IS this forum dying?

[simonb]

To be fair though I tend to spend a lot more time on gearslutz and IDMF than here.

See, I much prefer here to Gearslutz. Here there's a lot of discussion of technique, inspiration, theory and so on - alongside more esoteric and advanced discussion - whereas on Gearslutz to get to that good stuff you have to wade through pages and pages of gear comparison, x vs y, how do I make this sound, what do I buy, wanking over analogue synths, etc.

Even when the discussion here gets into modular debates and purchasing decisions and so on it's still relating to a certain purpose and there's likely to be some worthwhile input.

[Luis Isaac]

For me the experience of writing in forums is beyond the facebook or SoundCloud. Here there is more opportunity to spread your words to a more specialized community. Every time I write is a small victory to the timidity of the artist.

[PsyTox]

isn't it just generally so that people seem to be less and less interested in music? I mean, look at all the baords where releases are posted: hardly anyone reacts to those. But dj sets, oelala, plenty of action there... if it's a Ricardo set that is.

producer forum is wicked though, a database for tricks and knowledge. too bad no one dares to ask questions because you get virtualy beaten to death first

[Luis Isaac]

producer forum is wicked though, a database for tricks and knowledge. too bad no one dares to ask questions because you get virtualy beaten to death first

should all be a little more understanding and patience. when I have a virus normally ask for help from a page on spyware. I'm totally newbie but experts always take the necessary trouble free and made ​​every effort until my computer is completely clean

[Robot Criminal]

To be fair though I tend to spend a lot more time on gearslutz and IDMF than here.

See, I much prefer here to Gearslutz. Here there's a lot of discussion of technique, inspiration, theory and so on - alongside more esoteric and advanced discussion - whereas on Gearslutz to get to that good stuff you have to wade through pages and pages of gear comparison, x vs y, how do I make this sound, what do I buy, wanking over analogue synths, etc.

Even when the discussion here gets into modular debates and purchasing decisions and so on it's still relating to a certain purpose and there's likely to be some worthwhile input.

Sweet mother of lord I got annoyed the sht out of me on Gearslutz today. Tried to find some infos on Jomox and got instead some 3 pages of girl-talk about who said what to who in what tone (and this is absoutely not uncommon there, like a daycare for spoiled children of some sort). Grow a sack for chrissake.

So: "Long live mnml!"

[Robot Criminal]

yeahok I get it, sluts are supposed to bitch and moan all the time.
and mnml is the only forum I visit frequently imo it's doing perfectly fine.

kthxbye

[Hutch]

I love these forums. I've gained a ton of knowledge and have discovered a ton of stuff here. Always fun when you meet someone that comes here as well. I pretty much think this forum is the center for minimal techno and house information in the world.

Would be fun to get some stats of active users vs inactive? I think there was a post way back that showed the most common search terms here and what not.

Lastly, no MNUS hate threads this year? Those used to be fun.

[wax works]

haha, I think that's because they are pretty irrelevant these days.


Anyway, I think the forum is what it is - sometimes there's something worth talking about and other times there isnt.

I do think the forum suffers from the spam users, and registration could be tightened to prevent this.
It's also a shame that the members mixes section is now hidden away, most of the time I forget to check it or forget it's still there.