Sorry to interrupt your regularly scheduled "Lana Del Rey Deletes an Instagram Post" news programming.

If anyone has questions about the positions, what's expected, or how to apply - I'd be happy to field them here.

Oh shiit.

Google docs! Nice, I do miss the forum layout though.

can i apply to be head of banning morons

"Sorry to interrupt your regularly scheduled "Lana Del Rey Deletes an Instagram Post" news programming."

How dare you lmao. Exciting new layout, love it!

I was asking myself how long Sowing can run this place like all by himself haha

I take it you've never met Sput's godfather? Jom...

After the disaster of the last year I'm just hoping to stay Contrib lol

But let me give my enthusiastic support/suggestions: Dmathias, sandwich and Watchitexplode for Contrib and Nocte, Johnny and Dean (doesn't review as much but phenomenal writer and responsible for heading a lot of Contrib features behind the scenes) for staff! But good luck to all homies

I don't run this place by myself. Not even close. I put myself into the spotlight more than I should but if anyone could see behind the curtains they'd know that it's Jom's and Willie's show, and that all the mods are active and do a ton of heavy lifting that generally goes underappreciated.

Anyway, if anyone has questions please feel free to ask away and I'll answer here.

TheNotrap and dedex for contrib'!

Good luck everyone, hopefully we get a good number of contributors. And top of that, cheering for my contribros applying for staff!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFoxg4IFtqc

justjoe for emeritus

i don’t wanna earn it though

Good luck to everyone applying! I'm hoping to get a solid 6-12 months back on the horse before even thinking about throwing my hat into the staff ring, and the standard of review on here has shot up since I joined all those years ago, so whoever gets a position will have earned the shit out of it.

justjoe for emeritus [2]

milo for contrib

johnny for staff

notrap for contrib

dewinged and nocte for staff also

johnny for staff [2]

in all sincerity i wish all you applicants the best of luck in your writing aspirations on this here website whatever they may be

Cheers garas & parksungjoon

I think I'll apply. This site has been part of my life for a long time now and I can't imagine being outside this BEAUTIFUL weirdo community. If I get accepted, I have to spend a couple of weeks checking my old reviews & soundoffs's grammar tho ;)

Best of luck to everyone! Lots of talented writers on here that should apply.

Ghost promote me to Jim

sniff is top tier jim

Back when I was reviewing a bit more consistently I wanted to be some level of staff member on sput

Going to try and get an application in today! Best of luck to everyone who does. Like Notrap said, can't get enough of this little community and the weird and wild music it has introduced me to

Well, I just applied

also TheSpirit for staff

Dewi, Nocte and Johnny for staff PLS

And yes, notrap for contrib too

I swear he had it tho

Make me staff

Make me stiff

I went ahead and applied as Contrib, would be fun to review at that level for sure! but yea, Dewi and Nocte for staff definitely
good luck to everyone applying!

Good luck to everyone. I myself can't be bothered to apply as I'm barely ever on this site anymore (actively reviewing that is), but it's been a good run as contrib.

Also, Nocte (Aussie Rob) for staff. Dude's writing style gets more and more consistent every review he writes.

"if anyone could see behind the curtains they'd know that it's Jom's and Willie's show, and that all the mods are active and do a ton of heavy lifting that generally goes underappreciated."

honest question, because I truly don't know, what does Willie do??

That sounds like a talk you should be having with your old folks at home

lmaooo

Tx folks but I'm not applying for staff this year. Contrib is busy enough for me and there's plenty of people that deserve the spot!

"lmfao get fucked nerd of the well


gl to all the nerds whomstve applied"

i remember jokingly calling this same kid a nerd in a video games thread recently and he straight grumped his khakis

And applied!

'i remember jokingly calling this same kid a nerd in a video games thread recently and he straight grumped his khakis'

I believe I posted the word 'reported' in a thread with as about as much sincerity as every other post of the word 'reported' ever undertaken on this site, and the poor gent has been running scared since - who would have thought! Hope he's doing ok now ha ha

Hey! I have a few questions as a longtime lurker.

