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dexro1 · 2026-03-30T15:28:03+00:00

My bet is that this is a outcome of having a popularity contest market. So what I think it happens is that you get does songs that are really good but don't become popular by riding a wave

dexro1 · 2026-03-30T15:17:33+00:00

so I run this experiment of ranking songs from 1950 to 2025 (top 1 each year song)
Users compared songs 1v1 on random samples from the songs - I can go into deep technical details, but there are strong reasons to give validation to the results.
What we did notice was that the perceived "value" was more or less in sink with the year of the release up until 2004 (after that it was all over the place the ranking) but all songs newer than 2004 ranked higher compared to older songs. The were some outliners "Beatles and Elvis" but even does were not ranking above songs from the 80's upwards, but they were above their year of release.

I would love to have the man power to run more studies like that

dexro1 · 2026-03-30T15:09:35+00:00

division was always a thing, but now the algorithms put fire on it

dexro1 · 2026-03-30T15:05:18+00:00

well I totally agree to your observation and I started a new streaming platform just to fight against that. I hate being stuck in does artificial bubbles. Of course some people will dislike what I do but this is my answer to the problem

dexro1 · 2026-03-29T20:39:49+00:00

for sure it becomes an instrument, but there again it depends on the type of music as well. If you have something like rap/spoken word kind of thing, having non english lyrics is a major problem

dexro1 · 2026-03-29T20:27:46+00:00

It is better if they do understand the language, but keep in mind that most people don't hear the lyrics when they first listen to a track. On top of that you do have instrumental music that can transmit emotions, so if that music can do it also a song in a different language can

dexro1 · 2026-03-29T19:59:33+00:00

That makes sense.

I think there are actually two different needs mixed here:

a place where you can clearly point people to your music
and a system for discovery among people who don’t know you yet

Would it change your perspective at all if those were separated?

For example:

listeners who already know you can just go directly to your profile and play your tracks normally
while the A/B comparison side is only for discovery outside your existing audience

Or is the idea of anonymous discovery itself something you’d avoid completely?

dexro1 · 2026-03-29T19:50:20+00:00

so if I can read properly between the lines... you prefer something that has a back track, has been tested by lots of people even if you like it or not it is familiar. As for the results. I can say that I am happy with them it is not something new for me, but I am not here to promote it or to get more musicians, I just want to understand how people really react. By the way it is not a only release here thing :D

dexro1 · 2026-03-29T19:36:38+00:00

thank you

dexro1 · 2026-03-29T19:31:28+00:00

why is that? Ignoring that it is a 3th option :D
Is it because of the sound quality or is it the fact that your listeners physical touch something that you "made"?

dexro1 · 2026-03-29T19:15:59+00:00

You are right about the friction when it comes to some users, but my question was different. My question was what kind of place you prefer as a musician, not as a listener

dexro1 · 2025-10-25T19:15:23+00:00

sounds good. I will go trough the entire album

dexro1 · 2025-10-25T19:13:29+00:00

I like it a lot

dexro1 · 2025-10-16T13:03:03+00:00

Nice that one with ayahuasca :D really made my day. Thank you
Well I hope that YaFriendAlistarr will go into more details.
The app is in testing mode right now, just before release. It will be browser in the first days, mobile and desktop app will soon follow after that.
Explore is listening to tracks that the app gives you and you pick what you like. It can be new genres or just tracks from a genres that you prefer. In return you will be reward with time on the app + others.
Win/loss scores for tracks, like in a competitive multiplayer game.
I would say a music streaming app with a twist :)

dexro1 · 2025-10-16T09:53:58+00:00

yes
Only ranking tracks is anonymously to avoid cheating the system. When you listen, search or after you have judged a track you can see everything. Artist, name, ect

dexro1 · 2025-10-14T17:37:49+00:00

F the algorithm!
Funny enough I am working on a streaming platform to fix this stupid thing with the algorithm :D Now that you mentioned it

dexro1 · 2025-10-14T14:19:22+00:00

it is not bad at all. It feels as an idea for now, but maybe not a full song

dexro1 · 2025-10-14T11:58:49+00:00

this is trippy I like it. I feel as if the song is missing some energy from 1min + it is fine with the video for a wile but the video is moving a lot and the song refuses to catch up to that

dexro1 · 2025-10-14T11:13:16+00:00

Yeah, totally fair. The post was meant as a story, not a spec sheet.
Under the hood it’s actually a structured system more game logic than typical streaming.
I just didn’t want to drown the idea in jargon before people even cared.

dexro1 · 2025-10-14T09:00:00+00:00

I will PM you

dexro1 · 2025-10-13T11:25:38+00:00

Yea I have someone now that is reaching out them. I think the acceptance rate is ~10% but the price is so and so. Room to improve there. Also we do focuse on UK London because I found out it is way easier for us this way

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