altertide0: Sputnik is a mess

furpa 06.21.15	No emoticons lol thank fucking christ there are no emoticons.
Titan 06.21.15	well he's right!
Tunaboy45 06.21.15	inb4 the hate
Tunaboy45 06.21.15	(I agree with quite a few)
LotusFlower 06.21.15	I myself hate all those question marks that randomly appear on reviews that have been around since 2005-2008. Also the userbase is pretty terrible, but they do have some pretty sick music tastes.
Aftertheascension 06.21.15	I want a sputnik app. Navigating the site manually on my phone.
LotusFlower 06.21.15	I am a pretty horrible user, yes.
Ninjask 06.21.15	"Only by band and even then you have to type in the exact name." this is actually not the case anymore so delete this.
bakkermaarten007 06.21.15	Notifications? Do you want us even more neurotic? Only things to improve are: genres (more), search bar, header redesign
furpa 06.21.15	A sputnik app would be sick yeah.
bakkermaarten007 06.21.15	^^ah yes, the app.
MrSirLordGentleman 06.21.15	I can survive all of that stuff as long as they allow bigger images/gifs as avatars
Calc 06.21.15	yeah the site could definitely update a ton.
Frippertronics 06.21.15	if they allowed gifs without gimping them, that'd be nice larger avs? i don't know, do you really want a page to be expanded because of several HUEG avatars?
LotusFlower 06.21.15	Well, at least it doesnt look like this anymore: http://sputnikmusic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/sputnik1.jpg
MrSirLordGentleman 06.21.15	Not HUGE, but around the size of Willie's av would be nice (which is also a gif, damn mods)
Valkyrion 06.21.15	maybe getting rid of shitty generic tags like "electronic"? more tags are needed in general...
TheCollectiveFacade 06.21.15	Joined 04-23-15
TheCollectiveFacade 06.21.15	other than that, you hit a lot of things
oisincoleman64 06.21.15	There are literally 0 hip hop subgenres like wtf step up your game Sputnik this why everyone prefers RYM
KrazyKris 06.21.15	Only things to improve are: genres (more), search bar [2]
Ninjask 06.21.15	"maybe getting rid of shitty generic tags like "electronic"? more tags are needed in general..." how would you describe kid A era radiohead? ambient, techno, house, breaks, dubstep, drum and bass, downtempo, garage, idm, house, trance, or grime? or what about kraftwerk?
oisincoleman64 06.21.15	@CL0VER 0-0 I am so glad I was not on this website then
MrSirLordGentleman 06.21.15	@ninjask Experimental, there you go, hehe
Ninjask 06.21.15	"@ninjask Experimental, there you go, hehe" fuckin lol
Valkyrion 06.21.15	@ninjask art rock, experimental rock (kid a) not familiar with kraftwerk
SonofSnow 06.21.15	Search function definitely needs a face lift. Would make findings OSTs so much easier.
Ninjask 06.21.15	while that does certainly work, at least half of the album is electronic in nature. neither art rock nor experimental rock imply electronic at all. also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wop47G2qeY
Snake. 06.21.15	kid a is brostep
PlatonicMushroom 06.21.15	"NO NOTIFICATIONS!! This is really bad. Even if someone comments on your list there's no way to know other than check it yourself." There's "my content" if you click "more" next to the new comments box Also i think u can write emoticons in code &hearts 😻 ³ ♥ ♡ ☺ ☹ ☻
LotusFlower 06.21.15	Does it matter what the most accurate genre for Kid A is on a website with a shitty genre filter?
BlueSwan 06.21.15	fuck
Ninjask 06.21.15	if it wasn't already completely obvious, my point was that sometimes an album is electronic but doesn't fall under 'ambient, techno, house, breaks, dubstep, drum and bass, downtempo, garage, idm, house, trance, or grime'.
theBoneyKing 06.21.15	3 hard, there are about a billion different metal genres listed and like 5 of most other genres
MrSirLordGentleman 06.21.15	Yeah, we know that ninja, however, I don't think it was a very good example since Kid A is probably one of those albums that won't fit in any genre
LotusFlower 06.21.15	^
theBoneyKing 06.22.15	Why doesn't someone just create a genre tag called "Kid A", and the only album in the genre is, of course, Kid A?
Ninjask 06.22.15	no, it's art rock+electronic, with some ambient (arguable some idm). that's it.
