iTunes Ping: Any good?

[chilango]

Anybody tried this yet? I like the idea, but from I've read it seems to linked to the iTunes store and of little use to those of us who get our music elsewhere.

 

[stupid dogbot]

Only turned it on last night, but so far, can't see me using it.

 

[Vintage Paw]

So far seems like a big old fat waste of time. No one's on there yet, either people I know or artists. It'll die a slow, horrible, embarrassing death.

I've been adding more friends on last.fm today.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Nah. I turned it on to see if I could actually find any point to it, and I couldn't at all. Even for the limited amount of things it's supposed to do right now (follow artists and try to find other people who've bought similar things to you on the iTunes Store, apparently) it's not particularly good.

I hear that they're going to add features to it but they'd have to actually be useful ones. Tying any music recommendations to the Store is also completely doomed as a mechanism.

 

[editor]

Apple and Facebook have had a hissy fit too, so there's no Facebook integration which may have been useful, for some. The feedback hasn;t been to good either:

Commentators have been divided on the significance of Ping. Om Malik, a well known technology industry figure, said that the music-discovery tool “represented the future of social commerce”, while Jonny Evans, Apple expert at Computerworld said that Ping was “no Facebook killer”.

The service has also received mixed reviews from users. Many have complained that Ping’s recommendations do not match their musical tastes, while others have criticised the closed nature of the platform.

“Like I want to spend more time in iTunes,” tweeted Jason Mauer. “It’s like having a social network in prison.”

“I tried out Ping, the new iTunes social media service,” tweeted another Twitter user, Gus Silber. “It's a lot like Twitter, except Twitter has better music.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolo...-Ping-demands-were-too-onerous-says-Jobs.html

Jonny Evans posts here by the way!

 

[Vintage Paw]

That 'artists we recommend you follow' bit is bollocks. There are 13 recommended to me, and U2 features in that 13 three times. U2!!! I reckon they've just got those artists on there and no others. Why the fuck would I want to follow Diddy. I can also apparently follow Linkin Park twice, if I so desire.

Fuck you Ping.

 

[SunRarr]

It's utter crap. Not liking the new feel to iTunes 10 either. Fail this time.

 

[Sunray]

I stopped when I could only like 3 genre's.

 

[The Groke]

I thought it might be a viable alternative to LastFM, beautifully integrated in to iTunes.

Having signed up however, I am left somewhat baffled as it doesn't actually seem to do anything at all - it is merely "there"...utterly featureless.

Fail.

 

[editor]

It's already riddled with spam too:

Ping only launched on Wednesday but is already being deluged with scams and spam messages, some attempting to dupe surfers into wasting their time completing online surveys under the false promise that they stand a chance of receiving a free iPhone in return for their efforts.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/03/ping_iphone_spam/

 

[The Groke]

AN obvious, fundamental feature is to be able to find people with similar taste to yours based on your library, a la Last FM?

Doesn't seem to have anything like this as far as I can see?

 

[chilango]

I think I'll pass on it then, eh?

 

[The Groke]

I think I'll pass on it then, eh?

Yeah - its not worth the .7 calories you will burn up typing in your registration details.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

It's utter crap. Not liking the new feel to iTunes 10 either. Fail this time.

Haven't even bothered to turn it on. A small irk but I noticed they changed the bar which shows the space on your iDevice, looks proper naff now almost as if it's designed in MS Paint...

 

[The Groke]

I dunno - I don't mind the new, more "Snow Leopardy" feel of iTunes 10. Just ping that is pointless

 

[skyscraper101]

Launched 10 years ago yesterday. It was a massive fail.

Anyone remember it? Or even used it? I remember creating a profile and spending a good half hour just setting it up before deciding it was crap.

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