M.I.A.

MD Roche · December 24, 2024, 05:39:19 PM

Does anyone know what happened to M.I.A.? I just tried going to his Bandcamp (mianoise.bandcamp.com) and it's gone. The page for his label, Neons Publishing, is gone too. Did he get banned or something? He's one of my favorite artists.

(Yes, I'm aware of the irony of M.I.A. literally being "M.I.A.")

Cranial Blast · December 24, 2024, 08:04:13 PM

Quote from: MD Roche on December 24, 2024, 05:39:19 PMDoes anyone know what happened to M.I.A.? I just tried going to his Bandcamp (mianoise.bandcamp.com) and it's gone. The page for his label, Neons Publishing, is gone too. Did he get banned or something? He's one of my favorite artists.

(Yes, I'm aware of the irony of M.I.A. literally being "M.I.A.")

I've noticed the Neon's Publishing page has been down too. I can't recall when I first noticed it, but I think it's been down for sometime now. I was checking into the page periodically, but like I was saying before, I can't recall a timeline of when I first noticed the page was down.

Balor/SS1535 · December 24, 2024, 10:01:18 PM

His Instagram was still up, last I checked.

MD Roche · December 25, 2024, 12:37:34 AM

I sent an email to the address on the @neonspublishing Instagram and quickly got the following response:

Hey man, merry christmas
Yeah a dork flagged ALL of my bandcamp pages and they got taken down. I will do a Neons and MIA bandcamp page again soon

"Dork" is putting it lightly.

Balor/SS1535 · December 25, 2024, 02:12:45 AM

Quote from: MD Roche on December 25, 2024, 12:37:34 AMI sent an email to the address on the @neonspublishing Instagram and quickly got the following response:

Hey man, merry christmas
Yeah a dork flagged ALL of my bandcamp pages and they got taken down. I will do a Neons and MIA bandcamp page again soon

"Dork" is putting it lightly.

Wow, I'm glad to have snagged those downloads when I had the chance.

FreakAnimalFinland · December 25, 2024, 09:57:10 AM

Ominous Recordings bandcamp was also taken down. I am guessing that bigger bandcamp gets, this is a trend that keeps growing. Also, when the "dorks" realize it can be done effectively, I guess it will simply increase reports.

Stipsi · December 25, 2024, 10:09:02 AM

Quote from: FreakAnimalFinland on December 25, 2024, 09:57:10 AMOminous Recordings bandcamp was also taken down. I am guessing that bigger bandcamp gets, this is a trend that keeps growing. Also, when the "dorks" realize it can be done effectively, I guess it will simply increase reports.

I agree with you, but i think also algorithm works with "nasty" artworks, like all social media and once he spotted more than one in the same page, he automatically takes down the account.

FreakAnimalFinland · December 25, 2024, 11:07:21 AM

Very true, but also so many examples of bands being taken down while there is nothing wrong with content or artwork, but there has been some sort of polemic and people click the report button. Those reports may get merely algorithm / AI reacting on them.

I know IG algorithm seems very quick to rate something "nudity", even if image would have nothing related to nudity or violence. You get the option for manual check and people tends to see what's up, algorithm doesn't.

Antihumanism · December 25, 2024, 12:58:44 PM

There's a market for everything digi cd coming out early next year on Antihumanism.

Cranial Blast · December 25, 2024, 03:13:44 PM

Quote from: Antihumanism on December 25, 2024, 12:58:44 PMThere's a market for everything digi cd coming out early next year on Antihumanism.

That is great news! I missed the tape on Bacteria Field, so this will be nice!