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ZaziGuado posted...

I'm very happy to see the user cycle going by the wayside. I never thought the intent of this series was to introduce people to new music but rather invite discussion of albums or artists of some repute. I know we switched to the user cycle from nominations so that people didn't have to be frustrated when their nominations are voted over constantly, but at least then there was a broader consensus on what people wanted to listen to and rank.

An idea for the new format could be to have a rotating theme each week and either come up with a list of albums that fit that theme or have people nominate albums that fit the theme and choose the top nomination. This would also allow people to plan ahead if they will want to participate in that week knowing what the theme will be ahead of time.

That was another option I was considering. Like, this will be alt. rock week and this will be music by women week and this will be 1980s week. But I kind of want to do it by month so we don't have to do this every single week.

And at least these options can have flexibility instead of a rigid 20+ week cycle. If one plan doesn't work as hoped, we can try another.