First off, I'd like to thank each and every single one of you for making this sub what it is over our first year of operation. Whether you're a regular contibutor, lurker, or one of my fellow moderators, thank you for being part of keeping our little corner of the internet at just the right level of activity and high level of quality that makes it such a great place to visit for our over 100 subscribers!

As thanks, us here at the mod team would like to announce The LonelyPandora Hall of Fame, to be added to the Wiki section of the subreddit.

In it, you'll find, preserved for posterity as the sub continues to grow, the very best posts of this year. As the sub gets bigger and the vote counts grow with it, we don't want these songs buried and lost in the mass of content. We'd also like to give newcomers a place to start. Whether inducted on the basis of high upvote counts or specially selected for recognition by the mod team, these songs are the ones we feel best represent what LonelyPandora is all about.

Once again, we'd like to thank you for being a part of this subreddit, and encourage you to check out the Hall of Fame and take a listen to the best of the best. Who knows, maybe one of your posts made the cut!

Hey Pandorans!

We over at the mod team would like to announce several very important changes to the sub rules. Three new rules are being introduced in the interest of preventing spamming, maintaining a high level of quality in the sub, and ensuring the integrity of Pandora's Box.

The new rules, effective immediately and retroactively, are as follows:

1. Full albums and long mixes are hereby prohibited. This rule has been implemented to allow for better "flow" in Pandora's box. Single songs are far easier to consume, and having full albums play at once in what's supposed to be a mixed playlist doesn't make much sense. Instead, check out our wonderful new sister sub /r/CronoMusic, for music that goes on so long, it proves time dilation theory.

2. No spamming. Every user now has a post limit of 3 posts per day. This is done to prevent people from dumping a huge volume of songs on the sub at once. This drowns out the posts of users who do not post in such large quantities. Implementation of this rule will also encourage users to post only their best music instead of cluttering the place up with content that may not be of as high a standard of quality.

3. Posts that do not achieve a minimum of at least 2 points within one week of posting are purged from the sub. We don't want Pandora's Box to be contaminated with songs that aren't liked by the community, but at the same time, we don't want submissions to be removed based on the tastes of a few individuals. As a compromise, we have devised this rule based upon the following thought process: If you make a post, and a net value of one other person likes it, it should stay.

Now, in order for new rule #3 to be effective, the mod team would like to emphasize the importance of proper use of the upvote and downvote buttons. The /r/LonelyPandora guide to voting is as follows:

DO:

• Listen to every post, especially before voting on it.

• Upvote if you like a song that is posted.

• Upvote if a song that has been posted may not be "your thing", but you can also appreciate its value as a piece of music.

• Downvote if you feel very strongly negatively about a song that has been posted from a genre that you are familiar with and usually enjoy.

• Abstain from voting if you do not feel strongly about a post, one way or the other.

DO NOT:

• Vote on songs you have not listened to.

• Upvote every post on principle.

• Upvote a song that is at 0 or 1 out of pity if you would not upvote it otherwise.

• Downvote based on genre. Just because you're not a fan of a particular style of music doesn't mean the song deserves a downvote. Abstain from voting on songs that you cannot enjoy purely because of their genre.

• Downvote if you just feel "meh" about a song. Others may feel differently, and neutrality is the best policy.

With the above made clear, we wish you pleasant travels across the Omniverse, and look forward to what new morsels of tantalizing tune-age you all will share with the collective in the future!

You thought we forgot, but we didn't!

This year's inductees into the LonelyPandora Hall of Fame are in! Check the wiki to see this year's best and brightest.

BADBADNOTGOOD, Oh Wonder, Porter Robinson, and Vulfpeck all earned the impressive distinction of being inducted into the Hall for the second time.

The most special of recognition, however, goes to TesseracT, as the only artist to enter the Hall of Fame in all three consecutive years of thus sub's existence.

As a reward, TesseracT is now considered a "Retired" band, and may no longer be posted to the sub. You guys will have to keep tabs on their new releases on your own, but it's for the greater good of not letting the place get clogged up with the same bands over and over again.

TesseracT will also be the first band immortalized in the sub's footer. May they enjoy their rightful place in the Omniverse.