What eye've seen
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While doing research for my research paper, I have discovered a lot of important details I didn’t previously know about my topic. As a reminder, my research topic was the uncertain state of music discourse, particularly in online spaces. One thing that interested me that I saw a lot when looking through discussions about my topic is that many people had very similar experiences to me when it came to viewing and partaking in online music discourse. People kept pointing out the same things that I was noticing. This made it apparent to me that this issue is widespread, as many different people are taking notice of it. One thing that kept coming up was the repetitiveness of comment on Instagram and Tiktok. I briefly touched upon this problem in my methods section, but I was worried it was too specific and personal of an issue to be worth bringing up. However, I saw it being a focal point in many discussions I found relating to my topic. One other thing that I discovered is that music discourse is still very much alive in some places like it used to be. For one, it is still, and will likely always be present in the real world. It is most often able to thrive healthily at events such as music festivals and gigs. The one question I still have regarding my topic is what kind of websites or online spaces there are to talk about music that haven’t been ruined yet. I know they exist, but I’ve yet to find a source of online discourse that behaves similarly to real life discourse. I think I’ve identified enough sources for my paper, but out of personal curiosity I want to find out if there are any websites or blogs that haven’t become diluted with rage bait and repetitive takes.