Song Requests

[mossy]

Rick, you know how to make a persons day don't you.

I came back to post a bit more because I was thinking about Roger dot's apology regarding not having something in place already, to deal with over requesters.

When I came to the moon it wasn't only the fantastic music which drew me in, it was the community of really wonderful people and the care said people took in quietly nurturing and honouring the station, including being careful about things which could set the station back, including over requesting of songs. We had few rules in place regarding this, because it wasn't an issue. Loved that.

Of course, the moon isn't just made up of the regulars and others who have this sensible, more invested approach to things. Some listeners won't ever have ventured on to the moon other than to request songs, and so won't have the same personal investment in making sure things run in the democratic way they do and have done amongst the site regulars. Call me idealistic, but I always like to believe people can do things better without rules. Of course, with that ideology I'm sometimes disappointed.

So, perhaps this is just one of those disappointments. I don't think you need to apologize, Roger. It's worked fine up till recently when the over requesting came to light. And perhaps those who are zealously pursuing certain songs have no idea they are causing a problem.

Too bad one can't identify ppl through IP except if they post on the forums. An invitation to read this thread might put to bed any over requesting, thus doing away with the need to ban IP's. Then, if they continued to over request after reading these annals, they're just selfish idiots who deserve what they get.