THE RIFFWORLD CHARTS (Page 1 of 4)

There is no more wrong with the Riffworld charts than any other charts and I doubt that anything will make them better.

They are like weapons and vehicles............dangerous in the wrong hands

Me give up ??? That'll be the day that I die mate

Interesting post JouniL. You are totally entitled to your opinion. I agree with lots of what you say. But your opinion presumably is no more important than mine or the others who posted? And Sonoma have decided to raise it. IMHO if views are expressed here with respect then its useful. So I would hope that Sonoma, moderators and users will be allowed to hear anything useful/reasonable put forward.

Yes RW is supposed to be 'warm, spirited and FUN to hang around'. But its a fact that some of us (..) have had angry shouts and now insulting Facebook comments from other RW users (..) for trying to raise the topic (if you dont believe me drop me an offline email and you can read it yourself). So this 'sad little leprechaun' is just curious to hear a few more opinions ON TOPIC before departure. If there's something wrong with that, well then ...

It wouldnt be on my ltop list of things to fix, but I think it would be useful to improve the browsing by genre with clear lists in upload order in each genre of music, if a user could sort them by number of plays that would be fine too. But I really want to customize how I view Riffworld, if that is even possible. For instance, I'd like to subscribe to different peoples posts and receive email notification, and I'd really like to receive email notification when someone has added to a  rifflink of mine.

The charts could be useful for each person to view their own stats, if that makes them happy, but it doesnt necessarily need to be posted anywhere public imo. Just having a way to pull up your stats when you want to view them would also be fine imo.

LOL!! thats a good one jouniL

Based on what I've seen with the charts over the period of time they've been in existence I think the next Rumble is gonna be extremely interesting, there's every chance that some contestants will will turn up in the vehicles bearing the weapons I already mentioned. I already bear the scars from winning one myself. It's still in my list of riffcasts, it has about 0 plays 0 shouts and 0 trophies but I still have distinct memories of the nasty comments and copies of the hate mail I received. For anyone who's interested, this is part of the reason why I rarely comment on peoples songs nowadays. My other reasons are being accused of cheating in the charts and only commenting on other peoples songs in order to get them to comment on mine.

Nowadays, rather than trying to compete with other users to be first to comment as I used to I make my music and keep my mouth shut.

Charts with virtual trophies are one thing but more Rumbles with REAL prizes, God help us all !!!!!!!

Am only posting to tie up some loose ends. cwight you are so right. Appointing myself as some kind of chart sheriff to clean up town was too much. If I could go back I would heed WedgeBill's wise advice that raising this topic can be self-defeating. Gotta say though Bill your post above speaks volumes, and I hope some people listen.

I apologise to anyone that I upset along the way. That genuinely wasn't my intention. All I will say is I felt that raising awareness of unfair behaviour in a community of equals was a cause of the common man. B Springsteen, B Dylan, and Damien Dempsey (an Irish singer) encapsulate that way better than WYD ever could. The superb product, allowing musicians to dream dreams and fly them high, is bigger than any individual. My distracting from that is over.

Last  thought from me is via WedgeBill's masterpiece song 'Remember how you made them feel'. Life is not about whatyousayordo. Make people in your life feel special. In Irish we say 'Slan abhaile agus Dia dhuit'. It means safe home and God be with you

To whom it may concern IMHO

Whilst I can empathise with Daniel's honourable request to keep this thread positive, I doubt that the silver lining in any cloud can be found by pretending the cloud isn't there.

Yes there isn't not mate. If I have any claims to fame here, deserving multiple trophies, it is my continued teaching of the talking of bollocks and instructing Cwighty in the art of smiley insertion

Thanks for all your input. It nice to hear how you feel. We are considering the options, and plan continue to thoughtfully improve RiffWorld after the 2.6 update.

Inflammatory comments on any of our services, which go against our website terms of use, includes blaming or accusing people for cheating, name calling, insults, cussing, arguing with someone, etc. If you experience anything like this directed at you on one of our services, please contact support@sonomawireworks.com directly and immediately, telling us who offended you with as many details as possible, including dates, links, screen captures, and anything else you think will help, and we will deal with it offline, directly with the person if we feel it will help on a case by case basis. I suggest you respond to inflammatory comments with, "I do not wish to argue. I will email Sonoma about this so they are aware of the situation." It takes our time away from developing software to deal with inflammatory comments, but we'd rather deal with issues and people directly than let things get out of hand. If you experience this type of behavior on facebook or other sites and services, I suggest "unliking" the offending person. Ignoring an angry person, rather than bating them can often solve things easily (turn the other cheek). Please don't try to hash it out on our services with more name calling and blame because that is going against our website terms of use as well. Please don't let people get you down to the point where you say you'll delete your songs or profile because that makes us sad and we like to be happy

If you suspect someone is playing their own songs repeatedly to stay on the charts, please email support@sonomawireworks.com directly and immediately, telling us who you believe is doing this and why you suspect them, with as many details as possible, including dates, links, screen captures, and anything else you think will help, and we will deal with it offline, directly with the person, if we feel it will help on a case by case basis. Do not blame the person because you have no way of knowing if they are promoting their music or playing the songs themselves. It is inflammatory to blame someone publicly.

The reason we need you to email us details is because there is no way our small group of staff can keep up with all the comments going on, so we need your help if something goes wrong with the evidence to back it up.

We appreciate people linking to their songs from other websites to increase their listens - it helps spread the word about this fun community, and sells the software, which we need to survive. Word of mouth is a huge reason people buy RiffWorks, and RiffWorks is selling well, which is good for us and the RiffWorld community, so thanks to those who spread the word! I suggest, if someone cares about their song plays (or lack thereof), spend more time getting friends and the public to listen to your music rather than arguing with others about their song plays.

I'm going to go listen to your music now

I'm getting an iPhone. Don't know why I told you that, or if anyone cares, or what it's got to do with the charts really, but I AM getting an iPhone (along with an iPad, and a new iMac laptop)....Isn't life great...