News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:The Rise and Fall of 3M's Floppy Disk by prmoustache on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @05:34AM (#39915201)
As teenagers used to record mixtapes of music we likes to people we liked/love. Nowadays people just tag other on social medias or send links in private messages. I wonder if some still take the time to curate / prepare special things the same way we did.
Re:The Rise and Fall of 3M's Floppy Disk by kevindamm on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @07:37AM (#39916111)
I've seen a lot of Spotify playlist sharing. I mostly see it as a broadcast share but I'm going to assume that I just haven't been the recipient and that sometimes there are 1:1 playlist shares? I do miss making mixtapes and mix CDs, though, definitely different than sharing playlists.

I also wonder, in addition to the changes in media format and availability of streaming replacements, if the emergence of DJ controllers and being able to mix from your digital collection may have had something to do with it, too. A lot of the mix CDs I made in the early 2000s were vinyl DJ sets I recorded. Sometimes these were demos, sometimes these were special mixes I made for someone. And there are definitely still a lot of kids getting into DJing.

Re:The Rise and Fall of 3M's Floppy Disk by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @07:01AM (#39915845)
For some recent holiday I had my girlfriend burn me a CD of an album I liked. (Legally bought DRM-free)

I'd make her a mix CD, but there isn't much music we've listened to together.

In fact, when I talk to anyone about music, the result is often a mutual "Hm, never heard of them" followed by non-interest.

Music discovery is done independently and I don't usually want to get into other people's bands. I guess it used to be more social. I'm a late millennial, almost Gen Z. For me music is personal and not social. I listen to a lot of video game soundtracks.

Re:The Rise and Fall of 3M's Floppy Disk by digging on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @01:04PM (#39920001)
This reflects a lot of my experience. Music has become more and more personal over the years.

I have one friend whom I introduced to a lot of music and we used to share often (links to songs etc). Over time, that friend began having their own vast personal world of music and we rarely share anymore.

One of my favorite things to do with music is to create a curated playlist and imagine sharing it. Sometimes I actually will share it with that friend or my partner, and that's been well received at times, as a rule it usually feels like asking anyone else to listen to something I like is just burdening/boring them.

Possibly worse, when you actually do connect with someone new about shared music taste... suddenly you open the floodgates and actually there's way too much music out there in your individual spheres so that sharing becomes exhausting.

Re:The Rise and Fall of 3M's Floppy Disk by foobarian on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @08:46AM (#39916739)
Kids these days seem to screenrecord youtube videos, and then stitch them together in iMovie/cabcut/other.
Re:The Rise and Fall of 3M's Floppy Disk by ljf on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @10:32AM (#39918028)
Not a teenager here - but I still make Spotify playlists for my friends, and I come across shared/curated playlists that people post all the time. Pre-spotify I used to make youtube playlists of music I loved - so pretty sure teenagers are doing the same now.