Why are only Admins allowed to post in the Music Discussion?

[AppleGuy08]

I just dont understand why regular members like myself cant post a new thread in the music discussion. I think that if you have 100+ posts you are obviously not a spammer or little dumb kid that only wants to cause trouble. I dont have time to make thousands of posts to become an admin, but i would like to be able to post my thought about a new song from time to time. Can anyone tell me why this is? Thanks.

 

[Luis]

I can post a reply alright...

 

[xsedrinam]

Have you been unsuccessful with trying to post a new thread in there? Try contacting a Mod about it. I'm not aware of a restriction to be able to post threads in Music Discussion.

 

[devilot]

Do you mean this sub-forum, Music Discussion? If so, you shouldn't have any problems accessing, posting, or creating new threads. Hmm...

If you mean the DailyTunes Song Discussion sub-forum, that's in the news portion of the forum and is really meant for an admin to post an article of sorts, and after that initial post, members are invited to post.

You can submit songs to be considered as Songs of the Day. Check out DailyTunes.com and more specifically, the intro page and the FAQ's.

 

[AppleGuy08]

yah i can post replies to everything just fine, but as devilot said above me, i meant the dailytunes discussion, sorry for the mis-titled thread. I guess i can understand the whole news section thing, but i still think there may be some members that could add some great things to the daily tunes discussion, its just too bad that they have to be admins to post there. But its all good, if i want to post bad enough ill just do it somewhere else. Thanks for the replies.

 

[jsw]

Actually, although I never have done so, I think songs submitted at http://www.dailytunes.com/ will show up there as a thread, and that any member can recommend them.

Not sure, though.

 

[devilot]

Actually, although I never have done so, I think songs submitted at http://www.dailytunes.com/ will show up there as a thread...

Isn't that what I mentioned?

You can submit songs to be considered as Songs of the Day. Check out DailyTunes.com and more specifically, the intro page and the FAQ's.

... its just too bad that they have to be admins to post there. But its all good, if i want to post bad enough ill just do it somewhere else.

Well, I'll mention again: anyone can post in one of those threads-- just can't start it.

And there are plenty of threads that talk about albums or artists in the Music Discussion forum.

 

[jsw]

Isn't that what I mentioned?

Well, yeah, but:

If you mean the DailyTunes Song Discussion sub-forum, that's in the news portion of the forum and is really meant for an admin to post an article of sorts, and after that initial post, members are invited to post.

sort of implies admins start the threads in the DailyTunes Song Discussion, whereas I think they're automatically created when songs are submitted at DailyTunes, so anyone can start one. I think. By submitting a song at DailyTunes. Of course, I don't know, and I'm afraid to try it by submitting my Air Supply favorites for fear of getting mocked.

 

[devilot]

By submitting a song at DailyTunes. Of course, I don't know, and I'm afraid to try it by submitting my Air Supply favorites for fear of getting mocked.

Methinks this from the FAQ might be relevant?

How is the "Song of the Day" chosen?

At present the "Song of the Day" is chosen at random from the pool of songs in our database and has not been a "Song the Day" in the past. The song is chosen automatically at 2am EST each morning.

And it says later on that page that it takes time for songs to be approved or whatnot.

 

[jsw]

Methinks this from the FAQ might be relevant?

Awww. I love how you go the extra mile to find out the facts, whereas I just guess.

This explains why none of my Zamfir pan flute suggestions ever made it... just never got randomly chosen.

 

[WildCowboy]

My understanding is that the thread is created the instant someone submits the song to DailyTunes (or at least as soon as it is approved, which happens within a day). The Song of the Day feature is separate, and it may be years before a submitted song pops up as a Song of the Day. The date of the original post on the song's thread will reflect that.

 

[szark]

My understanding is that the thread is created the instant someone submits the song to DailyTunes (or at least as soon as it is approved, which happens within a day).

Your understanding is correct. Threads in that forum are created automatically when submitted songs are approved.