/mu/ Survey

>1. Do you visit /mu/ regularly (more than once a week)?
yeah

>2. Why do you visit /mu/?
cuz its gay lol

>3. Do you prefer it over similar sites, if so, why?
no

>4. Is there something like a board identity in your opinion?
yeah, bein dumb and gay lol

>5. What does this identity consist of?
bein gay

>6. Would you consider yourself as a member of that identity?
bein gay

>7. Anything else you want to say?
bein gay

1. Do you visit /mu/ regularly (more than once a week)?
/mu/ is in my start tabs. I visit this site constantly.
2. Why do you visit /mu/?
When I first started, because I thought it was cool and all of the new music was interesting. Now I only visit because it's habit and I don't know where to go.
3. Do you prefer it over similar sites, if so, why?
What similar sites? /r/music doesn't count.
4. Is there something like a board identity in your opinion?
Yes and no, there used to be. The board identity is dead now though. Reddit, Tumblr, and /pol/ have all invaded and destroyed what little identity /mu/ had.
5. What does this identity consist of?
It used to consist of tripfaggotry and a war between indie and metal. It was honestly kinda fun.
6. Would you consider yourself as a member of that identity?
Yes and no. There's no point to holding on to an identity if there's nobody else that does.
7. Anything else you want to say?
You're probably really autistic for wanting to do an essay on 4chan.

>>72104013
Reported for metathread

fuck off

>>72104013
>1234567.
OP is a fag

>>72104013
1.2.3.4.5.6.7.
/mu/ is a diversion. The real members know how to get to the real board /msc/. Take your shitty project there

1- rarely more than once a week
2-new music/ entertain myself in lecture
3-yes, its familiar
4-yeah i guess?
5-having bad opinions, memes
6-reluctantly
7-this reminded me i was gonna ask mu about my paper too thanks anon

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>>72104013
>1. Do you visit /mu/ regularly (more than once a week)?
yes
>2. Why do you visit /mu/?
share thread, humour threads and /bleep/
>3. Do you prefer it over similar sites, if so, why?
u mean reddit? then yh i do, simply because ive never felt the need to go on reddit.
>4. Is there something like a board identity in your opinion?
well yeah.
>(my understanding of identity below)
>5. What does this identity consist of?
pure unadulterated elitisim
>6. Would you consider yourself as a member of that identity?
nah, takes way too much effort
>7. Anything else you want to say?
hope u feel fufilled when u hand the essay. god bless lad.

>>72104013
>1. Do you visit /mu/ regularly (more than once a week)?
yeah
>2. Why do you visit /mu/?
because of the endless shitposts and finding some pretty good music to listen to
>3. Do you prefer it over similar sites, if so, why?
yeah because there's literally nowhere else on the net that's like this place
>4. Is there something like a board identity in your opinion?
yeah
>5. What does this identity consist of?
shitposters shilling the music of talentless hacks i.e grimes or kanye
>6. Would you consider yourself as a member of that identity?
no
>7. Anything else you want to say?
no

>>72104013
>1. Do you visit /mu/ regularly (more than once a week)?
Yes
>2. Why do you visit /mu/?
Mostly to check sharethread and /classical/.
>3. Do you prefer it over similar sites, if so, why?
No, but sometimes can use it to find other stuff than I can find on discogs or RYM
>4. Is there something like a board identity in your opinion?
Sharethreads and /classical/ have it
>(my understanding of identity below)
>5. What does this identity consist of?
Elitism
>6. Would you consider yourself as a member of that identity?
Pretty much not, but sometimes I get spergy when people use classical as ambient.
>7. Anything else you want to say?
Mustardbation

>>72104013
>1. Do you visit /mu/ regularly (more than once a week)?
It's my fucking Homepage FML.
>2. Why do you visit /mu/?
I like discussing and discovering music.
>3. Do you prefer it over similar sites, if so, why?
Yes, because of the shitposting.
>4. Is there something like a board identity in your opinion?
Yes.
>5. What does this identity consist of?
We're fucking plebs.
>6. Would you consider yourself as a member of that identity?
Yes

>1. Do you visit /mu/ regularly (more than once a week)?
Unfortunately, yes

>2. Why do you visit /mu/?
I'm mainly here for the memes but I've discovered some great music through this board.

>3. Do you prefer it over similar sites, if so, why?
I don't use any similar sites, at least not for talking about music.

