About the homepage and its statements when not logged in

- Popoyt said...
- User
- 22 Jul 2008, 08:52
About the homepage and its statements when not logged in

Right now, all over the world… x people love y

Hey, just because you've listened to something doesn't mean you LOVE it.

It pretty much sums up what this website has become, and it's sad :(

[quote][b][user]Popoyt[/user][/b] said: [i]Right now, all over the world… x people [b]love [/b]y[/i] Hey, just because you've listened to something doesn't mean you LOVE it. It pretty much sums up what this website has become, and it's sad :([/quote]

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- acreature said...
- Staff
- 22 Jul 2008, 09:28
You know you can love tracks, right? They show up in your library that way (for instance, my loved tracks). Subscribers can also play a radio station of their loved tracks.

[quote][b][user]acreature[/user][/b] said: You know you can [url=/help/faq?category=User+Profiles#157]love tracks[/url], right? They show up in your library that way (for instance, [url=/user/acreature/library/loved]my loved tracks[/url]). [url=/subscribe]Subscribers[/url] can also play a radio station of their loved tracks. [/quote]

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- Popoyt said...
- User
- 23 Jul 2008, 10:04
But these stats that show up on the homepage are the number of listens, not the number of times a track has been loved...

[quote][b][user]Popoyt[/user][/b] said: But these stats that show up on the homepage are the number of listens, not the number of times a track has been loved...[/quote]

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- DFA1979 said...
- Moderator
- 23 Jul 2008, 10:06
Well, it looks like it's the number of listeners, but still not related to people having 'loved' a track or anything.

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[quote][b][user]DFA1979[/user][/b] said: Well, it looks like it's the number of listen[i]ers[/i], but still not related to people having 'loved' a track or anything.[/quote]

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- Popoyt said...
- User
- 23 Jul 2008, 12:18
Yes. That is my point. It really feels strange reading that on the homepage and then realizing it's not true.

[quote][b][user]Popoyt[/user][/b] said: Yes. That is my point. It really feels strange reading that on the homepage and then realizing it's not true.[/quote]

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- TheMannen said...
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- 23 Jul 2008, 14:58
Then I'm guessing it's just a bug.

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[quote][b][user]TheMannen[/user][/b] said: Then I'm guessing it's just a bug.[/quote]

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- Popoyt said...
- User
- 23 Jul 2008, 15:54
My guess is that it was done on purpose. Sadly.

[quote][b][user]Popoyt[/user][/b] said: My guess is that it was done on purpose. Sadly.[/quote]

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- TheMannen said...
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- 23 Jul 2008, 16:49
Why?

When they have a feature called "loved tracks", and they use the word "love" here, it should have something to do with that feature. It seems stupid to use the word "love" otherwise, since, as you say, it only means they've listened to it.

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[quote][b][user]TheMannen[/user][/b] said: Why? When they have a feature called "loved tracks", and they use the word "love" here, it should have something to do with that feature. It seems stupid to use the word "love" otherwise, since, as you say, it only means they've listened to it.[/quote]

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- Bloopy said...
- User
- 23 Jul 2008, 21:48
TheMannen said:
Why?Advertising, making things in Last.fm sound all jolly and appealing. Except the sweet lie has backfired and offended users, so I guess that makes it a dysphemism. ;) I had a look and NIN was mentioned... I've listened to them a few times, but I don't even like them, let alone love them.

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[quote][b][user]Bloopy[/user][/b] said: [quote][b][user]TheMannen[/user][/b] said: Why?[/quote]Advertising, making things in Last.fm sound all jolly and appealing. Except the sweet lie has backfired and offended users, so I guess that makes it a dysphemism. ;) I had a look and NIN was mentioned... I've listened to them a few times, but I don't even like them, let alone love them. [/quote]

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- TheMannen said...
- Moderator
- 23 Jul 2008, 21:56
I don't know, it seems weird they would emphasize it like that when it's clearly not true.

Maybe they're just being stupid though, who knows?

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[quote][b][user]TheMannen[/user][/b] said: I don't know, it seems weird they would emphasize it like that when it's clearly not true. Maybe they're just being stupid though, who knows?[/quote]

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- Kerensky97 said...
- Moderator
- 23 Jul 2008, 22:59
What if that statistic on the front page is quoting the number of people who have clicked on the "loved" button for that artist. Then it would be true. It actually wouldn't have anything to do with listens since you can love something without having listened to it.

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[quote][b][user]Kerensky97[/user][/b] said: What if that statistic on the front page is quoting the number of people who have clicked on the "loved" button for that artist. Then it would be true. It actually wouldn't have anything to do with listens since you can love something without having listened to it.[/quote]

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- DFA1979 said...
- Moderator
- 23 Jul 2008, 23:08
I logged out before to check that, but it was definitely displaying the number of listeners on the site.

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[quote][b][user]DFA1979[/user][/b] said: I logged out before to check that, but it was definitely displaying the number of listeners on the site.[/quote]

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- Popoyt said...
- User
- 25 Jul 2008, 17:53
Happy to see that i'm not the only one ..."shocked" about that.

[quote][b][user]Popoyt[/user][/b] said: Happy to see that i'm not the only one ..."shocked" about that.[/quote]

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