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We’ve been running “dial up dance parties” in Phoenix for the last few weeks. A DJ streams music to a zoom hangout, and people dance in front of their camera.

by blhack 6y ago

We’ve been running “dial up dance parties” in Phoenix for the last few weeks. A DJ streams music to a zoom hangout, and people dance in front of their camera. The magic bit is that there is a new curation job beyond djing: curating who is be “spotlighted” at the current time. So my and my wife’s job (we have been organizing and promoting these parties) is to watch all of the participants and pick out who should get spotlighted. It’s been a LOT of fun and has been growing quickly. Our last party had about 40 people in it and every time we do it we know fewer of the people who show up.

xenonite 6y ago
Cool idea! I am fascinated that this is growing. I wouldn't have guessed so in the first place. Is there interaction happening between the participants? > every time we do it we know fewer of the people who show up. This sounds like the retention rate is low, or is this a wrong conclusion? Also I would be interested to learn for whom this is fun, and why.
- jakebasile 6y ago
  > This sounds like the retention rate is low, or is this a wrong conclusion? I think they mean that the percentage of their close friends goes down each time, as more people are invited. Network effect.
- blhack 6y ago
  It means that every time we do it the network grows. It started with our friends, and now it’s our friends and their friends, and their friends and so on.
jonnydubowsky 6y ago
Cool concept! Are people paying to attend the event?
- blhack 6y ago
  No, but the next task is to figure out how to let them tip the DJs.
conception 6y ago
JQBX might be of interest to you. Let’s people dj Spotify playlists at the same time. So everyone can be on their own device, listening to their own music but all listening to the same song at the same time. Might help with timing/lag etc.
fragmede 6y ago
Something like http://kosmi.io http://kosmi.io or a different Rabb.it successor may fit better than Zoom. Many of the DJs in my circle have also been trying out Twitch for this purpose.

by blhack 6y ago

xenonite 6y ago

Cool idea! I am fascinated that this is growing. I wouldn't have guessed so in the first place. Is there interaction happening between the participants? > every time we do it we know fewer of the people who show up. This sounds like the retention rate is low, or is this a wrong conclusion? Also I would be interested to learn for whom this is fun, and why.

jakebasile 6y ago
> This sounds like the retention rate is low, or is this a wrong conclusion? I think they mean that the percentage of their close friends goes down each time, as more people are invited. Network effect.
blhack 6y ago
It means that every time we do it the network grows. It started with our friends, and now it’s our friends and their friends, and their friends and so on.

jonnydubowsky 6y ago

Cool concept! Are people paying to attend the event?

blhack 6y ago
No, but the next task is to figure out how to let them tip the DJs.

conception 6y ago

JQBX might be of interest to you. Let’s people dj Spotify playlists at the same time. So everyone can be on their own device, listening to their own music but all listening to the same song at the same time. Might help with timing/lag etc.

fragmede 6y ago

Something like http://kosmi.io http://kosmi.io or a different Rabb.it successor may fit better than Zoom. Many of the DJs in my circle have also been trying out Twitch for this purpose.