>4. Is there something like a board identity in your opinion?
Yes

>5. What does this identity consist of?
A belief that making fun of hipsters can make you less of a hipster

>6. Would you consider yourself as a member of that identity?
Sometimes

>7. Anything else you want to say?
I mainly come here because I'm lonely and depressed and shitposting here gives me something to do to kill time so I don't have to be alone with my thoughts because I'm terrified that if I am for too long I'll actually fucking kill myself

>>72104013
>1. Do you visit /mu/ regularly (more than once a week)?
yep

>2. Why do you visit /mu/?
for memes and threads about rare artists I like (and lastfm)

>3. Do you prefer it over similar sites, if so, why?
other than lastfm? no

>4. Is there something like a board identity in your opinion?
weaboo faggots

>5. What does this identity consist of?
weaboo faggots


>6. Would you consider yourself as a member of that identity?
hell no


>7. Anything else you want to say?
ppl should listen to more rave

>>72104013
>1. Do you visit /mu/ regularly (more than once a week)?
yeh
>2. Why do you visit /mu/?
to shitpost
>3. Do you prefer it over similar sites, if so, why?
yes, the anonymity is what makes it fun
>4. Is there something like a board identity in your opinion?
yeah
>(my understanding of identity below)
>5. What does this identity consist of?
being a hipster faggot
>6. Would you consider yourself as a member of that identity?
partially (the faggot part mostly)
>7. Anything else you want to say?
your gay

>>72104013
What field are you drawing upon for this mainly?
A fair amount of research has already been conducted on identity construction in 4chan.

http://firstmonday.org/article/view/3665/3055#39
www.aaai.org/ocs/index.php/ICWSM/ICWSM11/paper/download/2873/4398
See also "Internet memes as contested cultural capital: The case of 4chan’s /b/ board" by Asaf Nissenbaum and Limor Shifman.

I don't really think you'll get anything even close to useful from a survey conducted ON 4chan by it's own users. You just need to observe using a netnographic approach mainly.

Nice data mining.

>retards here are stupid enough to answer

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>>72104013
>>1. Do you visit /mu/ regularly (more than once a week)?
Yes

>2. Why do you visit /mu/?
Look up new music to listen to, pass the time

>3. Do you prefer it over similar sites, if so, why?
Yeah, because Reddit is mostly circlejerk and /mu/ discourse

>4. Is there something like a board identity in your opinion?
a lot of lonely hipsters who meme ironically

>5. What does this identity consist of?
See above

>6. Would you consider yourself as a member of that identity?
Yes

>7. Anything else you want to say?
hehe xd

>>72104013
>1. Do you visit /mu/ regularly (more than once a week)?
Yep
>2. Why do you visit /mu/?
Discussion, recs and lulz
>3. Do you prefer it over similar sites, if so, why?
Yeah, I think the anonymity facilitates people aggressively disagreeing with each other and encourages people to say what they're thinking, even when they think it might be stupid. There's no social pressure to stop people being retarded and hopefully, becoming less retarded.
>4. Is there something like a board identity in your opinion?
Yeah, there is to an extent. I identify more with the smaller communities that crop up around the likes of /jazz/ and /classical/.
>(my understanding of identity below)
set of characteristics that distinguish a person or thing.
>5. What does this identity consist of?
There are a bunch of smaller communities as mentioned, but I think you could use things like the vernacular of 4chan in general, the in jokes and the shared musical taste/knowledge as a broader ring that'd encompass most of the rest of the board too. There's a much larger subset of /mu/ that's heard Death Grips than the main population.
>6. Would you consider yourself as a member of that identity?
Yeah
>7. Anything else you want to say?
Most of /mu/ is fucking shit and if you're not hiding 98% of the threads, you're browsing it wrong.

>>72104013
>1. Do you visit /mu/ regularly (more than once a week)?
yes
>2. Why do you visit /mu/?
To find new music
>3. Do you prefer it over similar sites, if so, why?
People are more willing to openly disagree and debate.
>4. Is there something like a board identity in your opinion?
Yes
>(my understanding of identity below)
>5. What does this identity consist of?
There is a strong elitist streak in that people with better, more exclusive taste are ethically superior.
>6. Would you consider yourself as a member of that identity?
not really
>7. Anything else you want to say?
u r a faget

