tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post2216418588015236021..comments2024-03-28T09:33:26.444+00:00Comments on No Rock And Roll Fun: Twitter Music: Hashtag whySimon Hayes Budgenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-57691688691078923232013-04-22T12:26:47.445+00:002013-04-22T12:26:47.445+00:00This is where the so-called "Web 2.0" be...This is where the so-called "Web 2.0" begins to fall apart. The bits of Facebook & Twitter that people like just don't make any money, but these things don't run on thin-air. So they have to try and shoe-horn in this sort of terrible idea and hope that people believe it's an enhancement just because the marketing man tells them it is. <br /><br />But it's really not - it's a terrible idea. How many people only like one genre of music? Art in general is subjective. There is no logic to why I like what I do, so they would never be able to write an algorithm that figured it out for me. And why would I want them to? I'd be willing to bet the majority of music lovers actually quite like having the freedom to choose what they like.<br /><br />But the main reason that this is a terrible idea is because it's about income generation for Twitter. You'd have to be very trusting to think that certain artists aren't appearing in your recommendations because they have paid for the privelige. It's just another form of covert marketing. Web 2.0 will be remembered as "the days of the internet where all the good ideas slowly turned into companies getting rich by serving adverts to people who had no interest in what was being advertised"<br />Franknoreply@blogger.com