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21 October 2005

MeCha Last.FM group I went ahead and created one. We've got one for MeFi and MeFi IRC, why not one for MeCha? Especially since this has been such a musically oriented place.

There will be no forum at Last.FM.

post by: stilicho at: 01:15 | 17 comments

there. now you've mefi'd last.fm :)

posted by dhruva 21 October | 02:40

never mind..it's back

posted by dhruva 21 October | 03:00

Nice idea, thanks.

Just a very minor thing: could you change the line "A metafilter(tm) community" - it makes it look like metachat is a mathowie thingy.

posted by dodgygeezer 21 October | 07:00

OK, I've taken a quick look at the site, but I can't figure out what Last FM does, exactly. What is it?

posted by BoringPostcards 21 October | 08:07

There's a quick intro here.

Basically people install a plugin in their audio player software and it uploads information on what music they've been listening to and generates stats.

posted by dodgygeezer 21 October | 08:16

The revolution will not be chatted up.

posted by stavrosthewonderchicken 21 October | 08:42

OK, I know it's 6:15 in the morning, but they've changed their interface and I can't find the "join group" link. Maybe the interface wasn't very intuitive to begin with anyway.

posted by matildaben 21 October | 09:14

Oh, I found it, in tiny print buried in the left nav of the group page.

posted by matildaben 21 October | 09:16

Thanks for setting it up, stilicho.

posted by iconomy 21 October | 09:43

I'm kookbox on last.fm--hiya, world.

posted by box 21 October | 10:28

OK, I've taken a quick look at the site, but I can't figure out what Last FM does, exactly. What is it?

It really does two things: (1) tracks your listening habits and creates cool charts and whatnot, which help you find similar artists and users with similar tastes; and (2) has a streaming radio that you can train to offer music you like. Recently, they've added tags, so you can tag tracks and artists, and listen to streaming radio for tags. If you are a paying member, you get additional features.

posted by brainwidth 21 October | 10:36

I'm a paying member. My favorite extra feature is visitor tracking - I get a list of people who check out my profile/userpage.

posted by iconomy 21 October | 10:50

I guess this doesn't work for us who don't play music on our computer. :P

posted by BoringPostcards 21 October | 11:39

yay! just joined.

posted by mayfly wake 21 October | 15:08

I just checked out your profile, mayfly wake ;) I love your taste in music.

posted by iconomy 21 October | 15:42

Changed the tagline, dodgy, didn't mean to slight anyone who works hard on this site.

Yeah, bp, if you don't play music on your computer there's nothing to upload, and if you don't use their radio there's no other point. You can still browse it to see what the group is listening to, or just tool around based on your favorite artists, though, without registering.

We already have 14 members! One more and we can get group charts this Sunday. There's already group radio. And I'm listening to something very weird.

posted by stilicho 21 October | 15:44

hi!

posted by flopsy 21 October | 16:40

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