Turntable.fm: Where Did Our Love Go? • Hacker News Board

Re: Turntable.fm: Where Did Our Love Go?

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Post by DatMarra » Tue, May 08, 2012, 7:06 AM UTC

agent86 wrote: post #10

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 can't use it either; sadly they are only open to the US. But I checked out the site Steven linked (plug.dj), it's open internationally. They use YouTube and Soundcloud for music/videos so you can play almost every song you want. For now you need Facebook, Twitter or Google+ to sign up but I heard a email sign up function is in the making.

And if you really want to try it out you could consider make an anonymous Twitter account to sign in with.

Re: Turntable.fm: Where Did Our Love Go?

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Post by VinyLion » Tue, May 08, 2012, 11:37 AM UTC

frewsxcv wrote: post #31

agent86 wrote: post #10

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 use both Twitter and Facebook (unfortunately), but I would rather not have to link my account with either of these services just to log into your website

Did the same with tt, and it started posting stuff on my facebook account. I changed to plug, where i also had to use facebook to sign up. But it never posted anything on itself or did anything, just by clicking the share button in the room i could post it on facebook. So it's safe to use i guess.

Re: Turntable.fm: Where Did Our Love Go?

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Post by VinyLion » Tue, May 08, 2012, 11:42 AM UTC

guynamedloren wrote: post #33

companyhen wrote: post #2

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.

Brilliant. One of those ideas that seems so obvious. As crazy as it sounds, I'm hard pressed to believe that there is a better music source than Youtube. Spotify, pandora, and soundcloud are shit in comparison. Youtube has EVERYTHING - I can get any song I want (popular or not) whenever I want it, for free. The reason I love turntable is that there's constantly new music, and it's curated for me. I mostly absorb, but…

So true. Youtube is, IMO, the biggest source of music. To use youtube for your playlist is so easy, you can find every song in seconds, AND even have the official/fanmade video for it.

Soundcloud enables you to use the music of small, unknown Artist that often rock hard, or mashup artist and eclusive previews you don't find on youtube.

And if you want to show off your own stuff, just upload it on soundcloud and add it to your playlist.

So i guess by not having to upload it yourself, but using what you just found on youtube or soundcloud plug.dj is even better for discovering new music, + its easier to handle.

I'm diggin it.

Re: Turntable.fm: Where Did Our Love Go?

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Post by nestlequ1k » Thu, May 10, 2012, 1:28 AM UTC

mnicole wrote: post #78

dandelany wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

TT developer here. Any user can "mute" any other user - just go to Settings > Ignored Users and add their username to your ignored list. Hope to see you back on the site soon!

No, what he's saying is that mods need to only be able to mute users, not kick them. Kicking someone out of the room they want to be in only hurts your service -- not the room -- because they won't have any interest in visiting the other rooms and they're not going to bother going back into a room they've been kicked out of. There is truly no reason anyone should be kicked . It leaves a sour taste in the user's mouth…

mnicole nailed exactly what i was trying to say. Thanks!