How long after 31st for list/commenting?

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Hmm, I would appreciate it if the rest of the covers I posted got a comment or two. 3 of the tracks from Pink Floyd’s Piper that I posted at the start of the month, have no comments at the moment…
But I am thankful for the feedback I have gotten thus far.

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I think a spot of zong busting is in order. I tried to keep up with everything at the beginning when it was a slow trickle of songs, but then all of a sudden there’s almost 300!
Commenting on the older songs will push them back up to the top of the list- if you have it ordered by ‘Latest’, as I do- so hopefully that will get some of the older ones a bit more attention.

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I know what you mean. Much harder to keep up in this venue than FAWM. Harder to track what’s new or any particular artist. I appreciate all my comments but I gotta say if it wasn’t for @BillWhite51 most of my songs would be pretty lonely. So thank you so very much, Bill!

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@sbs i think you and i post so many songs that it is impossible for people to keep up with them. i have so mnay zongs that i lost count of them. but on the bright side, there have been so many people posting songs that it has really been an exciting rocktober. i have heard great versins of dozens of songs i have never heard before. a big thank you to all who have participated. still a few more days left and i have a few more songs in my bag.

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Oh my, I did post 16 songs this Rocktober. Is that more than most? What would help, and maybe this is a thing but I just haven’t seen it. is to be able to click on a person’s name to browse their songs to make sure all are seen. I’ve done a heck of a lot of commenting but, you’re right, it’s hard to catch every song. Anyway, just wanted to say thank you to all! See you in February, I hope. Right now I feel so creatively spent, I can’t imagine ever writing another song - lol!

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@sbs, yeah, as far as I know you can click around on someone’s name and see some of their posts and songs. Just do some exploring and maybe something will turn up…

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So here’s something to think about.
Beto and I are in discussions about what to do here.
If everyone is serious about keeping this place open all year round, we can do that and set up a PayPal link or something for donations (no pressure, though). Otherwise we can just shut it down until next year. I think we’d need a critical mass of members to keep up engagement for the year.
Thoughts?

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In my experience running https://lemmy.studio/ (which costs only $1.32/user/year) it’s a bit more complicated than that because:

  1. Some people can’t pay, and that’s OK. The economy is a mess and nobody should not use the site because they can’t pay.
  2. Some people pay $1/month, which after processing fees becomes 50¢ or less. It’s better to pay for a whole year at once, if possible.
  3. A lot of people don’t pay because they think “oh, it costs only 11¢/month, so if I don’t pay it’s OK, it’s not much”.
  4. Worse, some people will stop donating because they think “if nobody’s paying, why should I?”

But I feel that even though the community here is smaller, it’s a tighter and more conscious community, and I’m happy to give this a try!

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Well said.

  • We’ll see what happens.

It’s great it’s being so well and freely discussed - only good stuff can come of it. And, if nothing else, it’s the best rocktober space in all these years - just do it again, next year! : )

Keeping it simple is good, when a lot of “we oughtta’s…” start happening - well, “this” worked, well, as-is, so, there you go (derUgo ; ) lol! )

  • Roctober on, all. One day remains, so, Cover thing’s up! : )
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ill donate my share if there is a consensus to keep it open, but i wont vote either for or against.

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I’m just running across this and I have to get back to work, so I’m sure this is in one of the comments but: With the understanding that no one has to contribute, and not everyone will, what’s a suggested donation amount?

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Maybe…let it roll in Nov and see how it felt…make decision re closing …last week of Nov? and donate the balance ? x

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I would suggest $10, but any value helps. If 20% of the people contribute that should pay for the costs til the end of the year.

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Thanks! I sent in a contribution.

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@Beto i dont see a paypal button anywhere. how should we send in out donations?

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@BillWhite51 I tried creating a button but the process was failing, PayPal hates me. If you have a PayPal account you can go to Log in to your PayPal account and then send the money to robdealmeida@gmail.com.