Radio listening booms while music streaming stalls

Re:Radio listening booms while music streaming stalls by kikki on Thursday March 26, 2020 @01:05PM (#22695618)

I wonder through isolation how much of this is just wanting to listen to other people?

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Re:Radio listening booms while music streaming stalls by yonig on Thursday March 26, 2020 @01:20PM (#22695768)

Not a revolutionary thought but I think one reason many podcasts are so successful is that we're essentially eavesdropping on conversations we find interesting. As I started to work remote and more in a silo I found myself playing more long form podcasts in the background rather than music

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Re:Radio listening booms while music streaming stalls by meowface on Thursday March 26, 2020 @03:53PM (#22697253)

Same here. Podcasts have really helped me stay sane since I started working remote and living alone a few years ago. And there are enough out there now that I can play different types for different moods or purposes.

When I'm doing serious work, I (maybe counter-intuitively) often put on a lighthearted/silly/dumb comedy podcast, and it serves well as background noise. I don't feel any need to pay close attention or rewind if I missed something.

When I'm doing a slow, rote, boring task, or something not too important or mental energy-consuming, or if I'm just in the mood, I put on a hard science or philosophy podcast (Lex Fridman, Sean Carroll, Eric Weinstein) and listen pretty attentively.

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Re:Radio listening booms while music streaming stalls by jason_zig on Thursday March 26, 2020 @01:10PM (#22695660)

Anecdotal but the social music app I built, JQBX(https://www.jqbx.fm), has had an average 8X increase in daily active users over the last two weeks. So I think a lot of it has to do with the social/feeling connected component.

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Re:Radio listening booms while music streaming stalls by ketzo on Thursday March 26, 2020 @01:56PM (#22696107)

Man, I love HN... I started using jqbx yesterday from a friend’s recommendation and now I see a comment from the creator. Small world.

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Re:Radio listening booms while music streaming stalls by progman32 on Thursday March 26, 2020 @01:21PM (#22695783)

At least some. My friend set up an IceCast station hooked up to their home stereo, so we can just listen in to what they're listening to. I found it comforting. Plus they have great taste in LPs, and I can have some retro fun streaming it in Winamp 2.95 on my Pentium 166.

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Re:Radio listening booms while music streaming stalls by sidpatil on Thursday March 26, 2020 @01:57PM (#22696115)

I wonder if it could also be due to the fact that Internet usage has increased, which lowers available bandwidth—maybe as a consequence, streaming quality isn't as consistent.

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Re:Radio listening booms while music streaming stalls by solarkraft on Thursday March 26, 2020 @02:00PM (#22696141)

I haven't had any issue with Spotify so far. Granted: I personally have a good connection and live in a relatively well developed country.

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Re:Radio listening booms while music streaming stalls by mark-r on Thursday March 26, 2020 @03:31PM (#22697022)

The bandwidth required for audio is tiny compared to most of the other things we do on the internet.

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Re:Radio listening booms while music streaming stalls by buboard on Thursday March 26, 2020 @01:38PM (#22695943)

during WW2 people were glued to BBC broadcasts. people in shelter want to know whats happening outside the moment it happens

Same reason why news readership has gone up a huge amount this week

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