It started like most conflicts on Stillepost, Toronto’s message board for the more melodramatic members of its indie music scene. On July 7, “torontoindie.com” posted: “Who wants an interview? Please respond with an email: lidia@torontoindie.com. Subject title: (band name) interview”. A mere fifteen minutes later, torontoindie.com (born Lidia) seems to have planted the seed for conflict herself with a reply to her own post: “First I get blasted for not enough interviews. Now nothing? Unreal.” The self-propelling argument was initially met with confusion. Wrote jeff, “It’s more that you seem to have some sort of hostility towards people for not giving your site enough attention. I don't get it.” True enough, a visit to Torontoindie.com reveals a link to itself (a recurring theme, apparently) and a sparsely used messageboard. With that said, it wasn’t long before Stillepost rolled up its sleeves and got to work.

"Asking who wants to be interviewed... isn't that sort of... hmm... I don't know... lame?" asked thatguyoverthere.

Ceux qui peut was quick to back up his comrade: "what about torontoindie.com isn't lame? aside from begging people to do interviews, their questions suck and they act like morons at shows. well maybe not all of them, but at least all the staff i've encountered." (sic)

Lidia stood her ground, however: "We're morons at shows? Hm..."

With regard to Torontoindie.com veritably non-existent website, Lidia provided a more explanatory explanation: "Our webmaster is away in Japan so he created the forum for me to do some uploading while he is away. When he gets back we're going to do a re-design which should be pretty snazzy."

Not all were quick to dismiss the website though. Punchmasterj, a former staff member at Torontoindie.com, had this to say: “Maybe having everyones (sic) articles go through the editing process … will help boost the quality of reviews that are posted.”

But the morsels of sympathy that were offered by Stillepost were not enough. “Last month I lost a week of work because I was suffering from exhaustion from working too damn hard... If they only knew the effort and the determination it takes to even start what I've done... I just would like my team and myself to be recognized for putting in hard work,” pontificated Lidia.

In the meantime, we can look to the post from board member Greg for a more Zen perspective on the conflict. “Credibility is something that is earned through experience and actions. Maybe in time it’ll come."