Think of the playlists as your Twitter timeline or Facebook news stream. They are chronological lists of what other people are listening to. If you login and m

Think of the playlists as your Twitter timeline or Facebook news stream. They are chronological lists of what other people are listening to. If you login and make an account, you can follow other users and find your friends, and the playlists will be lists of what they're hearting and listening to. If you're not logged in, the feeds are just lists of popular music and activity from all users on the site. Maybe this is confusing/misleading for new users, and doesn't make it clear that the site is about your friends' activity and music recommendations? I might be wrong, but my understanding is that console.fm is recommending music to you (by genre) based on the editor's choices and what the general public is hearting. We are showing you a chronological list of what your friends are hearting. We think your friends' tastes and discoveries are way more interesting than music curated by an anonymous editor, or worse, the general public.