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>>72104013
okay ill bite

>1. Do you visit /mu/ regularly (more than once a week)?
yes, although it might be just one or two threads that interest me
>2. Why do you visit /mu/?
coz IRL is pleb as fuck and some of these chats match with my hobby and let me stay in touch with whats hip and cool. I used to be out of touch for years of music but now i follow specific scenes and online discussion weekly while attending university classes of music once in a while. It completes the hobby and makes producing slightly more fun to me
>3. Do you prefer it over similar sites, if so, why?
I like it coz no accounts so nobody´s attentionwhoring and their fake ass brands wont affect discussion. Tripfagging needs to go IMO
>4. Is there something like a board identity in your opinion?
Outside ganging up in threads talking one genre like /kpop/ or /bleep/, no
>(my understanding of identity below)
How you want yourself to be seen from the outside / your category
>5. What does this identity consist of?
Shitposting, forcing memes, pretending you know jack about music
>6. Would you consider yourself as a member of that identity?
No i just observe to see where this is going
>7. Anything else you want to say?
Dont delete archives, do some shit to force redditors out, delete non-music related spam threads that some douches just do for attention.

1. Do you visit /mu/ regularly (more than once a week)?
Yes, but usually just a quick glance at the catalog.
2. Why do you visit /mu/?
Discuss the music I like.
3. Do you prefer it over similar sites, if so, why?
Don't have a preference.
4. Is there something like a board identity in your opinion?
In a way, yes.
(my understanding of identity below)
5. What does this identity consist of?
Fitting into one of the several established topics of interest. It's encouraged to either do that or delve deeper into music; something interesting and hasn't been talked to death outside of /mu/. Pleb/patrician sort of thing. Otherwise nothing dissimilar of other boards.
6. Would you consider yourself as a member of that identity?
No because I haven't been active in discovering new music, and don't feel the need to talk about the artists I already listen to.
7. Anything else you want to say?
Good luck with the survey.

1. Do you visit /mu/ regularly (more than once a week)?
Yes

2. Why do you visit /mu/?
To find new music

3. Do you prefer it over similar sites, if so, why?
Yes, it's familiar and there's active discussion all of the time

4. Is there something like a board identity in your opinion?
Kind of, not so much nowadays

5. What does this identity consist of?
Music elitism

6. Would you consider yourself as a member of that identity?
Nope

7. Anything else you want to say?
The Residents haven't made a good record since 1981

>Do you visit /mu/ regularly (more than once a week)?
Yeah

Why do you visit /mu/?
Shitpost

Do you prefer it over similar sites, if so, why?
No

Is there something like a board identity in your opinion?
Yeah sure

What does this identity consist of?
A lotta shitposting and anything that has been liked by a critic

>Would you consider yourself as a member of that identity?
Fuck no, i've let go of 99% of biases this shithole had instilled in me

>Anything else you want to say?
I absolutely fucking hate this website

1. yes
2. more of a habit at this point, occasionally might find some good recs and shares, decent memes but not as good as it used to be
3. over reddit and ktt and rym forums yeah
4. kind of
5. kind of. teenagers or young adults, shy irl but assholes on the internet, elitists, spent formative years on 4chan
6. honestly yeah
7. this is gay

1. Do you visit /mu/ regularly (more than once a week)?
>yeah
2. Why do you visit /mu/?
>sharethreads mostly, i like reccin' shit. sometimes /guitar, soundcloud threads or /bleep too.
3. Do you prefer it over similar sites, if so, why?
>just used to going here I guess
4. Is there something like a board identity in your opinion?
>yeah
5. What does this identity consist of?
>being well versed in all genres of music, or at least try to
6. Would you consider yourself as a member of that identity?
>I guess
7. Anything else you want to say?
>sharethreads are the best thing about mu, go share stuff you love. over the years I've found many gems and would like to thank all regular contributers.

1. Do you visit /mu/ regularly (more than once a week)?
Yes, probably most days for a little bit, although there are phases, like there are probably months I don't browse at all
2. Why do you visit /mu/?
Familiarity
3. Do you prefer it over similar sites, if so, why?
No, I like musikchan because it has a close knit community. I generally prefer chatrooms to forums as well. But /mu/ is a steady stream of content pretty much so it kills time
4. Is there something like a board identity in your opinion?
I used to think so, but as the years have passed, it gets harder to see what it is, or feel it...
5. What does this identity consist of?
...but that said, it clearly does exist because people like those vaguely /mu/ related facebook pages. I think the identity really is just its memes/jokes
6. Would you consider yourself as a member of that identity?
No, I don't exactly dislike /mu/, but I don't feel like it represents my taste or personality well
7. Doot dootle doot doot!
...doot doot?

