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was a little surprised today to see a negative comment.. for me I dont expect credit for any recording I place up here - but it is nice to get feedback - oh we liked this - perfect for the other etc.. I guess it encourages to put more up¿

http://www.freesound.org/people/martian/sounds/178832/

the comment read - ( sorry I deleted it! )

this is rubbish! sounds nothing like a flyby

I checked this guys downloads - seems he was after an airplane.. apparently my sound wasnt worth what he paid for! it wasnt even advertised as an airplane....

whats the worse comment you ever got?

I think the first comment on this sound http://www.freesound.org/people/Kyster/sounds/124027/

So i took the liberty to answer

haha! thats a classic.. the reply is quite succinct!

I think its a bit rich someone who has put zero sounds up saying your sounds are rubbish! when what they mean is it isnt right for them!

haha! thats a classic.. the reply is quite succinct!

I think its a bit rich someone who has put zero sounds up saying your sounds are rubbish! when what they mean is it isnt right for them!

martian wrote:
haha! thats a classic.. the reply is quite succinct!

I think its a bit rich someone who has put zero sounds up saying your sounds are rubbish! when what they mean is it isnt right for them!

Yeah well, i don't take so hard, and so i hopefully did someone a favor in linking to audacity

If I exclude all the comments from users who aren't able to comprehend the power of the internet to find out how to use .flac flies, the comment that instantly came to my mind, even after over 5 years, was this one by the user "hello_flowers":
http://www.freesound.org/people/Corsica_S/sounds/35556/

ha thats pretty good one!

I must put the ones up where I stand outside a fire station for an hour waiting for them to come out with the sirens on! (actually I did give up.. should have charge the battery more! )

what I want is something that records everything! or u can press a button and grab the last 30 secs BEFORE u press record.. would have some great recordings then!

kyster - u get me wrong.. I'm not bothered. more amazed? was wondering what other cheeky cretins might say.. ( that was q2uite a classic tho - the sound is tooo long,. hahahaha bet some A hole came along after and say its too short! hehehe

I think the user BecketICT got a fitting reply on this one:
http://www.freesound.org/people/AlienXXX/sounds/170485/

I am still waiting...

This one hurt my feelings:

http://freesound.org/people/thatjeffcarter/sounds/149406/

this one made may day, lol

http://www.freesound.org/people/dobroide/sounds/7395/

hahaha thats waay better than the average this sound is crap! u think he's been reading the forum?

it does amaze me that people can make time to write such creative comments - but cant upload a single sausage!

has anyone had a link to another sound as a comment?

I (my wife) had to find out what Saugeil of user Goaflow means in this comment: http://www.freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/sounds/125919/

Well, literally "sow horny". Of course this is not how it is used. As an exclamation "geil" (horny) means "super!", "great!", "awesome!". In modern usage this is not associated to its original sexual meaning though you should be cautious using this expression when talking to older people. "Sau" (sow) is an intensive prefix like "bloody" or "damn". So it means something like "Bloody awesome!".

klankbeeld
That was not a bad comment, then. It was a bloody good comment!

AlienXXX wrote:
klankbeeld
That was not a bad comment, then. It was a bloody good comment!

But i did not understand the first time. Haha

it was a head scratching comment thats for sure..

are you sure it wasnt from a homophobic nigerian banker?

Unfortunately, freesound (like any other sound/music related service I know) - does not develops pragmatic comment system (...and does not have tools to allow users to create such one).

What do I mean by "pragmatic comments".

Well - let say that you are beta testing something. Or doing a research on something. Or gathering brain-storming creative thoughts for your marketing routine. Or creating a fan-list. What types of comments do you need? What questions/topics should be answered/touched and in which way? What kind of questionnaires should be there, and how to organize them in order to get valuable questions? It's like this. "Did you liked? [Yes / No / Don't know / Don't ask]" - this one brings nothing particular. But if you start like "What did you liked in that sound?" or "Which aspects of that sound you did not liked and why?" and give some hints or selectable options, then you get comments you need/expect. So it's somewhere between giving the space and giving directions. Without directions - listeners are usually lost, and can express themselves strangely sometimes.

BTW, freesound is somewhat research oriented project, so think about how to raise the level in tat particular area.

Well to get rid of comments inclusive double posts that happens time and time again, why not do a facebook X button to delete ones comments that has been double posted? I succeeded today:

http://www.freesound.org/people/miastodzwiekow/sounds/123039/

jobro wrote:
... why not do a facebook X button to delete ones comments that has been double posted?

When I login there is a cross icon on the right of each comment on my samples which will delete the comment if clicked on.

http://www.freesound.org/people/ayamahambho/sounds/156078/

This one made my day today.

Especially that part about some websites that try to sell something to me.
(it refers to my website that I link with, and my software that I develop).

Just an "admin" answer in here:
if you get really annoying comments, don't forget to flag them.
And also, delete them if they just bother you.

You have the power!

- bram