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I went to check out Turntable.fm, but it turns out I can't use it - I don't have a Facebook or Twitter account, so I can't login. I understand I'm probably in the minority - or perhaps better stated, not their target audience - but you can add me to the list of folks not using the site.
I 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…
They still have issues with: Loading times, graphics rendering, max population limit to rooms, difficulty to "level up" and get more DJ points, stupid room rules
Things that give me hope: Cool iphone app, easy sharing, STILL discovering new music off of it, pretty awesome guest DJ's (I'm a house/mashup nut and they had DJ Aoki and 3LAU)
I started using http://plug.dj the past few weeks and I'm liking it much more than turntable. For one, it's international and you can stream/watch YouTube videos and play SoundCloud in the room. There's also an option to import your Turntable playlist.
The reason I love turntable is that there's constantly new music, and it's curated for me. I mostly absorb, but I can contribute when I want to. The barrier is that I don't have much good music on my hard drive and turntable's catalog often doesn't have what I'm looking for.
The reason I love youtube is that the music collection is nearly unlimited, but I often find myself listening to songs on repeat because I'm too busy/lazy to curate a list of my own.
Plug.dj merges the best of both. And it looks nice too. I'm excited.
There 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)
I ended up switching to Pandora + Grooveshark + Soundcloud. I can get all my music, mixes, and discovery through these three services.
I 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.
Simple solution. Moderators should be able to mute users. But not kick them from the channel. What's the point of kicking if we're just here to listen to music?
If they fix this, I think I'd go back.
I 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…
Are you behind www.Plug.dj
plug.dj is not just music, it's videos, too. Everything comes from YouTube and SoundCloud so licensing is already taken care of.
We love our users. Building a community is everything we are about. We listen and we care. We are involved.
plug.dj is international, and not just in name. We have localized the site into 8 languages so far and our chat translates over 50 languages in real-time so you can talk about music, videos, and anything else without language barriers. You can connect, discover and share with people from around the world.
We have dancing avatars. Every avatar has a unique dance move. We have strobe lights. We don't have room caps. We support the amazing up and coming artists, djs and producers who use YouTube and SoundCloud to share their music with the world. We accelerate the process by which they gain fans, we expose them to a wider audience, and we let them to engage with their fans from around the world in a way no other site does.
A little about me. I was a DJ for 16 years, and unlike Turntable, plug.dj is lead by somebody who loves music, and my team eats and breathes music. We regularly go to shows, concerts, clubs, festivals, raves. We hang out at record stores. I still have my vinyl collection and Technics 1200s.
If you haven't seen our site, yet, check it out. Join our party and say hello.
Cheers!
You blocked Australia, so you tell me. :\