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I wonder if you really need a like or dislike button. I'm increasingly convinced they're both being used wrong. If you're listening to a random stream of songs
by cletus 5y ago
I wonder if you really need a like or dislike button. I'm increasingly convinced they're both being used wrong. If you're listening to a random stream of songs there are only really two actions by the user that matter:
1. They keep listening. This is about the best "like" signal (IMHO); and
2. They skip to the next song. This is effectively a "dislike".
Both can be situational not absolute too. But what does like/dislike gain you beyond those two signals? Liking something requires the user to do something but users only really do something when they don't like what's happening. Requiring explicit action to keep playing songs like the current one seems somehow backwards.
- max68 5y agoThat’s not true. I like the beginning of some songs, especially when listening to 20 min+ classical pieces, but not the end. A skip in that case doesn’t mean I don’t like it, but that I don’t want to finish it.
- charcircuit 5y agoGiving a song 6 minutes of watch time is still good compared to other songs.
- sasha_at_piki 5y agoWhat you're describing is basically how TikTok works, it's based on the time spent on a piece of content. A problem with this approach is that sometimes we spend time on things we don't really like (think sexual or fake news content) so an explicit feedback (like, dislike, superlike) is helpful for the algo. I'm the creator of Piki, the Cornell Tech app mentioned in the article. Give it a try, if you want next level recommendations https://piki.page.link/Rng5 https://piki.page.link/Rng5