Oddbean new post about login | logout Hey @wavlake any chances we could see genre stations on the radio in the future? You already have the metadata… Also, don’t be mad… 😬 I tested the “manipulability” of the Top 40 by replicating what I suspected some other users were doing. The trick costs a fee but it works, and the fee is minimal compared to the invalid public data it generates. I did it with the track Da Solo. I’m more than happy for you to remove it from the billboard.
Sorry, not “Da Solo” but “Perche No”
We essentially have genre stations in the app, but they need work. Will be unifying app and desktop players in near future. Gaming the top 40 is essentially just a paid promotion right now, which we’re fine with because we don’t offer anything like that yet. Will get more expensive as time goes on though and will fix itself.
I need to play with the app. How do you plan to handle paid promotion in the future? Will it fix itself, or will it simply centralize around the few “players” who can afford it. In your defense, I was met with little messages telling me to behave well. But a simple VPN and two devices was enough. All donations to Wavlake were sent from Wavlake wallets, from the same device. The same funds were used over and over again (minus fees of course)
Sure, there will still be some people able to push in with a big budget, but I think it will become obvious, and kind of lame, so hopefully discouraged by community at that level and be a matter of reputation, which becomes exceedingly more important in this world as time goes on. Even still with a large enough listener base, I think it will *actually fix itself. We’re only just now digging into promo ideas, but I think we have some good ones to start. More on that later.
In my eyes, the artist being able to reward top donators (merch, exclusive content, behind the scenes, tickets to live…) is key to making the whole thing work. You guys mentioned it in the podcast, right? I have limited hope for the “busker” approach. Not because it does not have value and cannot generate income but because it is not enough to replace the mess that is current music distribution. Looking forward to your second year