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I never could use turntable because I'm in the UK but from what I heard a lot of the rooms ended up with a really narrow focus with people downvoting any music
by codeulike 13y ago
I never could use turntable because I'm in the UK but from what I heard a lot of the rooms ended up with a really narrow focus with people downvoting any music that didn't fit some ultra specific genre.
I've used similar sites that made it much harder to 'reject' songs (Collaborative Jukebox, Listening Room) and the experience is actually much nicer - you get to hear a much wider range of interesting stuff.
Turntable.fm is operating in a tough environment for sure, but I think one mistake they've made is that encouraging people to vote for and against tracks is an obvious feature, but not necessarily a very wise one.
- sgarman 13y agoOne man's trash is another man's treasure. This ultra specific nature of the rooms is one thing I liked about turntable over other services. I found everyone else's "Radio" paled in comparison to community based playlists. They played the same "safe" songs over and over again; however, with turntable you get people trying to introduce new stuff while still under the heavy pressure of the crowd to meet peoples expectations.