My first day listening to Last.fm for a bit (no particular reason for being away from it, just one of those things), and the last few songs that have played have all been new/recent releases...
Hmmm... like maybe they're playing new stuff they want me to go and buy...?
The big search engines, and their commentators, often post a weather report when the ranking algorithms change, to let people know their position in the search engine organic listings may change.
As more and more sites get into social recommendation systems, mediated with a bit of secret sauce, voodoo algorithm magic, the ones that succeed will be the ones that perform for their users. That is, the ones with trusted algorithms.
When the algorithms change, so can the feeling of the site.
So I wonder, have things changed at last.fm, or is it just one of those playlist things...?
Posted by ajh59 at June 19, 2007 09:54 PM