Ask HN: MusicWalla - A Social Online Radio : Review my product concept

Post by petervandijck » Sun, Jun 12, 2011, 3:25 PM UTC

vikasvadlapatla wrote: post #4

pedalpete wrote: post #3

Interesting idea, though I think I like it more on a broad friend sharing stream than all listening together. There doesn't seem to me to be a benefit of only having people in the same room. You've also gone with a 'fair' way of playing users tracks, though as a group, you may have better luck with playing the tracks recommended by the most popular users. As a user experience researcher, you should know that you'll h…

I had three types of music rooms in mind: location-based, genre-based, and friend/follower-based. with respect to playing tracks by the most popular users, i think you've brought about an interesting point. I am currently working on a model where, at the end of every music "round", the most popular user is decided based on upvotes scheme and he/she gets to pick an additional song for the next round.. also allowing hi…

Post by vikasvadlapatla » Mon, Jun 13, 2011, 6:26 PM UTC

petervandijck wrote: post #11

vikasvadlapatla wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had three types of music rooms in mind: location-based, genre-based, and friend/follower-based. with respect to playing tracks by the most popular users, i think you've brought about an interesting point. I am currently working on a model where, at the end of every music "round", the most popular user is decided based on upvotes scheme and he/she gets to pick an additional song for the next round.. also allowing hi…

"So far in my user interviews, people have liked this scheme" I'm sorry, but you're doing user experience research all wrong if you are asking them if they like your feature ideas.

Post by vikasvadlapatla » Mon, Jun 13, 2011, 6:52 PM UTC

revorad wrote: post #9

turntable.fm has built exactly that and has a very passionate set of early users. Unless you want to start your own startup, you should probably go work for them.

Post by petervandijck » Thu, Jun 16, 2011, 8:55 PM UTC

vikasvadlapatla wrote: post #14

petervandijck wrote: post #10

You have WAY too many features for an initial product idea. It's not focused. Try to describe the value and differentiation of your service in 1 sentence. Don't add game mechanics, upvoting and the kitchen sink unless it is part of the core value/differentiation. The competitive advantage matrix you have at the end shows how unfocused you are: your competitor have few features, and you have checkboxes against ALL fea…

Thanks for the feedback Peter! I do understand that these are a lot of features to begin with and a lot of people have mentioned this to me. I am currently working on streamlining the feature list. Since the product will function on user generated music playlists, keeping the user motivated to come back and use the product is of extreme importance. And I do believe that one of the main motives for users these days (I…