What is expected of a Contributing Reviewer and what is expected of a Staff Reviewer? Who receives access to pre-release music and how are albums assigned to reviewers?

Thank you!

A contributor is viewed as someone who provides high quality reviews that could be cultivated into professional-level. They should be self-motivated to provide consistent reviews of new releases, and willing to partake in collaborative features. We're looking for good site citizens too who are open to criticism and actively trying to improve. They should have an established body of work that proves their work ethic and talent.

Staff members are expected to contribute professional-level reviews (especially of new releases) that will be featured on metacritic. Availability, intrinsic motivation, and organizational skills are required in order to collaborate on quarterly playlists, year-end Top 50 LP posts, and other features. They must be excellent site citizens who advocate for its benefit and continued improvement. Staff members are entrusted with promotional copies of albums should they be made available, and they still have the freedom to review what they want to (albums are not assigned). They are encouraged but not required to use the site blog as an additional outlet for their creativity.

Mathias and no trap need to be contributors...otherwise maybe put contribs on a timer no review in 60 days your tag turns red and then disappears at 90

Understood, thank you!

I just wanna be able to give albums a 3.8. I shall apply fuck it

Shame we won't be able to see all these excellent users applying due to the doc's anonymity. Those nervous about openly putting their hands up for this should seize the moment and apply. No use sitting on the fence. If you've thought about going for a contributing reviewer spot - now's your time. Best of luck everybody.

"Shame we won't be able to see all these excellent users applying due to the doc's anonymity. Those nervous about openly putting their hands up for this should seize the moment and apply."

Precisely the point. This way anyone can feel free to apply in anonymity. It also encourages participation because, unless you openly announce your bid, there's no embarrassment (not that there ever should be) over not being picked.

--It also encourages participation--

Agreed completely Sowing, but the point I was referring to (which expressed poorly in hindsight) is that maybe some of the users who may not apply due to shyness, misplaced self values et al could do with some gentle, healthy peer pressure. *nudge nudge*

As for the potential embarrassment in say, a failed bid to achieve either the contributor or staff level there's always a chance for feedback from the staff as to why they didn't achieve - adding constructive points on how to attain next cycle. A trend that is sure to continue one way or another.

tl;dr - apply! If you don't get it this time, work on next year. A "no" is generally not a final say. There's ghost promotions to consider also.

"maybe some of the users who may not apply due to shyness, misplaced self values et al could do with some gentle, healthy peer pressure. *nudge nudge*"

not sure on this logic. stand-in peer pressure:

Apply for contrib ! being a contrib is cool. and fun! apply! if you don't apply no-one will know anyway so you'll feel like a lemon and have to wait another year to remedy this
/peer pressure over

Something along those lines.

I applied and failed once, cried for a straight year, until they finally let me in.

In the past the majority of applications tend to look pretty impressive in public view and I can easily see this putting people off. Think the google form was a wise move, esp given how much the site could do with new contribs rn

--until they finally let me in.--

*sent Jom ridiculous amounts of bitcoin.....

Applying via an anonymous form doesn't stop peers from nudging you to apply, nor does it prevent users who weren't picked from following up and asking why, so I don't really follow the logic there but it's fine you prefer the forum method. There's merit to both approaches, so switching between the two (2018-2019 were forums, 2017 was google forms) satisfies everyone I guess.

I'm not being critical, just stating a preference if that helps logic along.

“A contributor is viewed as someone who provides high quality reviews that could be cultivated into professional-level. They should be self-motivated to provide consistent reviews of new releases, and willing to partake in collaborative features. We're looking for good site citizens too who are open to criticism and actively trying to improve. They should have an established body of work that proves their work ethic and talent.

Staff members are expected to contribute professional-level reviews (especially of new releases) that will be featured on metacritic. Availability, intrinsic motivation, and organizational skills are required in order to collaborate on quarterly playlists, year-end Top 50 LP posts, and other features. They must be excellent site citizens who advocate for its benefit and continued improvement. Staff members are entrusted with promotional copies of albums should they be made available, and they still have the freedom to review what they want to (albums are not assigned). They are encouraged but not required to use the site blog as an additional outlet for their creativity.”

