Tue 26 Dec 2006
One Mix Per Month Per Mixer
Posted by matrix under Uncategorized
[15] Comments
We’re going to re-instate the limit of one mix per month per mixer from the start of 2007. The number of mixes went a little crazy recently, and I for one had trouble giving everything a listen. It’s probably a good thing for the quality levels as well as the listening time. “Leave ’em wanting more” as somebody somewhere probably said sometime.
A reminder, too, of some of the things that can help us befuddled siteops when you upload or self-post your mixes:
- only upload your next mix to the server (don’t clutter it with all the ones you want posted after that)
- cover art is not mandatory, but helps the site and your mix to look good…depending on the picture 😉
- please keep your covers under 300 KB and in jpeg, gif or png format
Cheers! The b00mb0x siteops.
in other news, the massive pain in the ass that was the voting system is gone for good. Goodbye, massive pain in the ass.
The forum’s locked because of too much spam, I can’t get any antispam mods to run on it. An option is to run a clean install of phpbb with the antispam mods, but that would mean everyone’s forum posts probably wouldn’t be transferred. Precious memories, sniff. Then again, the alternative might well be no forum at all.
par rumpa pum pum 😀
Ah, voting was a pain in the arse anyway. We now need more commenters!!
As for the forum, I have a chuckle at the spam, but I can understand the reasons.
bong mentioned something about cleaning 30 spams in one day, so manually deleting them isn’t an option any more. I’ll let the awards run out and then try a clean installation.
The mixes WERE coming in waves, good move with the limitations.
I rather liked the forum but then again I think I was talking to myself in there. I may need to see a doctor 😉
Maybe there’s life in the old board yet. I turned on admin activation. new user registrations will be sent to forum@bmbx.org, where we can confirm or deny them.
That got way out of hand. I heard bong killed a guy?
The voting system was a bit flawed and I wasn’t a great fan. A good (or bad) comment is worth a whole lot more.
Totally agree with the one mix per month. Dangerscouse is a great example. I know you’re keen to get your stuff out there but I for one could not give all your mixes the listening time they deserve, which is a shame. 10 – 15 mixes a month will be a lot more manageable 🙂
I support all the changes.I’ll miss the voting,as it intrigued me intellectually,but I can understand the headaches it provided.
Just having joined the forum,I didn’t have enough time to adjust to it,but I’m in favour of re-establishing it & posting.
One mix a month is wise.I’ll just squeeze all the ones I had waiting & post a 5-hour mix! lol
Not really,I actually keep mine shorter to make them more accessible.In fact I made a 3-minute mix to post in the forum,but,alas…!
Onward & upward! 😀
spambotz!!! i fackin’ shit em 😛
all good moves naz me ol’ china
good work fellas – been catching up on a lot of mixes over te festive period – fucking hard work I tell you! Bong – me mum liked fireside favourites!
Yeah, all good Naz la. Good news about the forum.
At the moment I can only just manage one mix every two months so the reduction won’t affect me.
Also pleased to see the voting go.
It could too esaily be skewed by one low vote and then that kinda discouraged people form listening to what was often a perftectly good mix.
I can’t remember a single mix that wasn’t worth playing.Sometimes a track,or two that don’t thrill me,but never an entire mix.
Sounds like you should still be able to accomodate my workrate though. Next mix is probably due sometime in 2008…