Indie Rock College Cred Algorithm from Hell
So I have been trying out the new music recommendation and social network service www.jango.com.
It's ok.
It's like last.fm but with quicker access to music. Please note, I have not used www.last.fm in ages, my comparison of the two is not fair.
I have two issues with www.jango.com, one is to do with the site itself and the other, more to do with social networks in general.
1. I find their "music matching" algorithm or whatever it is they got running in the background, what I would call "Indie Rock College Cred Algorithm from Hell". Their recommendations are stuck in CMJ land. I like to think that my musical tastes and reach have a bit more now, since I am not 18. Maybe these recommendation sites need a "panic" button or "suprise the hell out of me" button.
2. Ok, someone I don't know at all from somewhere in America wants to befriend me. But why? Because I listen to similar music? Because I have cool looking glasses?
More insight into the relationship factor would fair nicely, thank you very much.
Disclaimer stuff. I am not involved in any of the above mentioned websites.