Sowing proving to be the life and soul of the party. Absolute lad on the karaoke after sinking 10 pints down the Spread Eagle.

I applied for contrib three years in a row I think and got it the last (:

*extremely speaking for sowing without his permission voice* fear not if you don't make it, we have beady eyes trained upon you and ghost promotions are a possibility!!!!

I gotta rack up a fair few more reviews before I can even think of applying but dexbro should definitely throw his name into the hat :]

Applied, best of luck to everyone ! (:

i wrote reviews once

"Official album art fixer" is my title, please make it official by putting it in bold, red letters.
Thank you.

Is mac still around doing stuff with numbers?

i miss macman

what would a ghost promotion entail?

once upon a time i used to write reviews.... maybe i'll try again lol best of luck to everyone that does apply though!

"what would a ghost promotion entail?"

essentially a normal promotion, but doesn't happen during the regular round of promotions, aka basically any other time of year than now. usually happens if we see some outstanding work from a user during the non-promotion cycle, likely someone who was under consideration before but needed a final push to get the promotion

will sell my account for a crisp $20 e-transfer, then one of you can "ghost promote" yourself out of obscurity. would be the greatest trick the devil ever pulled

I’ll buy your account for $35 dollars

i'll buy it for $69 just to pass it off to s*ch

I'll buy sach for $20, best deal he'll make this year

i'll raise you then to $420, because like, haha the weed number right guys?? ami right???? halol

hahaha lmao #topical fair dos kiddo

i'll do it for 3 cents and a hug

i'd apply, but i never write reviews

apply anyways who knows, you could jump directly to staff with no revs, there's always a wildcard person or group of people that get promoted lol i'd love to see it

Cool will def apply for staff

Didn't acad get promoted to staff by promising more shitposts and forum drama or something like that

Didn't he just pull a fast one of the staffs decade list?

gyro is going to apply for staff!

vote ian b for contributor 2020

I think there's a batch of very strong and active writers applying this year so you guys running this must be very happy. Just applied for contrib myself so here's to hoping. Good luck to everyone running for something!

wasnt there an ian bldxsoe or ian blxdsoe or ian bldxssdlbxlbsdoeodlbeo or something

who is this impostor

@Sowing & Nocte: Nah, I am relatively new to this site. Using it since 4 or 5 years and only 1 or 2 as active member.
I also know that there are a lot of people running this stuff and I am really gratefull for that. It's just that Sowing has a huge output of reviews and also lurks in the same musical waters I do.

That's all fair enough - my comment/query there was in good intentions.

dedex has been writing great reviews last and this months. It's been a pleasure to read.

steak promo to steak pls

Yea can I get a steak promotion

Steak for everybody?

Please make me contrib I have to support my family

It's charming but genuinely quite sad how many people here with less than 1000 comments are posting as if they have any form of chance to be staff when this site is literally a question of kool kidz klub memberz only or gtfo. Site would be much better off if the established members didn't shit on anyone who hasn't been licking their arse for the past 5 years.

On a relevant note - no way in Hell am I going to apply, but I nominate PsychicChris. He probably deserves it 10x more than anyone else who has 3 reviews but circlejerks with the rest of you overactive retards.

dedex and Dedes 4 contrib

pretty sure i had less than 1000 comments when i became staff

Bedex for moderator
Dedex for new site owner
Me for all other staff positions
The world will be ruled by ede

"pretty sure i had less than 1000 comments when i became staff"

pretty sure ur cool

Shes also legit a top 5 writer on this site imo
Claire could be a genderbent tyranossaurus and that still would not take away from the fact that she wrecks face at writing
No one can ever top the ede team tho

> But I'm not joking when I say it's 90% because you're a girl. Thirsty metal dudes and internet music intellectuals love that shit.



FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEMAAAAAAAAALES

dimorphic, people like you are the reason why women are a "niche" on this site
also don't be mad that i'm a better writer than you

Lmao
Dimorphic be gettin pub stomped rn

you! black emperor

agreed

hell yeah brother

Wait. Claire's a ....girl?

oh im sorry i didnt know sputnikmusic was a hard rock forward slash metal environment

I mean I guess he's half correct?
Metal is predominately male (Both in terms of fanbase and musician base) but to insinuate that because this is a male predominant site that we cum are pantalones when a girl writes music reviews is fucking absurd.
It's really just happenstance. Besides if that were true we'd have an even larger number of female staff reviewed would we not?

When I saw a pic of Dedes' shoulders I made pretty big cums in me jorts ngl

I think we can all agree that dimorphic has been huffing way too much jenkem.

@jac
If only you would love me I could've shown you more...

"Also, to be honest, from a statistical perspective, I would say that the real reason women are a niche on this site is because"

What the shit am i reading who put that chip on your shoulder who are you

can i be ghost-promoted to “niche woman” please & thank you

been feeling like more than just an average user these days

"this is another of your attempts to use one of those tired sentences that appear too much on the internet to try and prove a point that you're not actually even making"

->"Site would be much better off if the established members didn't shit on anyone who hasn't been licking their arse for the past 5 years"
->"Also, niches attract attention, and attention is basically popularity"
->"But I'm not joking when I say it's 90% because you're a girl"
->"Not once did I indicate that I think you're bad, so please don't go straight to that"
->"just because you don't like what you think I posted, doesn't mean I'm the devil you think I am. Why do you have to be so aggressive and hateful"

Damn, I'm late to the bait. I'll bite anyway.

Isn't it ironic that despite your obvious disdain towards women you're a massive cunt yourself?

Anyway, back to business. Do staff get paid on sputnik? Obviously there's no big bucks available, but on the rare occasion that I visit sputnik without an ad block on the ads are super obnoxious. Does all that sweet digicoin exclusively go towards the technical peeps?

I don't ask selfishly- I'm only applying for contributor clout.

a non-circular explanation for why women are niche on this site is because there's a vicious cycle in regards to women being niche — a male-dominated environment is less friendly to women, and so few women ever join/persist, and so it remains unfriendly to women, etc.


@milo there is no pay, we write out of the goodness of our hearts

milo 4 contrib [666]

johnny 4 staff [666]

"Or are you going to continue perfectly proving my initial point that you guys are just a bunch of "who even are you?" circlejerkers?"

Thing is, this point is as misplaced as your armchair attempt at identity politics, which (as pointed out) is entirely moot compared to clavier's obvious strengths as a writer and ongoing contributions to this site. Not sure how much you've actually interacted with any staff writers as opposed to this site's shitpost crowd (this are, um, two different things?) but our staffer on the whole are among the nicest and most constructive people here, and since many of them keep a fairly reserved site-wide profile beyond certain review threads I'm not sure I can see any correspondence with your bizarrely bitter soapbox antics?

Lol
All those ad coins go straight to invisigod mx

+ if, heaven forbid, I'm giving the site a Very Bad Rep for being a "who even are you?" circlejerker, I kinda do not care because you're being a toxic waste of characters :]

i just wanna sit at the cool kids’ table

you are the cool kids' table joe

i’ll be the coolest table you ever did see

infinitely better than james hetfield no doubt

Joe is the table and the chairs boy-o

"why do you seem to think I have a negative attitude towards women in general"

Because even after realising she was a woman (not that this has much bearing on things), you continued to reduce the argument to your megaexpedient interpretation of teh statustikz instead of treating her as an individual (sorry I am not Milo but we share a bed most weekends)

I'm not here for an argument, friendo. Just wanted to clap back deluxe. The short version is that the initial sentence you directed at clavier was unfounded and idiotic. Fuck whatever else you're yarning on about.

"We write out of the goodness of our hearts."

+1 I'm into it and certainly not chasing money (or clout for that matter). I love the writing community here, it's super friendly on the bridge over the trolls. The question is just a result of years of frustration of writing not being valued at all.

