Like.fm (YC W11) Is A Social Network For Tracking Songs • Hacker News Board

Re: Like.fm (YC W11) Is A Social Network For Tracking Songs

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Post by jfeldstein2 » Tue, Mar 08, 2011, 11:18 PM UTC

Why all the custom extensions/tracking software, and emphasis on compatibility with the last.fm api when you could get the same data by just pulling from last.fm?

Data ownership, maybe, but it also felt like a very heavy onboarding process. "Welcome! Now install these two browser widgets and some desktop client..."

Re: Like.fm (YC W11) Is A Social Network For Tracking Songs

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Post by chrischen » Tue, Mar 08, 2011, 11:38 PM UTC

physcab wrote: post #8

At Grooveshark, we have a feature that does this and it works amazingly well. If you click on the people icon at the upper left hand corner of the screen you'll see a feed of what your friends are currently listening to on Grooveshark. The feature has become so useful, that I often discover new music to listen to through it much more so than algorithmic recommendations. Social recommendations are indeed the best way…

So my goal with Like.fm is to take that but have all your friends connected in that way regardless of what music service they use.

Re: Like.fm (YC W11) Is A Social Network For Tracking Songs

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Post by chrischen » Tue, Mar 08, 2011, 11:45 PM UTC

visakhcr wrote: post #58

The negative with Like.fm is that I have to install a Like client on my laptop to track my music habits. I don't want to clutter my laptop with unnecessary software.

The client only runs when your music player is running. And it's very lightweight. You can think of it as an addon to your music player.

Re: Like.fm (YC W11) Is A Social Network For Tracking Songs

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Post by physcab » Wed, Mar 09, 2011, 1:27 AM UTC

chrischen wrote: post #72

physcab wrote: post #8

At Grooveshark, we have a feature that does this and it works amazingly well. If you click on the people icon at the upper left hand corner of the screen you'll see a feed of what your friends are currently listening to on Grooveshark. The feature has become so useful, that I often discover new music to listen to through it much more so than algorithmic recommendations. Social recommendations are indeed the best way…

So my goal with Like.fm is to take that but have all your friends connected in that way regardless of what music service they use.

Yeah I understand. It's probably better that you aren't tied to the content. I'll be curious to see how you innovate with this idea and to see how users react to a site that isn't part of their core music destination.

Good luck! Btw, if you need any help getting through to anyone at GS or help with our API, feel free to message me.