YakNips 06.22.15	whats new scoody doo
Supercoolguy64 06.22.15	based on my knowledge, their used to of been emoticons, but i guess they took them out for some reason
YakNips 06.22.15	dude oh my god its "there used to have been" youre killing me
Supercoolguy64 06.22.15	shit didnt notice that lol
theBoneyKing 06.22.15	"no, it's art rock+electronic, with some ambient (arguable some idm). that's it." And a bit of jazz too. Thing is most albums fall to one thing or another but Kid A really doesn't
silentstar 06.22.15	"NO NOTIFICATIONS!! This is really bad. Even if someone comments on your list there's no way to know other than check it yourself." !! if you click on "My Discussions", it shows you the latest comments in threads in which you have posted at some point. check it: http://i.imgur.com/hNeDYHt.png
Parallels 06.22.15	implying it hasnt been a mess for years
LifeFeedsOnLife 06.22.15	Needs more relationship status updates.. and taco emoticons... and pictures of babies I don't give a shit about. More hate groups would be nice too..
theBoneyKing 06.22.15	"if you click on "My Discussions", it shows you the latest comments in threads in which you have posted at some point." Yes but this only shows so many threads.
theacademy 06.22.15	its just unfair to compare us to other websites bc were small and not really trying to be big were a chill place to hang, share recs, and get ripped on by smarter cooler users this isnt facebook dudes lol
theacademy 06.22.15	what hurts the most is that youre gone and it hasnt even been that long
LifeFeedsOnLife 06.22.15	That's the spirit! :)
theacademy 06.22.15	aint it fun aint it fun baby now youre one of us
LifeFeedsOnLife 06.22.15	There's no 'like' button.. I can never adequately validate your opinion. sry..
MrSirLordGentleman 06.22.15	"its just unfair to compare us to other websites bc were small and not really trying to be big" tbh I honest I think we're easily among the five biggest music sites (with one of them being Rolling Stone which is a magazine, and other one being Allmusic so I don't think it counts either) I've seen Sputnik as a reliable source in a lot of places
altertide0 06.22.15	@Ninjask If I write "Bonzo Dog" it will redirect me to "The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band" but if I write "Bonzo Dogg" it will show me nothing. More importantly though if I want to go to "Red Krayola and Art & Language" I have to write "Red Krayola and Art &"amp something" Language". @TheCollectiveFacade anything wrong with my joining date? @PlatonicMushroom I feel a bit stupid now, haha! Didn't notice that, thanks! @silentstar Didn't know about that as well, but it seems that most of the discussions it shows me there haven't been of interest to me for quite some time. Would be nice if I could "flag" the topics I want or something.
Emim 06.22.15	what a dark time to be alive tell me how you cope
altertide0 06.22.15	Given the amount of feedback (I didn't honestly expect that!) it was inevitable that sooner or later someone would write something in this vein. Don't worry though, I'm alive & well and sputnik is obviously worth it for me or I wouldn't be here but that doesn't mean that there's no room for improvement.
Emim 06.22.15	well most of these are minor niggles, and only maaaaaaybe three of them are things that should actually be addressed
altertide0 06.22.15	True, my main problems were the first 2 and 7 but a list with only 3 points? Come on, who would have taken it seriously? :D Plus I wanted to share some records with you.
Emim 06.22.15	well I appreciate the contribution even if I am a bit more apathetic to the cause. 7 years on this site will do that to you
DominionMM1 06.22.15	ugh
titanslayer 06.22.15	If they only fixed one problem they should fix the search feature. It would be nice if it still gave you results even if you misspelled something, and it would be nice to search for albums in case you don't know the bands name
smith1 06.22.15	everything sucks
wwf 06.22.15	yeah I agree with most of these but I love me some sputnik
Artuma 06.22.15	go back to rym then
Egarran 06.22.15	This game does need a patch.
altertide0 06.22.15	@Artuma Never had an account on rym. How is it different from sputnik?
Intothepit 06.22.15	The only thing that rym has over Sputnik at this moment is that you're not making dumb lists like this on their site.
Artuma 06.22.15	@altertide rym is good at pretty much everything you complain about here. in every other sense i prefer sput tho
Tunaboy45 06.22.15	rym is for people who think they're too good for sputnik
guitarded_chuck 06.22.15	Joined 04-23-15 you don't get to complain buddy
Valkyrion 06.22.15	adding releases on rym is a bother and i can't be fucked doing that 90% of the time, I prefer sputnik in that regard but as far as charts go rym is better. you don't really get to check user lists all the time if you don't actively look for them though
RadicalEd 06.22.15	A lot of valid complaints. I'm just glad that the lists got fixed this year. No emoticons for sputnik though. no. just no.
RadicalEd 06.22.15	Also RYM is fine for searching for music, but I don't view it as a community site, even though I know it has community functionality.
altertide0 06.22.15	Oh well. I guess I'll stay here so that I don't lose all the precious interaction with users such as Intothepit.
RadicalEd 06.22.15	Just leave if you're unsatisfied, don't be a smarmy moron about it.
altertide0 06.22.15	Sorry, I didn't want to sound this way, I don't plan leaving or anything, just wanted to make a funny response to pit, looks like it didn't work though! :)
tempest-- 06.22.15	hey man emojis work 😍 🍆💦 👌🏼 💯 and all the other shit is part of sputniks charm
theBoneyKing 06.22.15	Ok you can stop using emojis now please and thank you.
JWT155 06.22.15	Isn't MX like an MIT grad who set this up for fun? Highly doubt the site's going to be revamped and I have no real big issues with the current setup.
