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Come on in and say hello! Browse updates from moderators, learn about DiSisms,
and find other “important stuff” stored in here. Recommended reading for new
users, and oldies should check in every now and again.
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MUSIC

This is your outpost online to talk with fellow fans about music of any genre or
era. Whether you want to discuss the best bands from South Sudan or Southampton,
this is the place for you. There are no real rules or restrictions, just be nice
to each other.
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SOCIAL

From sandwiches to fish puns via pub quiz team names, the DiS social boards are
an alternative universe filled with irreverent chat about everything and
nothing. Dive in.
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FOR MUSICIANS

Many musicians use these forums, and in an increasingly complex and
self-sufficient world, we thought a place to share knowledge, ask questions, and
improve our collective understanding of an industry in constant transition this
forum would be useful.
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ENTERTAINMENT!

Talk about TV shows or films or books or geek out about gaming or internet
culture or board games or general popular & unpopular culture… Gang of Four fans
especially welcome.
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This is the place for civil discussion about what’s happening in the world (and
known universe).
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let you down at the 11th hour? Putting on an event you want people to know
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In short: If you like these forums and would love them to continue to exist,
please consider making a small contribution each month toward their upkeep here
https://ko-fi.com/drownedinsound

Hello everyone,

As you may have heard, on July 2nd 2023, Drowned in Sound’s forums moved across
to a self-hosted server solution.

This means very little on the frontend to your experience but behind the scenes
it means that we’re no longer staring down the barrel of £600+ per month to keep
the conversation flowing

Why was it so much before? Because we were on Discourse’s Enterprise package due
to the volume of traffic.

It’s now estimated to be more like £52 per month or £600-700 per year.

I say estimated, because there’s a chance we will need more server storage or
additional resources to keep things online or have somehow overlooked something
expensive, which we will continue to monitor and update you on.

Some months people might not be able to contribute, so the amount per month may
fluctuate and any overage we can discuss if it goes into the rainy day fund or
toward other admin-y bits.

There are around 350 regulars on these forums and although we know not everyone
can contribute. If you would like to pay it forward, you can slip the price of a
pint into our - ahem! - ‘kofi pot’ each month to cover those who can’t afford
it, it’s much appreciated.

There’s more info and a breakdown of costs on the fundraiser page here
https://ko-fi.com/drownedinsound

If you’re already making a contribution through PayPal or Patreon, that’s
fantastic but it would be a little more streamlined and save some admin if you
moved it over to Kofi, which goes straight into the CCCLX Music LTD’s PayPal
(that’s my management and consultancy company, to save forming a new company and
the added cost of accounting and liability), which is administering all the
costs and has already paid the bill for 12 months of FastHosts.

Hope that all makes sense and isn’t too TL;DR. Please let me know if you have
any queries.

I want to say a massive thank you to @megalithicrock for volunteering his time
to do the lion’s share of the server move, it has been far more of an ordeal
than it shoulda been and we all owe him a debt of gratitude and many pints. Also
big thank you to @zeal and @profk for all their ongoing help and insights, and
all the other community members who chipped in and helped this transition
happen. And thanks too to @whiterussian for all the assistance with comms and
being copied into what are not the most exciting DMs… conversations get locked
at 500 messages, who knew?!

Thank you to all of you in advance for your continued support and for making
these forums the wonderful online outpost that they’ve become over the last 23
years.

Cheers,
Sean

–JAG?–

p.s. many hours go in behind the scenes to keep things going and I’ve covered
the shortfall of server costs on many occasions over the years, so if you’d like
to support my time that goes into DiS, you could grab something on our
independent label here http://drownedinsound.bandcamp.com/ and/or there’s a
newsletter + podcast that you can subscribe to and support over on Substack
ahead of plans to bring back the editorial in some form at some point in the not
so distant future https://drownedinsound.substack.com/ (still figuring out what
the premium offering for the newsletter might be, but getting closer to figuring
that out… ideas as always are welcomed!)

