Hello there, this is a redux to my intro to this site given how my old intro is a bit outdated. I'll reuse what I said two years ago throughout most of this post, only changing what I believe is outdated where I feel it's necessary.
I guess I should give a little backstory as to who I am to my new viewers, I go by the moniker foxylover92 online and initially got my start on rateyourmusic (you can check out my account here) where I created my listicles which have gotten quite popular over the years. Recently I started posting reviews on the site, although I initially went the youtuber commentator route of posting highly negative reviews which quickly dwindled my goodwill that I had acquired on the site, although fortunately once an administrator pointed out to me how toxic my initial reviews were making me out to be, I deleted them and replaced them with more positive reviews for the music I loved.
Suffice to say this isn't my first attempt at expanding my online presence from the site as I originally had a site just like this which had much more contemptuous commentary akin to an edge lord from the 2010's, needless to say that it was because of this commentary that it was a complete failure as I would allow my emotions towards music I dislike to get the better of me which in turn would push away the select few who would check out my site from time to time. I won't be making that mistake again as given that I made a clean getaway from what I had previously worked on, it means that it will take a long time for me to recreate the site I had in a way that I want to be proud of.
As such I will be making a few rules for my viewers which I expect everyone to follow unless they of course want a permanent ban from yours truly.
1: Respect everyone's opinions in music, I myself failed to do this until shortly before I launched this site which left me bitter and resentful. Trust me, you'll be more well respected if you respect other people's taste in music online than if you don't.
2: NO POLITICS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want this site to be as A-political as possible so unless it's relevant to the discussing (IE a song or album was politically charged such as Green day's American idiot) then I don't want to hear anything about world politics.
3: Don't go out of your way to antagonise other people's identity, this is the biggest change to my rules as I originally created this site during the height of the "nonbinary" craze. While I've done my best to remove this reductive term throughout my site and replace it with the much more accurate term "intersex" where I feel it's relevant to do so, I have to say that those going out of their way to "misgender" people in recent months is just as tiresome as those irritating lefties adopting these made up identities and shoving them down everyone's throats.
4: Don't harass/slander any musicians, again I made that mistake initially and then wondered why no one was giving me the time of day on the internet (I've thankfully been redeemed in the eyes of those who were put off by me doing this back in the day.)
5: Don't compared me to other online reviewers, I've always had this rule since I've been on the internet as comparing myself to others has always made it difficult for me to determine my own taste in music. Admittedly now more than ever I feel this is necessary as I've also unfortunately adapted negative troupes from the online community that not only tanked my initial reputation online but also isn't even an accurate reflection of who I've ever been.
Also, I should note that when I talk about albums on this site, I'm doing so based on the way they affected the culture for Australia and NZ as obviously I don't have the unlimited time and resources to listen to every album I talk about on here. I do give each of them their fair due and admittedly the albums I do enjoy will have me saying more about them then the one's I don't or haven't had much exposure to. Suffice to say I've based my commentary on the big hits from these albums as well as how they've impacted the Australian and NZ music scene.
Well, I feel that's everything I have to cover for this opening site, again I want to create an environment where everyone can feel welcome in discussing music regardless of what their tastes are.
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