Ravel's Radical Rivalry

1. What made you join this site?
Well, I found the site by way of Google. What I was wanting to do at the time was get in contact with Nico somehow. So, off I went to search his name in Google to see what would show up. One of the first things I saw was a link to this site. I had no intentions of staying. I was actually not even planning on becoming a member. I just wanted to talk to Nico and so I joined to use the shoutbox.

2. What made you stay?
The things that have kept me around after that are the friends that I have made like Marius, Nico, Alex, Hillary, Jeremy, Paul, violinfiddler, etc., the helpful information that I can find on the site from some people who actually really know what they are talking about, and the sometimes raging, but always interesting debates that occur here on YC.

3. Are you looking for different music forum solutions? If so, why?
No, not really. I do not need a music forum. I think that this place is addictive and there are just plain and simply people who I like to talk to. I can also usually get my lame brained questions answered here too. I would not want to just drop off the face of YC and never talk to them again. I have not made any connections at any other music forums and I do not plan on jumping into any other because I would just be wasting my time.

4. If applicable, why are you thinking about leaving?
I am not leaving. I plan on staying for a really long time. If I ever appear to have left what has probally occurred is I have just taken a long vacation from this place.

5. What makes this site different than other music sites, such as Sound Click?
It is a smaller more personal community. I like the fact that most people know each other or at least know of each other. I like how we have an opportunity to talk directly to the administration and actually influence what goes on. I like that the administration is personal with the community. Sometimes you never even hear from the administration.

6. How long are your visits here on average?
It depends, in the past I have had days where YC is all that I did. It was not that common that I would spend all day on YC, but it did happen. However, more recently, I am on for about 30 minutes to an hour a different times throughout the day. Most of the time, though, I am on at night. I usually work and do productive stuff during the day.

7. How is the communication factor on this site? Is it easy to contact and make new friends?
Yes, I just talked about this in one of the other answers. However, I would like to address the cliquey comments that people make. I do not find YC to be that "cliquey". I think that people make friends and generally like to talk to those friends the most, but why not? I think new people are welcome here. I was new once upon a time and I was welcomed nicely. Look where I am now. I think the new people just have to assert their personality out into the open and make an effort to be noticed. I had to just jump in and ask questions and talk to people. I think one of the best ways to do it is to just hang out in the shoutbox with some of the "veterans of YC". Just let people get to know who you are. Then you will be "in the fold" of things.

8. Is YC fun?
Yes, sometimes it is fun. There are fun things about YC and there are things that bother me. I just deal with the bad and take in the good. I try to see what I can do about the bad, but the world isn't perfect so I let some of it slide. This is a very good site. I should not ask for anymore because you do not get this much as some other forums.

9. Is YC boring?
It can be at times, but most of the time there is something interesting going on. The only time that it would ever seem boring is when people are gone like Nico, Paul, Jeremy, etc. Or when you cannot possibly get through all of the posts because you are so far behind that you scroll through the titles and don't see but a few things to reply to. Then, you hit the mark all threads as read button. Then, you do not have any new posts to read for a while.

10. Suggestions on improvement?
Oh, there are a few, but as I said before . . . Who am I to complain? I will think of them if they come up and I will tell one of the Mikes if they seem important enough. It is good enough for me for now.