Hi I use Last.fm daily, so I will speak from this point of view.
I came across that page once, clicked on that link, got to the MusicBrainz website, read through to "MusicBrainz is a community music metadatabase that attempts to create a comprehensive music information site. ", didn't even notice the download links (too small?), remembered all I wanted from last.fmwas to listen to music, closed the MusicBrainz website and got back to my business. I guess motivation is a good factor to consider when asking users to 'do things the right way'. When I navigate to a page that says 'Invalid tag', I am not that motivated to start fiddling with my ID3 tags or learn how to use a new piece of software. But when a song I like can't be recognized, because it has a bad or missing tag, and I can't add it to 'My Loved Tracks' for that reason, then maybe it would be a good time to remind me that there is (if there really is) a tool that could help me get those tags in order *automatically*. This last.fm user spoke. Sebi On Jan 18, 2008 11:34 PM, Vlad Fratila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone! > > I recently stumbled across some papers about taxonomy/folksonomy (mind > you, > I'm still a student). > I noticed the common oppinion about folksonomies is that they are not > reliable because of the > synonymy of the language. > ( > > http://www.adammathes.com/academic/computer-mediated-communication/folksonomies.html > ) > > So today I find this image on last.fm > http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/160/405256.jpg > You can find it at this page http://www.last.fm/music/Kooks > > IxDA has 2 topics on this, quite theoretical and interesting: > http://ixda.org/discuss.php?post=9948 > and > http://ixda.org/discuss.php?post=16143 > > I'm curious for thoughts about the method last.fm is using to clean up > their > tags. For now, it does not seem much. > And if this is older, the fact that I haven't seen it until now must mean > something. > > How would you "normalize" their tags though? What techniques are being > used > for this? What is the best practice? > (Sorry if this is a bad post, but they say theory is one thing, practice > another :) > ________________________________________________________________ > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > -- Sergiu Sebastian Tauciuc http://www.sergiutauciuc.ro/en/ ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
