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by poub 4388 days ago
After this sad announcement, I've revisited Earbits. I love the listening experience as I did before.

Sure some technical details where a show stopper for me, i.e. no email account, gamification/social currency had no effect on me and the lack of a proper mobile app.

But I overcame those obstacles: I’ve created a Facebook account for Earbits and I was automatically recording the playlists during the day so I could listen to them during my commute.

I think that the loneliness was far more important. I never met or connected with other users that were listening Earbits too (I’m in London, UK). Maybe the traditional listening radio experience was missing; with a DJ, a voice, a brand (Earbits) we can stick on. It’s one thing asking people to connect with an artist, but clearly it’s another to create an Earbits community.

That said I’ve discovered :

- extraordinary artists

It’s one thing to help listeners to discover new artists, it’s another to help them to discover good new artists! To me that’s the curation miracle :-)

- extraordinary founders

I’ve been inspired by your journey like no other. I really wish you the best for the aftermath of 16 June. :-)

Thanks again for all the work you’ve done.

1 comments

What a thoughtful comment, poub. Indeed, we wanted to get to having user profiles, playlists and other ways to interact with the community. That was the problem. We knew what we needed to build for our experience to be more sticky, we just didn't have the resources to do enough of it fast enough. The good news is, whatever we decide to do next can only be about 10x easier than what we just attempted. ;)