>>72104013
>1. Do you visit /mu/ regularly (more than once a week)?
yes
2. Why do you visit /mu/?
entertaining music discussion. this is one of the few music discussion boards that aren't total shit
>3. Do you prefer it over similar sites, if so, why?
more honest opinions when actual discussion is going on, and funnier shitposts when shitposting is going on
>4. Is there something like a board identity in your opinion?
nope
>7. Anything else you want to say?
ur gay lol

>>72104013
1. Yep
2. Find new bands and albums
3. Kinda, I go there for similar purposes
4. As much as people who browse an anonymous music board could have
5. The way we treat others opinions on bands and albums
6. Kinda, sure. I respect well-written opinions.
7. 1 = 2 we hope that you choke

1. yes
2. to find new music
3.yes it has the best community and the most eclectic taste
4. yes for sure
5. everyone having a more expansive appreciation for art and abstract creative work, people having a social support or critique for new artists.
6. no
7. only critique of /mu/ is the constant desire to "understand" and artist's work, a lot of people dick riding the core /mu/ albums as the greatest musical achievements ever conceived and the fact that so many books still name the Beatles as "the greatest or most significant or most influential" rock band ever only tells you how far rock music still is from becoming a serious art. Jazz critics have long recognized that the greatest jazz musicians of all times are Duke Ellington and John Coltrane, who were not the most famous or richest or best sellers of their times, let alone of all times. Classical critics rank the highly controversial Beethoven over classical musicians who were highly popular in courts around Europe. Rock critics are still blinded by commercial success. The Beatles sold more than anyone else (not true, by the way), therefore they must have been the greatest. Jazz critics grow up listening to a lot of jazz music of the past, classical critics grow up listening to a lot of classical music of the past. Rock critics are often totally ignorant of the rock music of the past, they barely know the best sellers. No wonder they will think that the Beatles did anything worthy of being saved.
In a sense, the Beatles are emblematic of the status of rock criticism as a whole: too much attention paid to commercial phenomena (be it grunge or U2) and too little to the merits of real musicians. If somebody composes the most divine music but no major label picks him up and sells him around the world, a lot of rock critics will ignore him. If a major label picks up a musician who is as stereotyped as can be but launches her or him worldwide, your average critic will waste rivers of ink on her or him.

>>1. Do you visit /mu/ regularly (more than once a week)?
Yes
>2. Why do you visit /mu/?
Habit
>3. Do you prefer it over similar sites, if so, why?
Honestly, it's as bad as the alternatives.
>4. Is there something like a board identity in your opinion?
Yes
>5. What does this identity consist of?
Rampant elitism, inbred entry-tier taste
>6. Would you consider yourself as a member of that identity?
Yes
>7. Anything else you want to say?
Download the /mu/core chart, visit /bleep/ and /classical/ and the board is pretty much useless otherwise.

>1. Do you visit /mu/ regularly (more than once a week)?
y
>2. Why do you visit /mu/?
it's fun, it gave me a lot and i think it's cool giving back when i can
>3. Do you prefer it over similar sites, if so, why?
because mu is shit but the rest is far worse shit
>4. Is there something like a board identity in your opinion?
used to, i think a lot changed and is still changing in the last 2-3 years
>5. What does this identity consist of?
mucorechart.jpg
>6. Would you consider yourself as a member of that identity?
nope, we lost a lot of identity and common ground
>7. Anything else you want to say?
fuck /pol/

>1. Do you visit /mu/ regularly (more than once a week)?
Yes

>2. Why do you visit /mu/?
To find new music mostly.

>3. Do you prefer it over similar sites, if so, why?
Yes, there aren't many collective music forums that is as small, yet also broad as /mu/. Usually when music is the topic you'll have to limit it to certain genres or influences. /mu/ doesn't have those boundaries.

>4. Is there something like a board identity in your opinion?
Definitely, a lot of people get introduced to new music and the more popular it is on the board, the more it will be listened to by regular visitors, and the music that is discussed most will pull in people that usually listen to that sort of music.

>5. What does this identity consist of?
In one sentence? Probably elitist hipsters. I feel that /mu/ is probably one of the least political and most accepting boards about any topic that isn't music though, so that's nice.

>6. Would you consider yourself as a member of that identity?
No, but that probably makes me fit the stereotype even more.

