joule
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Ok, this site will have a problem, or at least it will never 'take off' in its current state. After browsing 15 or so tracks, i find that the quality is similar to that of 8BC. This is not a problem, except for the fact that on 8BC you could click on the ones having most likes, which is a bias but also very helpful.

I realize that for me to find anything good here, I will have to actually play all the tracks and it would be like trying to find a needle in a haystack. There is no indication whatsoever of what might be of interest. This will probably make me never really browse or use the music section.

Am I missing something, or is this the way it's supposed to be? It won't work very well..

Trash80
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First off the area just launched.

Second: there are only a handfull of tracks up there now.

Third: It was also decided to not have a likes system, there will be a optional "thumbs" system, which iwll give decent results for "filtering"

Forth: If you don't like it you can leave.

joule
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Ok, I'm looking forward to seeing what the things mentioned in "third" will bring.

Fourth is irrelevant.

Lazerbeat
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Tokyo, Japan

For reference, this post lists a some but not all of the upcoming features

http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/429/m … s-section/

joule
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Thank you Lazerbeat.

I don't think the big issue is so much about this or that feature, but about the site being unique and having something that makes people want to return.

little naps
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I find myself listening to music that I would have never given a chance, because I am not just listening to the "most liked". Soooo. I kinda like it. Of course we re dealing with a smaller stream of music right now and it is generally of a higher quality.

Bit Shifter
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joule wrote:

Thank you Lazerbeat.

I don't think the big issue is so much about this or that feature, but about the site being unique and having something that makes people want to return.

Personally I think the most attractive feature is the absence of rampant arbitrary user banning. That's enough for me.

Pompei
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I kind of agree with Joule.

&I think the music section should be on the front page. That's what most people go to anyways, and what everyone's been anticipating.

Jellica
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England

Apart from a few names I generally avoided the tracks with the most likes anyway.

e.s.c.
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Pompei wrote:

I kind of agree with Joule.

&I think the music section should be on the front page. That's what most people go to anyways, and what everyone's been anticipating.

i dont know, i like it this way, makes it feel like its more about community & the forums than uploading 4000 tracks a week

tRasH cAn maN
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Pompei wrote:

That's what most people go to anyways, and what everyone's been anticipating.

I think not. But maybe you've done a survey on the matter..?

aphasia
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Joule:

Didn't you actually say that you wanted no likes system when the music uploading was mentioned?

George
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Cambridge UK
tRasH cAn maN wrote:
Pompei wrote:

That's what most people go to anyways, and what everyone's been anticipating.

I think not. But maybe you've done a survey on the matter..?

I, for one, go to the forum a couple of times a day and to the music section maybe once every 2 days.
You can browse a forum when there's a downtime at work or when a teacher is reexplaining the same thing for the 4th time, but listening to a track is slightly more obvious...

herr_prof
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I think we all know what kind of music joule wants to hear.

arlen
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If you don't like the way chipmusic's music system is, 8bc is still around.

The only thing I have a problem with is the whole pop-up thing. It's kinda weird, but I'll get used to it I suppose.

It seems like it just pops up wherever it wants to on my screen.

Oh, I'm derailing the thread.

joule
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I'm not sure you're derailing it, arlen. Being user friendly could also be a key point to people wanting to return. Making it easy and convenient to browse and listen to music is probably very important in that case.