Upcoming features: Uploads and stuff (Page 4 of 11)

can't wait for the uploads

Celsius had a really good idea about this, I may have gotten this slightly wrong so if im putting words in his mouth I apologize. Have a a two tier uploads section, One can be a totally open upload area the other could be a featured section.

This is me thinking a little more on the topic, for example, have a team of people with fairly broad tastes and ear for quality who can tag tracks to appear in the featured section. Not based on personal taste but more on factors like

- Is the track finished?
- Is it likely to be of interest to members of CM.org?
- Is it fairly listenable?

What do you think?

Another method would be for tracks to get automatically "featured" after getting x number of likes? I perhaps prefer the first system.

- Tagging has been planned already.
- Likes, well. yeah. I can go either way.
- Bookmarking or flagging for later viewing without other users seeing on the item's page should totally be on the list.

- Separate uploads is a bad idea with good intentions.
- The other method of "featuring" items on the front isn't very good either.

Here is my suggestion and which I'll probably implement.
- Each user is allowed to opt their song for review, but it will be limited to once every 2 weeks. From there we can have either Members vote if its good (ahem likes) or by a special committee. That committee would include mods, admins, and users who contribute the most to the site in a positive way.
- Either way there will still be a area that's a "Free for all" on the front page, but will probably be in a random order at all times, and a color will mark it if you've seen it before.

These are just a few ideas, we still have quite a bit to go on the code front and we havn't approached display logic yet. We like hearing all of your thoughts and input, and rest assured we'll try to implement it the best way possible for everyone.

On a final note: I think there should be a rule about only posting songs that have been uploaded here in the "constructive criticism" area. With the new mp3 player BB code tag I can see people flooding the forums with "Hey check out my first LSDJ track"

Just a comment.. review thing or people having different rights will form social stratification. If you want a place free from hierarchy or status hunting everything like that probably needs to be avoided. Otherwise a group will soon put their minds into any kind of social importance available.

However, I would accept if albums and bigger releases could be reviewed. That would be a worthy enough cause and more of a meaningful and valid way of gaining reputation/attention. Also giving the "scene" a boost in the right direction..

I dont know if anyone has seen this before... This is a Playlist using some-site's database. It uses Likes VS Views VS Comments. Its not a popularity contest because you can have 5 views and 3 likes, and rank as high or higher then a song with 1000 views and 200 likes.

There are ways in which saying you like something is important. We could just hide the number and people who like it from view, except to the author. I actually think maybe im on to something there.

I like the filter a lot, I like hidden "likes" I really think it has potential with chipmusic.org. Another random idea, how about an archive of tracks which end up being recommend by the site. Something like recommended tunes of the month?

I don't like that idea. Being on a special list is a contest.