>7. Anything else you want to say?
have a nice day OP :)

1. Do you visit /mu/ regularly (more than once a week)?
Yes
2. Why do you visit /mu/?
Entertaining to talk about music with autistic strangers, and it introduces me to many albums I wouldn't have otherwise found
3. Do you prefer it over similar sites, if so, why?
Yes, comfort in the imageboard setting
4. Is there something like a board identity in your opinion?
It's hard to give an identity to a board but it's definitely diminished in recent years to bickering and shitposting, but then that becomes the identity which you grow attached to, It's not like the degradation of other boards where the identity changed into reddit or something, but /mu/ just feels more spread out and detached now with much less cohesive thought and common drive to post
5. What does this identity consist of?
Bunch of shit desu
6. Would you consider yourself as a member of that identity?
Everyone on here is part of it, anyone who has ever posted has contributed to the formation of this
7. Anything else you want to say?
I love you

>1. Do you visit /mu/ regularly (more than once a week)?
Yes
>2. Why do you visit /mu/?
The only music discussion that isnt boring
>3. Do you prefer it over similar sites, if so, why?
Yeah. Memes.
>4. Is there something like a board identity in your opinion?
Yeah
>5. What does this identity consist of?
Angry elitist hipsters
>6. Would you consider yourself as a member of that identity?
Not really, I'm too lazy to get mad over music
7. Anything else you want to say?
fuck off faggot

>>72104013
1 yes
2. It's something to do when boredom, I might find an album I like, it's sometimes funny
3. I've never tried other sites, but the forums on Reddit and stuff seem to suck. At least here I can say an opinion and it won't be hidden because people don't agree. If anything, it'll get seen more.
4. I haven't been on here long enough to say, but there are certainly some board identities, such as grimesfags and people who only listen to mucore
5. Mainly what music people listen to, what they post and how they interact with others.
6. No, I'm pretty much a newfag.
7. Yes, I like the collaborative projects that crop up every so often.

>>72104013
>I am currently writing an essay
sure you are, because my dad also worked for Steam and EMI

>>72104013
I hope you're not actually writing this you fag

>>72104013
1. Do you visit /mu/ regularly (more than once a week)?
Sure, but not much, not every day for sure.

>2. Why do you visit /mu/?
Just to see what's going on for big releases.

>3. Do you prefer it over similar sites, if so, why?
People are anonymous, nobody here is trying to earn good boy points.

>4. Is there something like a board identity in your opinion?
Most definitely. This board underwent a transformation. /mu/ was a much more hostile and hated board in the past. In 2007 if you went to any other board and asked for the most hated board you'd get 3 answers - /b/, /v/ and /mu/. Because '07 /mu/ literally only listened to metal and video game soundtracks. ITAOTS was routinely used as a mocking image to represent how shit all other non-metal music was, and any other music thread was sagebombed to shit. A great war occurred over 08-09 which eventually wrestled control of the board from the metalfags, and while gorespammer was hated at the time (he went too far), he was frankly, part of why the indiefags won. ITAOTS was the metalfags downfall in the end, the sticky is forever a reminder of that.

>5. What does this identity consist of?
/mu/core. Thousands of hours and editing went into the creation of the original /mu/core. /mu/ also used to have massive end of year polls but that shit might have stopped haven't been here regularly since about 2014.

>6. Would you consider yourself as a member of that identity?
Not anymore not really, I've drifted away a lot from how current /mu/ behaves, which is very meme based. /mu/'s average age is also very college based

>7. Anything else you want to say?
Hope this shed some light on /mu/'s past. I've always found this board interesting because it was able to change its identity in a way that no other board here has. Most other boards are split when a new force aims to take it over, but that didn't happen with /mu/. One side clearly lost, and just had to live with it..

>>72110929
Gorespammer didn't appear until Doom Metal December in 2010, he was a metalfag who hated doom and two,trips who loved it: Climaxia and Witchy

>>72104013
>1
Yeah
>2
I enjoy music and discovering new music
>3
Yeah, because it's more fun
>4
I LOVE YOU JESUUUUSSS CHRISSSST
>5
ITAOTS only
>6
Does anybody?
>7
I don't understand

>>72110929
cool story grandpa

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>1. Do you visit /mu/ regularly (more than once a week)?
Yes

>2. Why do you visit /mu/?
Boredom and looking for new music that interests me

>3. Do you prefer it over similar sites, if so, why?
Yes. I find that amongst the shitposts, there is a generally good community that revolves around music

>4. Is there something like a board identity in your opinion?
Yes

>5. What does this identity consist of?
Loneliness and sympathy, as well as trolling

>6. Would you consider yourself as a member of that identity?
First part, absolutely

>7. Anything else you want to say?
Good luck on your essay, you should publish it on mu once it's graded