Ditch Recommended?

mx · 07-27-2005, 10:27 AM

With the new addition of the similar artists/albums feature on sputnik, in which adding bands/albums to your favorites list determines the recommended bands, should the old system of manually recommending albums/bands be removed? Or if not removed, should it be changed? The feature as of now is rarely used and unwieldy. Previous suggestions would require a ton of programming to fix a feature almost nobody uses. Just wondering what the general concensus was.

Alternately, I was thinking of a way where you could reference other albums and bands in your review, and have the code automatically turn them into links to the corresponding albums and/or bands. This might take awhile though.

Iai · 07-27-2005, 10:51 AM

When I first saw the new feature, I thought it was based on the user ratings (people who rated OK Computer highly also rated.....), which would be awesome. But, I imagine, pretty hard to code.

But yeah, I don't think anyone would really miss the old system.

Music Nerd · 07-27-2005, 03:13 PM

Yeah, I think you shold take it out. If the user wants to put recommended albums, they can put the link in to what albums they are suggesting.

***Damrod*** · 07-28-2005, 04:10 AM

I'd say yes. I think people can be much easier motivated to tune their playlist/favorite artists then completely work through the whole list of albums and bands to pick five from there. Yeah, ditch it.

The link and reference parser sounds great. Though if one really wants it now, one could do it with the [url] vB-Code. That maybe is a bit to "up there" for some, so it's not widely used.

07-27-2005, 10:27 AM	#1
mx . Admin Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 6,784	Ditch Recommended? With the new addition of the similar artists/albums feature on sputnik, in which adding bands/albums to your favorites list determines the recommended bands, should the old system of manually recommending albums/bands be removed? Or if not removed, should it be changed? The feature as of now is rarely used and unwieldy. Previous suggestions would require a ton of programming to fix a feature almost nobody uses. Just wondering what the general concensus was. Alternately, I was thinking of a way where you could reference other albums and bands in your review, and have the code automatically turn them into links to the corresponding albums and/or bands. This might take awhile though.
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07-27-2005, 10:51 AM	#2
Iai Chairman Meow Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Northampton, UK Posts: 16,125	When I first saw the new feature, I thought it was based on the user ratings (people who rated OK Computer highly also rated.....), which would be awesome. But, I imagine, pretty hard to code. But yeah, I don't think anyone would really miss the old system.
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07-28-2005, 04:10 AM	#4
*Damrod* Mosh Spice Sputnik Mod Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: dance tonight, revolution tomorrow Posts: 6,105	I'd say yes. I think people can be much easier motivated to tune their playlist/favorite artists then completely work through the whole list of albums and bands to pick five from there. Yeah, ditch it. The link and reference parser sounds great. Though if one really wants it now, one could do it with the [url] vB-Code. That maybe is a bit to "up there" for some, so it's not widely used.
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07-27-2005, 03:13 PM	#3
Music Nerd Kill the Poor Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 76	Yeah, I think you shold take it out. If the user wants to put recommended albums, they can put the link in to what albums they are suggesting.