–JAG ENDS–

    
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HOW TO DIS

Come on in and say hello! Browse updates from moderators, learn about DiSisms,
and find other “important stuff” stored in here. Recommended reading for new
users, and oldies should check in every now and again.
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DiSisms – A wiki post 3 Aug

Introductions! 24 Jul

Trust Levels and restricted areas of DiS Mar '22
Downtime tonight (3rd July) 15 Oct
What are some of your tips for using the forums? 28 Sep
MUSIC

This is your outpost online to talk with fellow fans about music of any genre or
era. Whether you want to discuss the best bands from South Sudan or Southampton,
this is the place for you. There are no real rules or restrictions, just be nice
to each other.
Radiohead Festivals
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The “find a gig buddy” thread 26 Oct

Can you help? May '22
Wednesday 10m
Black Country New Road 18m
The DiS 50 states project #2- Alaska 1m
SOCIAL

From sandwiches to fish puns via pub quiz team names, the DiS social boards are
an alternative universe filled with irreverent chat about everything and
nothing. Dive in.
Rubbish Pets Ratings NSFW Social SSP
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Cat Thread (rolling) (Part 2) 14m
Rate my meal deal 14m
A thread to ask specific questions to specific DiSers *Rolling* 1m
Great Things Posted On Social Media IV (inc chat)(no? chat) 17m
People Who Have Fucked It Thread 19m
FOR MUSICIANS

Many musicians use these forums, and in an increasingly complex and
self-sufficient world, we thought a place to share knowledge, ask questions, and
improve our collective understanding of an industry in constant transition this
forum would be useful.
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Gear Wanker thread Mk II 23m
Music Production/Writing/Works In Progress Advice Hole 38m
Fun guitar lessons for fun guitar. 3d
ENTERTAINMENT!

Talk about TV shows or films or books or geek out about gaming or internet
culture or board games or general popular & unpopular culture… Gang of Four fans
especially welcome.
Film & TV
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DiS Film Club Megathread 26 Jan
Games Completed 2023 21m
Gaming 2023 32m
Wordle (Part 2) 13m
The Reckoning 1h
NEWS & POLITICS

This is the place for civil discussion about what’s happening in the world (and
known universe).
4 / month

All purpose Artificial Intelligence/ AI ethics discussion thread (rolling) 3m
Israel/Palestine thread 2m
UK Politics - November 2023 1h
The War On Cars 2h
Labour Party Thread II: I’m Starving Children Instead 2h
SPORTS

Sports chat of all kinds goes in here.
Sports (old)
7 / month

cricket thread - washout special. 16m
FPL 2023/2024 21m
Eric Ted Curd: The November Football Thread 2m
THE SUMMER 2023 WRESTLING THREAD ft. AEW in Wembley! Summerslam in Detroit! G1
Climax 33 Tournament! And more! 3h
Rolling Football Podcast Spin-off thread 3h
DIS TRAVEL GUIDE

One handy category for all “What to do in …?” threads, and similar!
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Glasgow recommended places thread. (rolling) 18h
Leeds! 23h
Overseas travel plans 3d
Bradford 6d
SITE FEEDBACK

Discussion about this new forums and how we can improve 'em.
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Chrome issue 30 Oct

Theme Selector not Working / Can’t Change Theme 25 Oct

the discourse app keeps telling me i have an unread DM 15 Oct

Unable to retract likes after a certain amount of time 13 Oct

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Want to promote your own music? Looking for a band member? Or a room mate? Have
a guitar for sale? Need to offload your extra gig ticket because your friend has
let you down at the 11th hour? Putting on an event you want people to know
about? Want to plug your latest stream or app or blog post? This…
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Dawnwalker (Rolling) - Human Ruins reissue and Dec UK Tour!! 7d
Xbox One X (and driving kit) 10 Oct
Some CDs for sale 4 Oct
1x Ticket For Lingua Ignota 13/10/2023 25 Sep




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