Dimorphic your remark about not being aware of Claire's gender is funny given that I was involved in the discussions when Claire was promoted, and most staffers were similarly unaware when they concluded her writing alone merited a staff tag. People are negatively reacting to your comment because it was just hella presumptuous.

@milo yeah the reward for writing here is sometimes elusive and hard to elucidate but hey, something's keeping us here nonetheless

> The question is just a result of years of frustration of writing not being valued at all.

feel that bro

if this is how it feels to be identified as an individual then i would rather be absorbed into an amorphous mass of maleness

she has a name & she’s right here in this thread

> i would rather be absorbed into an amorphous mass of maleness

me too...

ah.

dimorphic it may be best to just take this one as a loss

"I don't submit to bullies."

then this must be a rather strange victory

Honestly, I think a lot of what keeps me here is the anonymity. Writing under a pseudonym is so much more fun, and people actually read user reviews on this site (despite what man of the moment seems to think).

Mate, if calling you a cunt makes me a politician I'll happily take up a career

Morning...

Is there coffee left?

milo marry me

four paragraph meltdown incoming...

calling people bullies unfairly is bullying in & of itself

Morning dewi! Sorry, I appear to have had the lion's share. Park, I need a far more romantic gesture than that, although I can help you with your aforementioned absorption free of ceremony. Edit: I'm tempted to mail a ring for this ed rush and optical rec tho fr

"calling people bullies unfairly is bullying in & of itself"
does not compute

what a shit storm.

what the shit storm

😁

Bye Dimorphic! 👋 Send a postcard!
Oh hello everyone else.

Dimorphic's presence itt will forever be represented by the choice parts people chose to quote

What a shame. Hiya Sowing

yes... a "shame"

it was something along the lines of all staffers are arse lickers and clavier only got anywhere because she fills a niche as a token female

after that I sort of blacked out, but I'm sure it's enough for anyone wondering

Bring him back goddamn you sowing

Now my sick burns have no context!

Another random question- how does the voting pos/neg system work in terms of deciding which review becomes default if there's no contributor/staff review? Is it a percentage ratio of pos/neg, a total sum of pos, or something else entirely?

Flags are generally asked for in the forum in that case and I presume the mods look at it based on case by case? As far as I can tell the voting system has little to do with which review gets priority.

Hi Sow, way to wake up to sput in the morning and see this thread.

So there's a community of users that take their appreciation of certain reviews to the forums? I've seen some reviews become default for days or weeks at a time only to be relegated again. The whole system's a little confusing.

--So there's a community of users that take their appreciation of certain reviews to the forums?--

Not to put words in anyone's mouth when I shouldn't be; but it's generally self-praise that leads to users requesting their own reviews to be flagged in the forums. Or a select group of users (who will remain unnamed here) may offer suggestions to the mods for flagging/featuring etc. Other than that I can offer Scuro's Ghost review as an example of someone (himself) asking to be unflagged in preference of a better written review (I think it was one of his more non-staff efforts) and it got bumped in the method below this point. When staff/contribs get promoted, their reviews get bumped to the top - in that order. Flagging then can be adjusted again on preference of those individuals.

Thanks for taking the time to clarify. Youdabest

I think I did it, Jom/Sow/Will/Dev may have a better explanation -- but I felt like I was helping for a quick five minutes in between reviewing.

ive asked for features of other people's stuff i think once or twice but it never panned out rip sorry friends for disappointing

We should also unveil the "jerkface" tag with half size avatar in 2020.

'morning y'all! Phew, looks like I missed a lot of stuff... *eyes rolling*


"i just wanna sit at the cool kids’ table" [2] Me too.

the hell happened here

I think we missed out on a lot of fun dedex. This entire thread makes no sense with the subject removed. And I had my popcorn ready even.

I don't think bigotry (as well as other issues) should be deemed "fun".

