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by dewey 1018 days ago
The idea is interesting but I always feel like sharing music like that doesn't work.

It's similar to the #music channels that communities sometimes have. People post their favorite songs, or new songs they just discovered, but as it's a diverse group of people posting them and not a tight-nit group that enjoys similiar music it just becomes a stream of new music and people have no idea if they might enjoy it.

It works between friends when people say "I know you like xyz, you might enjoy that", but outside of that the "sharing" part is more fun than actually trying to go through a list of new songs and picking what to listen.

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thanks for the feedback. i agree and valid points but i have friends who have nearly identical music taste and sometimes i hate songs they play. so there is still a hit or miss factor.

then the question would be how to decrease the ratio between hits and misses? do you have any ideas of what you would like to see tackle this?

i have a few: - upvoting songs - organize songs by the plays / views it has from the source (youtube, spotify, soundcloud). - suggest songs that genre is the same as your favorite genre?

gotta effectively feature in the "I know you like xyz, you might enjoy that" factor

https://www.criticker.com has one of the best discovery systems I’ve seen. Worth looking into, and using if you also like film!