RadicalEd 06.22.15	I just love that the Creator of this Website is some kind of mythical being that nobody really knows.
melnadaiid 06.22.15	kick starter for sputnik app tbh
Sevengill 06.22.15	George Carlin is the Creator.
dbizzles 06.22.15	I didn't notice so many things on this site for so long. I have been a user for a few years, but didn't comment much, just rated albums, read articles and reviews and used the charts as a source of new music to check. I barely found 'My Discussions' a few months ago, for better or worse.
BlueSwan 06.22.15	Pit
titanslayer 06.23.15	"if it wasn't already completely obvious, my point was that sometimes an album is electronic but doesn't fall under 'ambient, techno, house, breaks, dubstep, drum and bass, downtempo, garage, idm, house, trance, or grime'." Not to be the devils advocate but isn't electronic music just music made with electronic instruments? Unless you're talking about a specific genre like techno using electronic as a tag makes about as much sense as making guitar a genre. The instrument isn't the genre, the style is
FlyheadMetal 06.23.15	each album needs individual genre tags tbh...bergtatt is not an electronic album!
zaruyache 06.23.15	but unless we can get Jom a buttload of extra cash to hire more people to fix these things... they probably won't happen for a while (if at all). Does he even get paid for what he does here? I don't even know who the higher-ups are/what they do.
PlatonicMushroom 06.23.15	Wasn't [url] in lists possible a few months ago?
PlatonicMushroom 06.23.15	Anyway the only thing that bothers me is the search and the lack of genre tags for albums thingy Also when u try to customize yr profile it ends up like this http://www.sputnikmusic.com/user/Bactus
brainmelter 06.23.15	yes, fucking mobile app. And the search bar is super lameeee
parksungjoon 01.04.21	rip
GhandhiLion 01.04.21	true, and still true
Ryus 01.04.21	rym is better for literally everything else except the community
Minushuman24 01.04.21	rym looks like complete garbage too
Ryus 01.04.21	ya, but less garbage than sput
parksungjoon 01.04.21	they look about the same, one is way more usable though
Minushuman24 01.04.21	that be true
JayEnder 01.04.21	This site just pisses me off on mobile tbh
GhandhiLion 01.04.21	the albums on this list are really great btw.
Minushuman24 01.04.21	yea, I don't know most of it but I know 3 and 9 absolutely rule
Dedes 01.04.21	I use this explicitly on mobile lol Get wrecked weak shit
sixdegrees 01.04.21	No hashtags
LeddSledd 01.04.21	"I use this explicitly on mobile lol" like 90% of the time for me yea
sixdegrees 01.04.21	No fleets??? Really mx???
Pikazilla 01.04.21	@sixdegrees
LeddSledd 01.04.21	where is the users stories feature 🤨🤨🤨
sixdegrees 01.04.21	Take all of my Sputnik Gold good sir
LeddSledd 01.04.21	thanks kind Sputter!
parksungjoon 01.04.21	100% regretting bumping this
sixdegrees 01.04.21	what did you think would happen
parksungjoon 01.04.21	anything but reddit tbh
MxL0 01.04.21	^ This site has got a few toxic users tho but yes anything but r/music or r/metal omg r/numetal is a cool lil community however
Divaman 01.04.21	Ah, 2015. Good thing everything is so much better now, huh?
Emim 01.04.21	Imagine being mad that pop rock is a genre tag but art rock isn't.
Emim 01.04.21	Sputnik is better than reddit because we hold the IP to m/
sixdegrees 01.04.21	Also you can’t upboat
ieatbabies795 01.04.21	“I barely found 'My Discussions' a few months ago, for better or worse.” Dude same Haha. Well I think the search could use some ironing out but some stuff on the list isn’t necessary. I haven’t used RYM but I do like it here :]
cordwainerbird 01.04.21	these are all good points but i like sputnik because it feels like its been unaffected by late stage capitalist web design
ieatbabies795 01.04.21	Yeah i agree As far as an app goes, that’d be cool but seems unlikely. I think it’s be better to have a mobile compatible website like other websites do
LeddSledd 01.04.21	"late stage capitalist web design" ugh, no thanks. god forbid websites have any unique character to them
ieatbabies795 01.04.21	Our next step is Sputnik gets bought out by [insert social media conglomerate]
Cygnatti 01.04.21	miss u alt
Emim 01.04.21	"late stage capitalist web design" Good lord
cordwainerbird 01.06.21	no yea kiss my ass and sign my petition to bring geocities back cowards
cordwainerbird 01.06.21	breaking news: trash is good, actually
Jasdevi087 01.06.21	the only problem with rym for me is that i move about 300 of my ratings over and then can't be fucked anymore
combustion07 01.06.21	Think I have a rym account but never really used it. Sput fills my music void
DavidYowi 01.06.21	i like sputnik because it feels like its been unaffected by late stage capitalist web design [4] It may be a mess but it's our mess
Cormano 01.06.21	all I've ever wanted is a screamo tag
sonictheplumber 01.06.21	sup