What's next for Interference?

[DaveC]

so you're saying i could poach your old comments for lots of reddit karma over at /r/niceguys?

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

I was seventeen, nearly eighteen when I joined this site (damn). There's definitely got to be some cringy early posts of mine lurking about as well.

 

[Axver]

My politics basically completely flipped about a year or two after joining here, so I prefer to forget everything I posted before about mid-2005 or 2006. Recently tried to find an early song ranking I made and instead came across some nasty rant about "illegal immigrants" instead.

1) people were complaining that this place was "uninviting and toxic" going back as far as I can search. It didn't stop the membership numbers then, and it's not the reason why people don't post here now. If anything there seems to have been more bickering and infighting back then than there is now.

Yepppp.

This place is positively cuddly compared to some of its finest moments.

Honestly, anyone who thinks Interference is uninviting or toxic clearly has had a very sheltered Internet experience. This is one of the more tame and mild forums out there.

 

[cobl04]

Not just you, acrobat. I flooded Zoo Confessionals with that shit for a loooooong time.

 

[digitize]

Not just you, acrobat. I flooded Zoo Confessionals with that shit for a loooooong time.

Okay maybe we keep that around too, to encourage people to use it among the newly-reduced forum landscape.

 

[purpleoscar]

"All new beginnings come from some other beginning's end."

 

[cobl04]

Okay maybe we keep that around too, to encourage people to use it among the newly-reduced forum landscape.

No. That's not at all what I was suggesting, there's no need for it now

 

[mikal]

Maybe shit went downhill because I stopped welcoming new members.

 

[digitize]

No. That's not at all what I was suggesting, there's no need for it now

Ehh nothing creates bonding experience like sharing our deepest struggles

 

[purpleoscar]

U2 is in a weird situation that's been developing since HTDAAB got success. They are a big band that are being pushed into irrelevance and a smaller spotlight. Naturally there will be less forum interest. Internet also makes people unwittingly isolate themselves in their own preferences.

It will be interesting to see what music U2 decides to produce, if at all. I still hope they shoot for the moon when it comes to making music.

If the music is really good, people will listen to it, and then maybe talk about it on forums.

 

[cobl04]

The chances of all those stars aligning are, I would suggest, infinitesimally small.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Maybe shit went downhill because I stopped welcoming new members.

This is true

 

[purpleoscar]

The chances of all those stars aligning are, I would suggest, infinitesimally small.

Well, "we'll see."

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

I hope interference is okay

 

[kabigon]

I'm sure an ultra right wing totally-not-an-alter will tell us soon enough

 

[Hewson]

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The OP did raise an interesting point... perhaps our moderators... eh hem, excuse me... perhaps diemen could let us know exactly who owns this place these days, and who's making decisions.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

I'm sure an ultra right wing totally-not-an-alter will tell us soon enough

He's too busy admonishing Jim Acosta from his Twitter burner account

 

[YBORCITY]

I cringe when I think back to some of my posts on this Forum.... This is the only Forum I I visit and post on and my old age and lack of savvy-ness on how to post is just awful.

 

[YBORCITY]

^I just cringed again after posting that!

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Many old posts are cringeworthy. Like yesterday's.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Make Interference Elvis Again #MIEA

 

[lazarus]

Fake Edge Posts Again #FEPA

 

[AndrewCowley]

Should definitely consolidate the forum. Too few posts in too many sub forums.

 

[CosmoKramer]

It's probably owned by a mysterious billionaire who lives at the top of a skyscraper. His name... Art Vandalay.

I think I know that guy.

 

[BWU2Buffs]

Interesting read this thread; I remember watching Ax's post count back in the day... and he shared some bootleg content with me to get me started in that exercise via the "blanks and postage" concept. Fun times; thanks again.

Whatever happens, I hope this place stays around and has a place for posts like this mid-thread:

I have the fan club give U2-3D dance mixes on vinyl, alas, nothing to play it on. If someone wants it, or knows someone who wants it, I'll send it to them. PM me.

Maybe in return you are good at capturing songs on YouTube or other sources and might be willing to send me (electronically) some E & I content from Europe... songs like Fly and Zoo Station that did not get played in the USA.

Carry on.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

 

[Axver]

Interesting read this thread; I remember watching Ax's post count back in the day... and he shared some bootleg content with me to get me started in that exercise via the "blanks and postage" concept. Fun times; thanks again.

Oh man, I'd almost forgot about that stuff until I stumbled upon some old customs declaration forms the other day. At one point I was such a regular at the post office that the guy gave me a big pile so I could fill them out before I came in to post bootlegs to Nebraska or Otago or Yorkshire or wherever they were going. But I drifted away from trading before using them all. Those forms and the handful of blank CDs they're sitting with could almost go in a museum now.

 

[lazarus]

Perhaps...the Kunstmuseum?

 

[Hewson]

Perhaps...the Kunstmuseum?

Right next to their renowned scrimshaw exhibit.

 

[digitize]

Okay, looks like the forum reorganization isn't going to happen.

However, there's been an odd uptick in traffic lately, which feels like a great think to capitalize on. I'm thinking of running Rate The Song starting in the next week or so, if I can figure out how to make the time to do so. Thoughts?