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Before shutting down I would suggest downsizing as above. Back to basics. We only need GYY, P&R, and Movies, etc. DJs don't need subforums, they can be tagged by name and there can be some kinda search function that searches by tags so it only displays the DJs we're looking for. Otherwise just plain old text search. Put the subforums up to a vote. MS is way larger than it needs to be.

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2 forums would be enough imo,

[MS] Life (for topics movies, politics, sports, computers, digital as well) [MS] Music (+ subforum transitions)

keep it simple :lol:

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I personally find this board essential for the musical aspect of my life.. and not only.. its a really cool community overall :D I wasn't around at it's peak, but.. I still see a lot of value here.

What can we do to keep it going ?

Simplifying it a bit sounds like a good idea...

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I don't have facebook... this is one of the 10 sites I visit daily, more than once... The movies section really lifted up and the GYY as always...

FO said, it's completely up to you of course... reducing it could helpful... the Parties section makes no sense anymore...Djing and Production... All the music part except P&R...

Some months ago we were complaining about the constant trolling, now there are less thread but at least they stay focused...

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the catfished article didn't exactly boost 'forum morale'.... haha

maybe it's just a phase? idk... some good suggestions offered.

have to say, would miss it if it was gone! so my vote = NO, Kamal

too funny FL included a post count reset among suggestions... that cracked me up:roflmao:

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As progressive said, this is one of the last quality forum to discuss and share music, would be a shame a really shame if it falls. there Must be a good solution to keep this up.

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No, definitely not time for a good bye.

Just because this forum isn't the GYY hopping place it used to be, people still get value from this board outside of that specific sub-forum. Speaking for myself of course, I visit this forum at least 4x/day.. specifically in the P&R music forum and also GYY occasionally.

I do agree with the majority, it does need a bit of a scale back and possibly a facelift.... maybe going back to the roots of it all: Music. We began with AudioGalaxy/Soulseek... it was always about the music.

Face it... we all grew up, lol. A lot of us were single and/or in college while [ms] was flourishing. Personally, I just don't have the time to post as much as I would like unfortunately so I end up just visiting a few key threads for music and call it good.

Mixcloud and Soundcloud are great for music but I still find things being posted here that I cannot seem to find anywhere else... that is kind of priceless imo.

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DEF NOT TIME TO SAY GOODNIGHT EITHER!

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Noooooooooooooooo please!! I still come here and I am not friends with many here on facebook.... This is my last link to a very happy time of my life.

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Maybe it's a matter of perception. The community has matured and the forum reflects that, besides the trolling. A lot of us have been with each other, through the board, through some tough times. And all of us have grown together over the years, a few sharing photos of their children. In a medium that is constantly changing, ever more young and sensationalistic, why not let this place age naturally and gracefully. MS will be the old friend who is always by my side whenever I want to turn my head to say something (even if you people don't care what I have to say). I imagine there will be one day when, perhaps I bump into Digweed on the streets, or I introduce my hypothetical child to Northern Exposure, I might want to share a moment that only MS would appreciate, and be quite sad that MS is no more.

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I can understand Kamal's feelings.

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it would be sad.... it´s one of the 4 sites I visit daily. I agree it would work fine even if it´s reduced to GYY, movies, d/l

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i'd be sorry to see it go but you gotta do what you gotta do kamal so i support your decision

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MS has been part of my life for quite some time. So many great people over the years, and of course great music.

I appreciate this has been coming for a while now but I hope, really hope MS isn't harpooned.

I agree MS could be scaled down to a fair bit - just keep ye ole essentials

This is just a quick reflection as I'm heading out for a day of well deserved scoopage

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[QUOTE=diegoff;1154635]it would be sad.... it´s one of the 4 sites I visit daily. [/QUOTE]

me too... although i'll admit even the nonsense thread has been getting little traffic lately.

I understand kamal's position, but it would be sad to see MS go. there are some good ideas to keep it alive. something to think about...

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so there's about 20 of us it looks like who give a damn :Bullshit:

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Yeah looks like you've bored the shit out of the other 52,629

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:lol: oh poor audrey_w, can't figure out how to use the ignore function :lol:

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Yeah i'm the last one here who can still see your posts, it's more of a sympathetic gesture than anything else

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Hopefully there's still time for you to arrange one of your meet ups before ms closes down - and not show lol

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meet me at the VIP table dear, facing the dj, drinking hennessey :roflmao:

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Sounds great. You sure you'll be ok? I mean, you haven't been to a club in 10 years have you? Let's hope Chloe Harris is playing, one of your favourites???

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I think you spelled "Calvin" wrong :roflmao:

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[QUOTE=audrey_w;1154662]Yeah looks like you've bored the shit out of the other 52,629[/QUOTE]

:roflmao:

Digweed should post and say something about closing MS!

It is true though that between us and Bedrock we could hardly put two soccer teams together.

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[QUOTE=floridaorange;1154670]I think you spelled "Calvin" wrong[/QUOTE]And i think someone's trying to change the subject :roflmao:

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:roflmao:there's another smiley, another post, wicked.......

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it would be sad for sure but considering the small sample of members who cares versus the same boring and constant harpoons between each other, MS shutting down should not surprised anyone.

It really makes difficult to recover the unique good vibe from past years..

20 active members and nearly all threads have pointless fights.. quite remarkable to say the least.

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Someone at Bedrock said that MS is the same 4 or 5 people arguing with each other plus a few old sets by Sasha.

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[QUOTE=sbando;1154678]Someone at Bedrock said that MS is the same 4 or 5 people arguing with each other plus a few old sets by Sasha.[/QUOTE]

A bit like Bedrock but with tshirts and hoodies, instead of Sasha sets.

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I love this site, I've met some of my best friends through here and would be sad to see it go.

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In my opinion this community wasn't and shouldn't be about the popularity, but about people sharing the same interest - the underground electronic music scene. I am not visiting this forum for long time, but it already took my electronic adventure to a next level, even just by knowing, that there are other people, that like the same thing too. I haven't seen another place, where people are into this music, and I can see that they really are from my brother (tunito), who is the master of house music in our home city, thanks to this community. There is no need to mention the information, like the set threads and tracklists, that this forum holds, which can't be found in another place.

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Like others have said, you would be better off consolidating most of the sectons. The strict moderation thing needs removing too. It's not doing you any favours.

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[QUOTE=tugg;1154698]In my opinion this community wasn't and shouldn't be about the popularity, but about people sharing the same interest - the underground electronic music scene. [/QUOTE]

well said

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It would be a shame to see MS harpooned

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[QUOTE]The strict moderation thing needs removing too[/QUOTE]

What moderation??

[QUOTE]A bit like Bedrock but with tshirts and hoodies, instead of Sasha sets.[/QUOTE]

Ironic, considering the fate of t-shirts here at MS.