1. What made you join this site?
The chance to get feedback on the music I write and see what other people my age group (~17) are writing. Get advice if I need it (and find out if my music is actually any good). Listen to new music, help others. Another thing that initially caught my interest in the first place was the competitions and games.
2. What made you stay?
Nice, fun people, not difficult to make friends. Always new things to talk about. It is also a drive for me to keep writing. I plan to major in music, possibly comp, and I've been suffering from an immeasureable amount of writor's block and lack of enthusiasm for the past year, so I decided to stay here on YC, where I know people would expect new music to come out of me. Plus, there are always newbies cropping up, and I love to help and offer anything I can give.
3. Are you looking for different music forum solutions? If so, why?
If you meant "Are you looking for another music forum?", no, this place great, all and everything I could ask for.
4. If applicable, why are you thinking about leaving?
If this place was taking up too much of my time, I would consider leaving temporarily as did Hands and Anders (? I'm confused as to his current status right now
), but I think I have enough self-control to avoid falling into this YC quicksand no matter how fun it would be.
5. What makes this site different than other music sites, such as Sound Click?
The interactivity and communication between people all with the same cause and the endless discussion possibilities. I'm not sure how Sound Click and others would even begin to accomplish what YC has already attained, a modern composer's sanctuary and utopia.
6. How long are your visits here on average?
Sometimes minutes, usually hours on end. Sometimes I visit two seperate times on any given day. Sometimes I forget to log off. Sometimes I think an automatic log off/timeout would be nice, but why bother? It would be so annoying in the long run.
7. How is the communication factor on this site? Is it easy to contact and make new friends?
I find communication with other members is utterly simple and rewarding. I have made a few friends of sorts, so yes, I think making friends on this site is not at all hindered by anything, it all depends on the people/members themselves.
8. Is YC fun?
Yup. I like the ShoutBox, it is very fun. I also am quite fond of the musical games and competitions, it's a shame they are going so slow at the moment, I would love to see more activity there.
9. Is YC boring?
It can be sometimes, but not of its own fault. Maybe not that much is going on during a given week, that's all.
10. Suggestions on improvement?
Hehe, more members that would actually stick around. More places for us to go. I know forum clutter is always a difficult task, but the more members we see, the more welcome new forums would be. Besides that, the only things I could possibly come up with to improve the site have already been discussed or covered, such as mp3 support, Scorch support, ect. I have also noticed a certain 'cliqueness' that has been mentioned several times before, but I've only been here for what, two months, so I don't want to say too much more, I'm not very 'YC-experienced' yet!
And Chopin, yes, I do have a suggestion for this questionnaire, "
How much do you use the on-site Wiki?". I have not seen too much useful information on it yet, but I am helping to rectify that by adding articles on musical instruments. It seems to me that the Wiki is under-used at the moment, and not many people appear to be aware of it. I know there is not much more we can do to bring our Wiki to the members' attention, but it does need to be noticed a little more.