You're right of course

Whoa yes something happened here. Too bad (...perhaps not) I was asleep.

idk, the level of self-awareness in those comments was kinda hysterical, toxic as their content was

Hmmmmm, this sounds like something I wish I had seen, but at the same time I'm not too sad about missing this. Life is complicated like that sometimes.

o dam did i miss a good drama thread

"as well as other issues" What other issues? I thought just Dimorphic said some not-very-nice things here.

I dont know, I was watching this thread before and to be honest you all were just ignoring what he has saying and insulting him instead. You ganged up on him for things he didnt say at times and tho it always wasnt very pleasant from him what he said you prove his points by doing it. Now his comments are deleted, so seems like a way to make him seem as you are wanting him to seem.

this (both comment wipes and "ignoring what he has saying" claims) is why quoting in reply comments is always a must

I still don't get why does such thread about contrib/staff applications end up like this...

so the guy flew off about why there was no point applying because sput is a self-congratulatory clique etc., and things went from there

scipio africannabis

No he didnt fly off a handle to be fair, he said it was sad how ppl with low amount of comments honestly thought they had a chance cus they get treated like shit by all main members on this site. and in my experience that is true and even said to be true by the big members elsewhere.

other thing you said is true tho

Didn't take long to make an alt.

"so the guy flew off about why there was no point applying because sput is a self-congratulatory clique etc., and things went from there"
I see.

One word: kindergarten...

"Didn't take long to make an alt."

nah year old acc

"No he didnt fly off a handle to be fair, he said it was sad how ppl with low amount of comments honestly thought they had a chance cus they get treated like shit by all main members on this site"

If this had been a comment the site as a whole perhaps it'd have scanned differently, but as a criticism of the staff specifically I'm sure I'm not alone in having read it as overly scornful and misplaced (as was shown up in subsequent discussion)

To be honest, when I joined fairly recently I never experienced any hostility because of low numbers of comments. I actually felt very welcome, the vast majority of users wasn't mean at all, they were very friendly. People giving tips, reccing stuff, etc. And I'm talking both staff/contribs and general users.

But bro it surely was not critisism of staff only because he said 'big members' and specifically not 'staff'. Look at garas and parkjungsoon above, their not staff but have big comment numbers. This is what he will have meant because it is what smaller members like me experience. People say its true everywhere here on sputnik music. Don't try to be rude or make you sad but it is true.

scipio africannabis is the best name ever who is it

i dont think ive ever seen garas be impolite

it really isn't

bc continental europeans are more civil and polite than americans/commonwealthians

who cares how many comments you have, it proves absolutely nothing

guess I haven’t experienced enough criticism and harassment from others for my relatively low comment number

criticism is useful as long as theyre not a bellend about it

"who cares how many comments you have, it proves absolutely nothing"

This exactly is the entire point.

Also, thanks for liking my name! It is a great name.

I mean, the site's a community, right? Staff/contribs/thoroughly active users obviously are going to proliferate each others' work, know each other a bit better, and dominate discussion. That's a given. Although some of the site's backend favours staff (which definitely yields positives, given that they are all decent writers or better and have a solid work ethic), there's not exactly open hostility toward new people. Truth is that you have to connect with people in order to be read- is that so surprising? What's probably not going to help your case is starting an argument with sexism as the foundation, then somehow backtracking into nepotism as your topic of discussion (not you, awesome name guy, but the man that was posthumously censored).

Can't we just step back and laugh at how many people in this thread are now putting the words 'big' and 'member' right beside each other?

Hihihi, good point Milo!

god milo when are we going to put our big members right beside each other

milo more like mr frumpy butte

Never had any bad experiences as a new member either. Don't be a douche should pretty much be a given (and that goes for everywhere you go tbh) and then this site is no more or less inclusive than any other community so far as I've seen.

Concerning becoming a contrib or staff member when you have a low comment count, than of course you are right when you say that those chances are significantly lower (I'm guessing). But that is no different from anywhere else. You can't start as a basic employee and ask to become a teamleader in your first month. You first prove yourself as a standup person towards your colleagues and show that your work is up to snuff. What you can do however, is showing that you have the ambition to get there in time by applying now.

