WELCOME BACK

[chutnut]

Like the empty space before a drop, the past few days were a dramatic pause for deliberate effect. Reactions have been mixed; positive and negative, public and private, opportunistic and confused. An indefinite timeframe of downtime was specified, yet interpreted by some as final. The questioning call of 'why?' has resounded. We obviously left the finality of it all a little open-ended: for a while we didn't know how long and we didn't want people to know. This wasn't an especially pragmatic move. It was one to instigate a response.
Birthdays are a good time to take stock, evaluate your life and think about the direction you're going in. Closing the forum for a few days has allowed us all to do this. This was the main point of the closure. It was a unanimous decision but all the moderators had their own reasons for going ahead with it as well. We felt the need to do it. Everyone has had the chance to think about what the forum means to them, which we think is a good thing. What if it was the end?

In all honesty, we were getting a headache from the constant noise, so we hit pause in an attempt to try and make people realize what is important to them. Perhaps we failed. Perhaps not. Ending it for good would have been an interesting move but this was never going to be permanent as it's far better to continue, forging the best environment we can for this music to be discussed and disseminated.

The value of any forum is determined by its users. This was always the strength of this forum in the past and perhaps now it is its weakness. This is both a matter of scale and success. Like the sound, 'The Community' has mutated and fragmented and is an entirely different entity today than it was in 2005. This is fine of course; this wasn't an attempt to change this. This wasn't a wheel up to try and take things back. We didn't think it would return things to how they were in the forum's infancy. It wasn't an elitist move. Yes, we would like more decorum and less idiocy but we know this is the internet; a place where currency is information which flows continuously often at the expense of quality. We paused the flow. It was a moment to reflect. All the moderators have and we hope you have too.

We realise that DSF is the online nucleus of the scene and to many away from the more established geographical hubs of the sound, the lifeblood of it. We know it is valued and we just want it to be the best possible place it can be for our users. This forum would not exist without the music or its users. But our users; DJs, producers, promoters and fans are able to shape it by their actions. 3 years in and it's hard to think that this forum has been anything less that catalytic in the music's development. Not specifically its existence but its function; what it has facilitated and what it has fostered - this international community.

So welcome back, make what you will of the past few days and if you haven't already, please download the BunZer0 3rd birthday mix and remember we're all here because of the music.

could that have been phrased any more pretentiously?

[miretz]

I really don't understand why you did this. But I wasn't sad. There are always internet forums and always will be. You close one, people will move to another....

Anyway

[claw]

[blizzardmusic]

You were gone?

[MissBrass]

cliff ?

[FSTZ1]

seems like this was "the bash part 2"

all I have to say

[flashharry]

lmao

[kion]

Seems like all the people complaining and/or making snide remards are the ones who hastily got involved with other forums both existing and brand new.

ffs piss off, quit and leave this thing to do it's thing - why bother flying back to the nest if you just gonna soil it again?

[__________]

Like the empty space before a drop, the past few days were a dramatic pause for deliberate effect. Reactions have been mixed; positive and negative, public and private, opportunistic and confused. An indefinite timeframe of downtime was specified, yet interpreted by some as final. The questioning call of 'why?' has resounded. We obviously left the finality of it all a little open-ended: for a while we didn't know how long and we didn't want people to know. This wasn't an especially pragmatic move. It was one to instigate a response.
Birthdays are a good time to take stock, evaluate your life and think about the direction you're going in. Closing the forum for a few days has allowed us all to do this. This was the main point of the closure. It was a unanimous decision but all the moderators had their own reasons for going ahead with it as well. We felt the need to do it. Everyone has had the chance to think about what the forum means to them, which we think is a good thing. What if it was the end?

In all honesty, we were getting a headache from the constant noise, so we hit pause in an attempt to try and make people realize what is important to them. Perhaps we failed. Perhaps not. Ending it for good would have been an interesting move but this was never going to be permanent as it's far better to continue, forging the best environment we can for this music to be discussed and disseminated.

