Ping: It's even worse than it appeared

Re:Ping: It's even worse than it appeared by some1else on Thursday September 02, 2010 @09:55AM (#1656137)

I've been an AudioScrobbler user since it's inception. I stopped seriously scrobbling shortly after they (LastFM) got acquired by CBS and things went downhill for people trying to share their music for free, to users who weren't paid subscribers. I've been using SoundCloud to disseminate my music since, but I'm on the lookout for something that bridges the gaps between data mining, free distribution and social aspects of such services.

Give listeners and artists an import tool for LastFM/SoundCloud/iLike/Spotify/etc., learn from SoundCloud about player usability, and you might attract lots of users who got disenchanted with your direct competitors and predecessors.

Good luck & keep up the good work. Judging by the scripting.com review, Ping is just another top-down sales-driver. We still need somebody to do it the right way.

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Re:Ping: It's even worse than it appeared by chrischen on Thursday September 02, 2010 @02:49PM (#1657190)

Importing is a great idea, but it seems Last.fm's API restricts using user data for commercial purposes. While I'm not commercial yet, I have intentions on becoming commercial. I'm not sure how well importing would work but it's definitely something I'm looking in to. I guess I could let the user somehow export their own data, if that's even possible, and import it themselves.

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