...in all their glory. Do you agree?

I thought last years was a rip-off. I think pay as you go is better.

dunno, i've not forked over $25 to chat.Who'd do that?

I'll wait til there's music on offer.

Anji said:

I noticed that first thing. I posted it in the chat room and here to that it all seemed very familiar, that they took the best ideas from here and expanded on them like the chat room that goes 100mph. How many of us have complained about hitting return or refresh in the chat room here?

I haven't joined yet.

It's only been open for a little over 70 hours. Give it a chance. You lot who joined last year didn't get any MP3s until the moment it shut.

Ahem, wrong forum.

here is an oxymoron for u - i clicked enter it booted me to a blank screen, i clicked join it went pitch black... i guess they thought hell was freezing OVA...


however, if that intro was anything akin to the jumbled thoughts running through a brotha's head he needs to back up...

there are more important issues besides the earth is flat a sphere - all black people like chicken- pretty women can't cook- subjegation of women in the bible..yada whatever...

where are the sentiments Damn where am i gonna get 1200, to pay this daycare bill? my car is not on REAL tyme, these days? my ass is too big for these jeans? sex was it worth it last nite?

so ladies and gentlemen have i missed anything?
[This message was edited Mon Apr 21 20:41:24 PDT 2003 by ScarLett]

prince.org is a poor mans prince.org

It's been long rumored that PP staff peruse the Org on a regular. I think they saw & tried to emulate what attracts us all to this place. They have some of the basics - the message board, the chat... But what keeps people here (IMO) is the amount of information you get (good or bad, lol), the timely fashion in which you get information, ease of use & most of all the people here. The latter can never be duplicated in a climate of gentle preaching, fear of "exile" & ultimately asskissing - but maybe that's what they want

Their site will continue to grow & get better hopefully (if they're dedicated & listen to concerns about navigation & content). It's cool now & can be GREAT, but it'll never be the Org...

Anji said:

Oh stop bitchin. It's only a few days old damn!

CalhounSq said:

WHAT KEEP PEOPLE HERE IS HOT SEXY MONKEY!

YOU KNOW IT TRUE!

To be honest, the Org isn't unique or special. Plenty of other sites have discussion forums, and chat rooms, and private messages, and profiles etc. They are the standard features for any online community.

What is good about the Org is:

1. It is free
2. We have a very large number of active members
3. It is fast and functional
4. Good amount of social / non-Prince related discussion which adds to the sense of community

And of course the fact that our site is heavily moderated... so you end up with less of the madness of the totally unmoderated sites, without being all mind-control and ear moonwraps.

Personally I think it is good that NPGMC are now providing services to their membership such as chat, forums etc. Really, this is something that Prince / NPGMC should have done a long time ago.

Anji said:

I like that bit.

ian said:

Mind-control and ear moonwraps

Anji said:

poor mans? I dunno...but it sure seems like they checked the org out a lot while designing their site...I like the site but I am well adapted here...the chat room here moves at a better pace IMO and I am afraid to be to open there as far as what I say and here I feel like I am tolerated.

People need to kill this noise of competition... each thing has its strength.

Prince.org has its years long history and relationships among orgers.

However, Housequake.com IMO has supplanted the ORG for news information... Right now, the .ORG has better discussions, but many of the forums here have gone to

NPGMC's chat is more interesting to me right now cuz the PaisleyPark folk keep it more focused on Prince and club matters. I'll talk about other stuff elsewhere online and off.

CalhounSq said:

You mean the latter can never be duplicated with the blatant censorship over at NPGMC, right? I think that is what "they" want...

Paisley said:

Neither have I.

Blackcat said:

I'm not, I was just interested in all of your viewpoints.

ian said:

Hopefully the npdmc will keep employees in the chat room so there can always be help and so we can make suggestions.com

NuPwrSoul said:

Yes I like that!

NuPwrSoul said:

I'd like to agree with you on this one but I don't think I can. Market forces come into play when service is involved. When people buy into a service they must feel they are receiving their money's worth. Competition drives better service. Prince is recognising that in order to beat the competition, which does exist, his music club must improve its service. Killing the noise of competition is not the way to go if you want to improve the music club.

Anji said:

shit Anj in a way you right..25 bucks? Now all the riff raff can be let in

no funkin dress code either

rdhull said:

I was waiting for someone, anyone, to come in on the 'dress code' factor. It just had to be you, Rd!

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[This message was edited Fri May 23 8:55:04 PDT 2003 by Popcorn]

Anji said:

You know Im all about Fashion honey

I think I'd actually pay the $25 just to see Rd do half the shit he's done here, over at NPGMC. Can you imagine Rd then asking for a namecheck?