Edit* A low comment count in combination with little to no reviews ofcourse. Like Sowing says below me.

This should go without saying but comment count matters for nothing other than perceived clout among new users.

I'd promote a user with 25 good reviews who's never commented before I'd promote someone with 12,000 comments who rarely contributes to the site.

Perhaps I take for granted how simple it is to figure out what's expected of people around here, but if any additional clarification is needed I'd be happy to divulge.

I have a question. If I were to apply and were to be successful, would I receive a commemorative keychain?

--Perhaps I take for granted how simple it is to figure out what's expected of people around here,--

I think it's just getting a little bit overblown in here; especially considering the shit show this thread turned into earlier in the day. I think the comment tally issue has already been brought up enough. Everything else should refer to the Sowing/Teal short back and forth at the top of the thread. Other than that other clarification points should separate themselves from most of the mess posted above.

Getting back on topic: Trif, you applied yet?

"I have a question. If I were to apply and were to be successful, would I receive a commemorative keychain?"

I can hand-deliver it.

No I haven't done that yet. Want to get a few more reviews out before I'd consider doing this. What about you Scheumke? You'd be one of the main candidates I'd say!

get to it lad

neeerds

--get to it lad--

[2]

"No I haven't done that yet. Want to get a few more reviews out before I'd consider doing this."

Do it. Your reviews are good + if you don't get it this time, you'll be glad for the experience next time you give it a shot

Agreed with Johnny there Trif. Yeah posted my application couple of days ago. Thanks for the vote of confidence buddy.

Ok I'll do it! Scarrryyyy!

Yeah, honestly, worth applying for the heck of it. At the very least means staffers who aren't familiar with you will get to reading your stuff. (I will begin promptly regardless of if you apply!!!)

haven't u heard of the curse of the application
everyone who has ever filled out the application has been mysteriously killed 9 days later
killed in the most gruesome manners

Nice wholesome thread conversation guys. Kudos.

edit: wow, budge

well I was gonna die anyway, why not make it sooner

LOL, budgie!

Also good luck to y'all, I'm happy to hear that so many of my friends applied!

Trif 4 contrib!!

"well I was gonna die anyway, why not make it sooner"

i know what you mean and i agree with you but i prefer the cold certainty of a knife myself

"i know what you mean and i agree with you but i prefer the cold certainty of a knife myself"
to each his own

But budgie all of those dead contribs and staffers seem to do fine under these conditions. It can't be too bad!

Zombieland saga: sput reviews edition

i'm going back fifty comments but I am (hopefully) not a misogynistic dickqueef but i REFUSE to contribute positively to society and will stay on unemployment until i wither and die

@Blush < 3

I'm picturing you hitting WINZ interviews pinging like Spud in Trainspotting and rambling on about how you love David Thomas Broughton and it's bringing me joy. Die lit, wines.

"look all i'm asking is that we rename it work and in cum" i say, conscientious objector of capitalism, my knickerbockers falling off as i stand up to give a speech on the exalted value of Arthur Russell,

Notrap and Dedex for Contrib
Dew and Nocte for Staff

cheers

Yoooo, so how long am I banned for? Seems kinda harsh that I've been an active, contributing member of this website for 8 years and I get banned for... whatever reason? No prior warning, guys? Literally 8 years of constant usage but say something that you don't like and I'm gone just like that? Meanies.

you’re not dead

Not dead, just HEAVILY censored.

i’d imagine you could have your inquiry addressed properly by posting it in the forums

Just a reminder that in exactly one week the above link will expire.

We've received a bunch of applications so far but I feel compelled to remind all candidates - user or contributor - that without an application, you will not be considered for a promotion. So if you are interested, be sure to submit sooner rather than later.

Cheers Sowing! Gonna jump on this tomorrow, sorry - got distracted by that Sawayama album...

go johnny!!

if johnny doesnt get staff there will be riots in the streets and in the sheets

~Go, Johnny, go!~ https://youtu.be/uMY5VGYh2Go

Omg yes Johnny deserves this so hard.

