So you have to use Facebook ? Besides, why are there so many new users (karma 0 accounts) on this thread ? Self-promotion through multiple accounts ? It's fairly obvious if you do that on HN.
We did ask a few of our power users to support our post on HN, but did not ask them to comment. I understand that one-word comment don't bring value to the conversation, and I'm sorry about that... But I'm happy to get this opportunity to read your feedback, and reply to it!
I won't write about the service now, because I haven't used it yet, but quick and easy access to music from different channels like SoundCloud or YouTube seems interesting and is apparently working fine from my few clicks.
Bug spotted. Setting avatar in the profile doesn't work.
EDIT 1: Apparently it started to work (even without doing logout and login again).
I noticed also that after editing the track title and saving it's not updated in the view - I have to refresh the page to be sure, whether the change actually did happen.
EDIT 2: Changing e-mails doesn't require mail confirmation. While it may seem as PITA for many, it's good in avoiding mistakes and spamming accounts you don't really possess.
EDIT 3: And information about changed mail came where? To mail address used during registration. :) It would be fine if I got it delivered to my new address too, but I haven't.
Yes a few users reported issues while trying to update their avatar... I'll have a look at that asap!
Concerning the possibility to send "spam" to someone by setting the email address, we have had no complaints so far. Possibly thanks to selectivity of people who use the site because of the invite-only sign up.
Solid engineering! Definitely needs a mobile app though.
Question that might be out of the scope of this HN post: what are some of the most obvious monetization models for this kind of services?
Edit: Last.fm doesn't scrobble music? Why?
Edit 2: After spending sometime on it, I'm loving it even more. I would suggest some sort of a community or rooms feature where I can discover music from a specific genre or style.
Thanks!
Obvious monetization models for such services are:
- affiliation (sell concert tickets, based on your musical preferences, which is based on your activity on the site)
- sell "music influence network" data and/or promotion services to labels / bands
- sell subscriptions to third-party music services to broaden the range of music available on the site, especially for off-line / mobile consumption, or quality of audio
Today, our focus is on building a good platform.
Our last.fm scrobbler was a quick "friday" feature, but I'm happy to investigate this issue with your help if you contact me (adrien at whyd dot com)
Genre-based communities/groups are on our roadmap. We are going to release a genre-based onboarding next week, in order to subscribe to more relevant curators.
Looks interesting, nice to see last.fm support out of the box. Could anyone quickly clarify what the difference between "adding" a song and "liking" it is?
EDIT: if you start playing a new song in a new tab it doesn't stop the old one.
Adding a song allows you to add it to one of your playlist, or at least on top of your profile. Liking a song just makes it show up on the "likes" tab of your profile. In both cases, the person who posted the track is notified, and their counters increment.
On the rankings (whyd.com/hot), only "adds" are counted.
I think Last.fm support is pretty much a requirement for a music start-up - assuming the start-up wants to attract early adopters who are music enthusiasts.