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Serial reposters have killed my soundcloud stream. Even artists I like, I offen do not like their taste. Discoverability is also a major problem. Lack of search

Serial reposters have killed my soundcloud stream. Even artists I like, I offen do not like their taste. Discoverability is also a major problem. Lack of search filters, and arbitrary sorting of results in particular. Hashtag spamming and fake playlist naming to try and pump up play counts are rife. Don't get me started on the mobile app.. I'd love to see some kind of subreddit like channels built into the platform which could encourage discussion and interaction - between artists especially .. There's so much good random music out there on the platform, but it just feels lost to the ether sometimes. To be honest, the platform which did this best while it lasted was MySpace artist pages. Edit: There's so much more they could be doing to become a place for artists. Special curated playlists - pay trendsetters / djs / weirdos to create awesome playlists out of the current content. Something I can set and listen to, look forward to updates on. The fact that Youtube is a better radio than Soundcloud is depressing to me. Also, something like the RBMA[1] could easily boost the sense of community and respect for the platform. At the moment it just feels like.. plumbing. No love whatsoever. The official soundcloud blog[2] is so sterile and detached from the music they host. If I was them I'd be going insane over Desiigner's Panda[3] becoming No. 1 on Billboard [4] after having such a meteoric rise within the platform - feels like Solja Boy - Crank Dat moment for Soundcloud, yet there's pretty much nothing officially acknowledging it. [1] http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/ http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/ [2] https://blog.soundcloud.com/ https://blog.soundcloud.com/ [3] https://soundcloud.com/lifeofdesiigner/desiigner-panda https://soundcloud.com/lifeofdesiigner/desiigner-panda [4] http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7341870/desiigner-panda-billboard-hot-100-number-1 http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7341870...

_kyran 11y ago
Agree with reposts killing the stream. I made this as a hacky solution to keep my using the service: https://github.com/kyranb/SoundCloud-Feed-Cleaner https://github.com/kyranb/SoundCloud-Feed-Cleaner Many friends/other people online have all expressed the same frustration. I've reached out to Soundcloud but have had no response. If any SC engineers are lurking here, can you shed any info on why there's no built in toggle or navigation pane to only show original content and not reposts?
- Kiro 11y ago
  Why not just use the Tracks tab? Isn't that the same thing?
  - _kyran 11y ago
    A few reasons: 1. Tracks only shows on an artists page, not your stream of all artists you are following. 2. Tracks wasn't there originally when this extension was made. It was only added somewhat recently. 3. Often artists will use the repost feature to share their own tracks that have been posted to their label's or another artists account. This is especially true when it comes to remixes. This extension will still consider these to not be a repost :)

_kyran 11y ago

Agree with reposts killing the stream. I made this as a hacky solution to keep my using the service: https://github.com/kyranb/SoundCloud-Feed-Cleaner https://github.com/kyranb/SoundCloud-Feed-Cleaner Many friends/other people online have all expressed the same frustration. I've reached out to Soundcloud but have had no response. If any SC engineers are lurking here, can you shed any info on why there's no built in toggle or navigation pane to only show original content and not reposts?

Kiro 11y ago
Why not just use the Tracks tab? Isn't that the same thing?
- _kyran 11y ago
  A few reasons: 1. Tracks only shows on an artists page, not your stream of all artists you are following. 2. Tracks wasn't there originally when this extension was made. It was only added somewhat recently. 3. Often artists will use the repost feature to share their own tracks that have been posted to their label's or another artists account. This is especially true when it comes to remixes. This extension will still consider these to not be a repost :)