Omg yes Johnny deserves this so hard.

Omg yes Johnny deserves this so hard.

Omg yes Johnny deserves this so hard.

Omg yes Johnny deserves this so hard.

how hard does he deserve it?

Macman was so cool!!!

Does Johnny deserve it?

I don't know if I want our Johnny's going from on the spot to suddenly in wells.

How many times did you mash that button Trif?

why dimorphic banned i liked him

Hahaha apparently many times! It didn't at all come through at my side though, so I thought it wasn't posted. Then I gave up. I think we all should be glad about that...

Dimorphic was great tbh, he will be missed.

exfoliate your face salty little alchemist

I, for one, vote we commemorate the user Dimorphic in some way. He had a good run, and it was ended all too soon in a strangely abrupt manner, with no warning signs. He woke up one morning and was deleted from all record. A sad ending for anyone.

Applications seem to be slowing down to a trickle at this point, but we're still accepting forms up until Friday. I may close submissions Thursday if things die off completely.

Also, obligatory bump.

I had the balls to apply with only two active reviews currently on the site. Bold move 2020. I'm coming for it, fellas.

I might apply for a role as mod

Can I apply as well?

"I had the balls to apply with only two active reviews currently on the site."

I'm shying away from it and I have four, respect my dude

#TectactoeForMod2020

Do it for the meme.

I can claim seniority if nothing else !!!!!

can be a film contrib, why not

I actually mentioned that as a sort of Hail Mary attempt at relevance. Hell this place could use some sort of structured film discussion.
Probably won't happen, though :'(

you have my vote there is enough interest for cinema on the site to justify it methink :]

sput format means that film discussion would either need a new blog section or an overlapping sister site like rym basically has :/ as it is, your director rankings are pretty much the top standard on here. been aiming to borrow that format actually, wanna clear up enough sion sono films to make a long long list and dedicate it to papa tectac

Movies are dumb.

oh shit yes true i forgot this thank u sandwich you are my light

Would be very very interesting in seeing that list :o)
I wouldn't mind doing one of my own someday, though there's a pretty sizable handful of Sono films I can't even locate. Same goes for Herzog, so many uber-obscure films with either no release format suitable for modern viewing, or with quality so poor it's basically unwatchable.
(The weird completionist / compulsivist in me won't allow list creation until a filmography is completed in full, unless I'm able to make sweeping caveats like "excluding short films" or whatnot.)

You're welcome Johnny.

Haha yeah a lot of them seem to be a total nightmare. I'm not even gonna bother with anything pre-Suicide Club, gonna have to put a hefty disclaimer to that effect

Also gonna have to force myself to finish the Tokyo Vampire Hotel series, which will probably be the greater struggle

I don't think it necessarily warrants a whole sister site and I doubt it'd ever happen (although movie-related blog features could be cool), but I agree that the director lists and other cinema-related content are great work which is why I threw my vote in :]

Appreciate the kind words Johnny and Bedex. (Piss off Sandwich! J/k....kind of....)
Speaking of Sono, I've had antiporno on my computer for, like, two years now and just haven't gotten around to it yet. Maybe this is a sign that it's finally time.

Wow that's weird, Antiporno is the only one currently on my HD that I haven't watched

freaky

'tis a sign from the cosmos, clearly.

whoa thats crazy man

Haven't been getting a ton of applications lately so I'm moving the deadline up to Thursday. Be sure to apply by then if you have any interest.

Last call. Will probably close the above link by end of day. Haven't gotten any new submissions in days so no point in sitting idle.

excited to see the results!

I'm not applying this year so this doesn't change anything re:moving the deadline to today, but I was wondering this: for staff applications I reckon it is just staffers discussing amongst themselves, but for contrib applications is it the same or do current contribs have a say? This was probably answered elsewhere oops

Contrib applications are handled by staff only I believe

Sign us up to staff, I’ll get this shit show ship shape.

PsychicChris 4 contrib 2k20

Milo and theNotrap for contrib and Johnny for staff

zak for staff let's fucking go