"out with the old in with the new" thread

[birba]

I'm asking the powers that be how should be institute "Out with the old in with the new"  thread. Should we do it in the audition room or somewhere else.  I don't know if you've read the case in point - I feel so strange talking to someone I've never met or conversed with and where are you? -it has to do with posting a recording or video from one's old repertoire.  Keeping your repertoire alive, so to speak.  And deleting it when you have something else to present.  Comments are also deleted or "modified" when the new piece arrives.  So I don't think it would ever exceed a page in length.
Advice? comments?

[costicina]

Many of us are very interested in Birba's proposal. Can you help us, Niels?

[Bob]

What do you mean?  I'm not following.

I don't go over there often so I don't mind seeing old threads.

[Bob]

I see.

https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=45718.msg498454#new

We used to be able to delete the threads we created ourselves.  Maybe Nils could put that back, at least on that board. 

If not I wonder if you could just pull the recording off the thread.

And if still not, the thread will just sink to the bottom of the threads eventually.  It doesn't sound like a big deal.

[birba]

No, that's not the problem.  You can modify your own post and cancel the recording and put in another one.  And you can modify your comment on a video, as well.  The problem is how to notify when you've got a new post.  Like Candlelight said, it won't result in either "show new replies" or "show unread posts".

[49410enrique]

No, that's not the problem.  You can modify your own post and cancel the recording and put in another one.  And you can modify your comment on a video, as well.  The problem is how to notify when you've got a new post.  Like Candlelight said, it won't result in either "show new replies" or "show unread posts".

you just respond to your own thread with the word 'bump' or 'new new recording' or anything really just a new reply by anyone will move it to the top.

[birba]

Oh.  That's right.  We're getting something here.

[starstruck5]

This sounds Birba like you are actually suggesting that each member has a page of their own -rather like members do on MP3Unsigned or similar sites.

You can already technically post something in the audition room with a link to youtube -so you could set your own channel up there -this can be as fluid as you want I suppose. I think the possibilities already exist to do what you wish -if someone does not have an account there you can easily do the same with Soundcloud -so that all your repetoire is represented the way a member wants it. Delete whenever you want -
Comments then could still be made on PianoStreet -so no one needs an account anywhere else -it might mean a lot of dead links -but linking to a persons channel or page elswhere is possible instead of to a particular piece -

Do we really need a special thread or page? on here ? Just thinking out loud.

[birba]

No, each member has 2 permanent POSTS.  One for presenting a piece, and one for commenting on someone else's piece.  I think I'm making too much out of this.  What I wanted to do, was present one piece a week - digging into my repertoire and forcing myself to play music.  Not just practise the appassionata.  One piece which I would leave up for a week and then subsititute with another piece.  In the meantime, someone else would post a piece, and I would make ONE comment about it.  That person would do the same for me, or for another.  Yes, now I see it's getting complicated.  You would have to make another post for another person.  And yet, no, wait.  You could just modify your post and add a comment regarding another post. 
You know what.  This whole thing is getting out of hand.  I'm just going to think about myself.  I want to post one piece a week.  I'll post it in the audition room and remove it when I have another piece to present.

[costicina]

Yes, maybe this is the best solution, at least for now. Only, we can introduce the piece we are going to post in the audition room quoting your original title, something like: "Out with the old project": Name of the composer, title of the composition. It's up to the OP (sono così orgogliosa di aver scoperto prima di te che cavolo significa questo acronimo  ) deleting the video, replacing it qith a new one, do whatever she/he wants with the performance....

Ehi, don't forget the  "dressed to kill" stuff....I spent the afternoon looking for an appropriate outfit in my closet 

[Bob]

I'm not sure if I still understanding, but there is the notify button on each thread.  The website will send an email alert each time someone puts up a new post. I don't think that's what you mean though.

[birba]

I'm not sure if I still understanding, but there is the notify button on each thread.  The website will send an email alert each time someone puts up a new post. I don't think that's what you mean though.

OK, I'm checking to see if modifying the post will alert me.

[Bob]

Ah.  I've wondered about that.  I wonder if Nils could tweak it so it would send out notification emails when a post is modified.

[candlelightpiano]

But that's exactly what I mean!  If I modify a post, will that really send out a "a new reply to your post"?  Because it it does, that solves the whole question.  well, almost.

As far as I understand it, it won't.  You can try it out this way.  Find one of your old posts on a thread that is not at the top of the list, modify your post, hit POST, then take a look at the thread so see if it has moved up to the top of the list.  My experience with modifying posts is that it doesn't change the position of the thread.  The only way you can move your thread up to the top of the list is to make a comment in a new box, not in an old box. 

[candlelightpiano]

I'm not sure if I still understanding, but there is the notify button on each thread.  The website will send an email alert each time someone puts up a new post. I don't think that's what you mean though.

But isn't that only for yourself? I mean, let's say I have a thread and I click notify so I get an email alert each time someone puts up a new post on my thread.  However, if I modify my post, no one will get a notification because it's not a new post.  Is that right?  I clicked notify in the past and never received any emails from the website so I'm not sure it works at all.

[pianoman53]

Nils: why can't you just put an "update" button in every thread? If someone wants to notify users about the thread, one could just press "update", and it would go to the top of the page. In that way, one could modify an old post without having to actually post something. For example, if you have a new recording, as it is now, you either have to delete the old one, and then post a new reply. The other way is to post a new reply with the recording, and risk that people comment on the old one. With the update, one could simply modify and update. In that way, all sort of project theads would be much more efficient, instead of having 3 pages of old and out-of-date recordings.

[Bob]

The notification button is for yourself, to get an email if the thread gets another post.  You can turn it on or off but it's just for you.

I wouldn't mind threads doing notifications and bumping up to the top of the list if something is changed.   ....Although that means we won't be able to hide stuff in the old threads...