The value of any forum is determined by its users. This was always the strength of this forum in the past and perhaps now it is its weakness. This is both a matter of scale and success. Like the sound, 'The Community' has mutated and fragmented and is an entirely different entity today than it was in 2005. This is fine of course; this wasn't an attempt to change this. This wasn't a wheel up to try and take things back. We didn't think it would return things to how they were in the forum's infancy. It wasn't an elitist move. Yes, we would like more decorum and less idiocy but we know this is the internet; a place where currency is information which flows continuously often at the expense of quality. We paused the flow. It was a moment to reflect. All the moderators have and we hope you have too.

We realise that DSF is the online nucleus of the scene and to many away from the more established geographical hubs of the sound, the lifeblood of it. We know it is valued and we just want it to be the best possible place it can be for our users. This forum would not exist without the music or its users. But our users; DJs, producers, promoters and fans are able to shape it by their actions. 3 years in and it's hard to think that this forum has been anything less that catalytic in the music's development. Not specifically its existence but its function; what it has facilitated and what it has fostered - this international community.

So welcome back, make what you will of the past few days and if you haven't already, please download the BunZer0 3rd birthday mix and remember we're all here because of the music.

could that have been phrased any more pretentiously?

+

thread over

[bellybelle]

[quote="Sherri L. Schornstein in "Domestic Violence and Healthcare""]A female patient presents herself for treatment at a hospital emergency room department at 2:00 a.m. with signs of trauma. She has a broken nose, black eye, and days old black and blue marks on her back. She also has a half crescent-shaped scar on her shoulder that appears consistent with a human bite mark. When asked by medical staff what happened to her, she responds simply that she fell down some stairs. Staff are aware that the woman's husband is in the waiting room and seems overly solicitous.

No one questions her version of events. However it is obvious that she couldn't have been injured in the manner of which she claims.[/quote]

[pure]

ummm

[bunzer0]

Seems like all the people complaining and/or making snide remards are the ones who hastily got involved with other forums both existing and brand new.

ffs piss off, quit and leave this thing to do it's thing - why bother flying back to the nest if you just gonna soil it again?

2000% !

[cixxxj]

felt like stan's dad in 'overlogging'

[the p man]

You talkin' to me Kion ? Just wondering. Not trying to start beef with anyone at all, but I don't see why anyone should be bullied off of here for stating their opinion.Especially if it's done in a respectful way.

[djshiva]

Seems like all the people complaining and/or making snide remards are the ones who hastily got involved with other forums both existing and brand new.

ffs piss off, quit and leave this thing to do it's thing - why bother flying back to the nest if you just gonna soil it again?

2000% !

i see. so we should all just shut up and be happy, regardless of how we feel about this whole load of unhappy horse pucky?

and even if we have kept our contributions to this site coming, and cared about its existence, and found friends here, if we suddenly realize that something smells funny, we should either shut up and plug our noses and keep going, or we should just fuck off and go someplace else?

this sounds suspiciously like all the rightwingers who tell me "america...love it or leave it" every time i point out a problem because i want to help fix it.

[erra]

felt like stan's dad in 'overlogging'

haha

[parson]

this sounds suspiciously like all the rightwingers who tell me "america...love it or leave it" every time i point out a problem because i want to help fix it.

2000%!

[drksteppa]

feels good to be back!

[futures_untold]

Why waste all the work that has been put into this place??? Dates, mixes, radio archives, technical commentary/advice, reviews etc etc. Should it have all been in vain!

I'm a little confused as to why such a massive site would have so few moderators. I'm sure that there are plenty of reliable people here who would happily step up to lighten the burden. Happy birthday, nonetheless.

To the mods, if your tired of getting loads of shit, (which I understand and feel is a reasonable reaction), find new mods! I'd be willing to help moderate in the production subforum.....

Sadly,

I will be looking sideways at the forum from here on out.

I just get the feeling that this is

"the bash part 2"

I actually appreciate that this forum exists, solely as it is a great reasorce and link maker on the international scene!

So thanks

[ashley]

this sounds suspiciously like all the rightwingers who tell me "america...love it or leave it" every time i point out a problem because i want to help fix it.

2000%!

4000%..