I agree that the popup is awkward. It was against my better judgment to do it. The reason I ened up leaving it is so that you can quickly browse a list without having to go back.
Subscribing to someone else's bookmarks sounds like a good idea, but no one really uses the bookmarking feature.
As for comparing it to 8bc, we decided to not have a likes system BY REQUEST from the people here.
There will be thumbs, hence the option in the upload page.
And there will be a front page of some kind.
And there will be a way to find tracks that are of decent quality that is not based on how popular it is.
You have to understand this site launched a little over 2 weeks ago, the music section launched just a few days ago. Programming something RIGHT the first time takes time. So please be patient.
Most of the time spent on making the music section was working on a comfortable database structure that can scale, working on a lightweight framework that can scale, making member uploads a secure process, making files names nice and browser friendly, having a flash upload for the progress bar on uploads. So far everything that has been added has been more tailored for the artist and less for the general user and will continue to be so until the required features are out of the way.