Comments on: The last.fm straw – A Tale of Addiction http://www.theinevitablenose.com/2009/08/the-last-fm-straw-a-tale-of-addiction/ A Nose for Noise Mon, 17 Jan 2011 18:54:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Stephen http://www.theinevitablenose.com/2009/08/the-last-fm-straw-a-tale-of-addiction/comment-page-1/#comment-8185 Stephen Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:19:08 +0000 http://www.theinevitablenose.com/?p=479#comment-8185 This article is so hilarious to me because I have a very similar problem. Last.fm has caused me to be obsessed with only listening to music on my iPod or my computer (no CDs), and I'm AR about all the tracks on an album having the same play count. This article is so hilarious to me because I have a very similar problem. Last.fm has caused me to be obsessed with only listening to music on my iPod or my computer (no CDs), and I’m AR about all the tracks on an album having the same play count.

]]> By: nuno http://www.theinevitablenose.com/2009/08/the-last-fm-straw-a-tale-of-addiction/comment-page-1/#comment-5459 nuno Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:23:16 +0000 http://www.theinevitablenose.com/?p=479#comment-5459 :D nice post. I relate to a lot of what you wrote. When I heard of AEP, I also selected what I listened to in order to get it to go higher. The expression you use is very good: "taste distortion". It seems that last.fm is very apealing to a particular type of personality (which is mine and many other people's personality), one that becomes, very easily obsessed with stats. Anyway, last.fm is probably the most important thing that happened to me, in the last 3 years, in the way I listen to music. More than half (a lot more than half, I suspect) of the music I listen to now was discovered thanks to last.fm and last.fm users. I am deeply grateful for that. Best wishes, and have fun listening to music, nuno. (oh, and Opeth are a great band!) :D nice post. I relate to a lot of what you wrote.

When I heard of AEP, I also selected what I listened to in order to get it to go higher. The expression you use is very good: “taste distortion”. It seems that last.fm is very apealing to a particular type of personality (which is mine and many other people’s personality), one that becomes, very easily obsessed with stats.

Anyway, last.fm is probably the most important thing that happened to me, in the last 3 years, in the way I listen to music. More than half (a lot more than half, I suspect) of the music I listen to now was discovered thanks to last.fm and last.fm users. I am deeply grateful for that.

Best wishes, and have fun listening to music,
nuno.

(oh, and Opeth are a great band!)

]]> By: The last.fm straw part 2: The road to recovery » the inevitable nose - Metal Blog, Reviews and Recommendations, Help for Unsigned bands http://www.theinevitablenose.com/2009/08/the-last-fm-straw-a-tale-of-addiction/comment-page-1/#comment-5033 The last.fm straw part 2: The road to recovery » the inevitable nose - Metal Blog, Reviews and Recommendations, Help for Unsigned bands Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:32:36 +0000 http://www.theinevitablenose.com/?p=479#comment-5033 [...] wrote those words the better part of a year ago referring to my taste crippling addiction to my last.fm playcounts and the various insalubrious statistics which one can derive from it. It turned out I wasn’t the [...] [...] wrote those words the better part of a year ago referring to my taste crippling addiction to my last.fm playcounts and the various insalubrious statistics which one can derive from it. It turned out I wasn’t the [...]

]]> By: MsaHro_Hayamoto http://www.theinevitablenose.com/2009/08/the-last-fm-straw-a-tale-of-addiction/comment-page-1/#comment-221 MsaHro_Hayamoto Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:01:57 +0000 http://www.theinevitablenose.com/?p=479#comment-221 The part about hesitating to listen to your favourite artists' new album in fear of liking it is so true. Actually it's a pretty sick behaviour all of us AEP addicts are engaging in. I have myself been a slave under AEP for the last six months, and it did effectively stop me from potentially enjoying Jay-Z' The Blueprint 3. Even though I have an AEP 4.3, Jay-Z is too far ahead in my charts to ever really be an option to listen to the way it is now. You have opened my eyes, this has to stop. Today I'm removing my the AEP counter from my page. This can't go on. Scrobbling should be about the fun! The part about hesitating to listen to your favourite artists’ new album in fear of liking it is so true. Actually it’s a pretty sick behaviour all of us AEP addicts are engaging in.

I have myself been a slave under AEP for the last six months, and it did effectively stop me from potentially enjoying Jay-Z’ The Blueprint 3. Even though I have an AEP 4.3, Jay-Z is too far ahead in my charts to ever really be an option to listen to the way it is now.

You have opened my eyes, this has to stop. Today I’m removing my the AEP counter from my page. This can’t go on. Scrobbling should be about the fun!

]]> By: Alex http://www.theinevitablenose.com/2009/08/the-last-fm-straw-a-tale-of-addiction/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Alex Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:40:30 +0000 http://www.theinevitablenose.com/?p=479#comment-112 You will be irreparably damaged. You will be irreparably damaged.

]]> By: Who cares http://www.theinevitablenose.com/2009/08/the-last-fm-straw-a-tale-of-addiction/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Who cares Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:18:53 +0000 http://www.theinevitablenose.com/?p=479#comment-111 I'm Addicted and I've never used Last.fm. My time has come.....Do I dare.......will I survive.......... I’m Addicted and I’ve never used Last.fm.

My time has come…..Do I dare…….will I survive……….

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