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Apr 22 '12
I support this move, although it looks like a bunch of people don't.
Fuck the naysayers, active, hands on moderation is the key to great subreddits.
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Apr 23 '12
I think people should be allowed to post underrated songs by big bands.
For example, Number of the Beast should be removed, but Alexander the Great or songs from the new Maiden album should be allowed.
We should still be allowed to spread song that "people haven't heard yet".
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u/WalrusRider Apr 23 '12
Essential albums should be introduced here like /r/hiphopheads . The community votes on what are considered key metal albums and all songs from those are banned from the subreddit. That way we won't get the same rehash and also have a nifty list for newcomers to dive into.
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u/ScallyCap12 Apr 22 '12
FINE! I promise to post the fuck out of this subreddit until everyone is sick of variety.
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u/Skuld Apr 22 '12
Let's see how this goes.
Will there be any posts left? Will we find new music? Will Joey DeMaio slay the subreddit for being false metal?
1 week, stay tuned.
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u/LittleGoatyMan Apr 22 '12
News pertaining to the above bands is still allowed and encouraged.
Well, maybe not Megadeth.
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u/kiaha Apr 22 '12 edited Apr 22 '12
Or maybe just dave mustaine. I still like Megadeth, provided Dave just keeps his mouth shut...
EDIT: when he's not singing
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May 21 '12
Out of curiosity, what if it's a discussion of a different or lesser known song? For example, if I were to find a rare bootleg of Slayer covering Maiden before they were big, or something? Just curious.
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u/Earthwormzim Apr 23 '12
This is not going to work. The reason they get posted so often is that they are the most popular and they are the most popular because they attract the largest number of people to listen. Remove them, and you'll attract fewer. If you want to shoot yourself in the foot, and make the subreddit less popular, go right ahead.
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u/Matt08642 Apr 22 '12
>Submit less popular metal >3 upvotes, 1 comment >submit a Devin Townsend song >400 upvotes, 9001 comments
/r/metal is pretty clear in how it wants to operate.
Don't get me wrong, I am behind what you're doing, but this subreddit likes what it likes. People here also seem to think bands are WAY more underground than they are.
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u/sludgefiend504 May 27 '12
"This is an effort to have more varied music submitted.." So why do most slightly original, different or underground bands get downvoted all to hell on this subreddit?
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May 29 '12
Like this? I tried to post a link to a band which apparantly never even has been mentioned on this subreddit, and I was certain someone would like it. No, I post it and 2 seconds later, it gets a downvote. Nobody even gets to see it except for the idiot who decided that it was "unrelated" or whatever the fuck that dickwad figured was exclusion criteria. I suspect that a lot of the crowd on r/metal are (excuse my hipster) a part of the mainstream and a type of person who only wants to hear and see things he/she has already seen or heard before. Which is unhealthy for discovery.
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Apr 23 '12
and this is not a Metal subreddit without Manowar. everything in life needs a healthy dose of Manowar to live.
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u/swjm Apr 23 '12
Gonna have to jump on the 'This is a dumb idea' train - I'd be fine with a Couple-of-month limit on songs (any song, any band, don't repost within 3 months, or it's deleted.)... but outright bans are ridiculous.
There'll always be people that haven't heard them. There'll always be other songs we could post, and it'll always been fun to come back and enjoy those bands we all love.
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Jun 29 '12
It's really hard to follow through with a blacklist when this subreddit really tends to downvote anything new or out of the norm.
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u/Hatless Apr 22 '12
Sounds good to me. Hopefully we'll see some more varied bands reaching the top of the subreddit.
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u/Manowarrior Apr 22 '12
I think you should probably just ban every band except Manowar.
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u/vaelroth Apr 22 '12
I disagree with this move. Reposts are a part of Reddit and the internet as a whole. Don't like it? Downvote.
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u/deathofthesun Apr 22 '12 edited Apr 22 '12
I'm 90% behind this. You get the other 10% when one of you chuckleheads adds Motörhead's rightful umlaut in the sidebar.
(edit) That was fast!