I've Found a Social Network For Me!
Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 3:42PM I'm usually an early adopter on most things social. I was one of the first million users of Twitter, an early user of FriendFeed, and a beta tester of Ping.FM. I have always had an enjoyment for the togetherness of the masses that the Web has brought us in the last few years.
When it comes to music based, social networks, I have used Slacker, iMeem, and Last.FM (which was probably my favorite). A number of the people I follow on Twitter were posting some of the things they were listening to, from Blip.FM, in their Twitter stream, and I had to check it out.
Now, this is my first day using it, but I love it. It isn't really set up like a radio station (like Last.FM). It's more user-centric. It is laid out like a Twitter stream, with the artist and song info in the stream, and buttons to re-blip, give "props'" and add the selected song to your own playlist. It's essentially like re-tweeting, @-ing someone, and adding favorites. Have I said how much I really like this?
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Reader Comments (4)
Hello!
I've also recently discovered Blip.fm and I also enjoy it!
Just because if you find one song you like, if you go to
the playlist of the actual DJ, you mostly find songs that
are in the same genre. Great!
Ciao!
Carl
Yes, Carl, the whole DJ thing is a very nice feature. Even if they aren't the same genre, you can usually find other things you like, posted by a given DJ. Like I said in the post, the Twitter stream feel is a attribute, mainly because you can see what others are listening to in real time. Thanks for your comment!
Fizy (fizy.com) let's you search for music and stores it for you. Check it out!
Thank you for the recommendation! I will definitely check it out.