merge now playing track and album threads

[eugene]

oh hi,

do you music forum regulars also think that there's no sense in two separate "now playing" threads for album and individual tracks ?

if you're playing a song then you just post its name or a youtube/other legit link, if you're playing an album just post its cover and optionally a track you're currently playing.

what do you think ?

[sidewinder]

My first reaction is "no I like the separate threads" but when I actually thought about it, why the hell not merge them? Especially since the forum update that made thread subtitles less obvious / more difficult to see.

 

I vote yes.

[Guest carthief]

I tend to like them being separate, because I find that the "track" thread has more instances of people rapid-fire (or a little slower than that) posting one track after another, like updating everyone on their playlist for the day, one track at a time.

 

I'm more the type of person looking for entire album recommendations as opposed to tracks, so the inclusion of tracks for me would be, for the most part, chaff.

[zkreso]

I like them separate since I use the now playing (track) thread to discover new music. In the album one people usually don't post links to previews or youtube videos. I can certainly browse through discogs and find some track titles I can search for on youtube, but I can't know beforehand which are the standout tracks. Not to mention that sometimes people just post the cover art and don't even post the album and artist name.

[eugene]

yea this might be a better solution if people like them separate.