Who didn't see this coming... Hype... funding... doa.
Turntable.fm: Where Did Our Love Go?
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Re: Turntable.fm: Where Did Our Love Go?
#22I was a big turntable user last summer. I was pretty disappointed by their interface (fixed width, terrible search, etc.). So disappointed that I built my own clone with a friend.
I recently revisited the site - almost nothing has changed. There is so much potential to add more features and polish the interface. I think this might have something to do with their user decline. They had the initial hype wave but failed to sustain+engage their users with enhancements and features.
If I was on the turntable team I would be pushing hard to add features weekly!
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#23I got annoyed when I got into a disagreement with a moderator and was kicked out of a room repeatedly. I am not sure how many others had a similar experience but I just left the site after that. It made the site feel unwelcoming.
I have similar observations. Turntable started out very democratic. People would happily take turns playing music. Now it has IRC style drama and politics. Ops kick people out for disagreeing with them, kick people off stage for songs they don't like and generally abuse their position.
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#24I love Turntable. You can upload your own music if it's missing from their library. And they have an iPhone app that is nearly feature-paired with the web version. Plus they were the first app to make possible live sharing DJ queues on the web (right?). Thanks Turntable folks!
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#25Articles like this make me glad I don't have a startup so I don't have to go to SXSW.
A lot of these 'ideas' seem cute or quirky at first but then I wonder what kind of people would need to see someone else's mouse cursor or want to get messages from strangers, or leave sad lonely notes at random places to people they'll never meet.
Also, a reflection: "I had convinced myself that start-ups are a young person's game, that I should get away from the Silicon Valley echo chamber"
Why should young people spend their time in an echo chamber? If the wisdom of our elders is that Silicon Valley is a bunch of yes-men, why the hell should we go there? .... Oh, that's right. Money.
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#26I liked turntable but it I felt like it required you to be a bit active to get the full benifit, whereas I think I'm usually a bit more passive in my music listening.
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#27There is a behavioral disconnect on the site:
A fix is to have 2 listening modes. 1. Passive like radio 2. Active with chat(capacity 150)
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#28I joined the site pretty early when it was filled with mostly music snobs like me. every room filled to the brim with people playing mostly less heard tracks as it got bigger and more and more new users joined a lot of the snobs left making it less fun for me.
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#29You blocked Australia, so you tell me. :\
Re: Turntable.fm: Where Did Our Love Go?
#30I was a big turntable user last summer. I was pretty disappointed by their interface (fixed width, terrible search, etc.). So disappointed that I built my own clone with a friend. I recently revisited the site - almost nothing has changed. There is so much potential to add more features and polish the interface. I think this might have something to do with their user decline. They had the initial hype wave but failed…
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