last.fm

[Patrick]

Are you on last.fm? It's a pretty neat site. My profile is at http://www.last.fm/user/iFroggy

[bushido_man96]

It looks kind of cool. Is it just a site where you listen to music? Do you set up your own tracks? I saw where you can start for free, but does it stay free?

[Patrick]

I think you can listen to music there, but I don't. The neat part of it is that it tracks what you listen to. You listen to the music on your computer and their plugin, which you install, reports what you are listening to, to their server. Then they organize that data to present your most listened to artists, songs, etc.

[bushido_man96]

Oh, I see. That is kind of cool. Do they use it as a progress or popularity chart for artists, then?

[Patrick]

Yeah, I think so, although I've never really looked into that part of the site too much.

[Symphony-x]

http://www.last.fm/user/symphony-x

[Patrick]

That "taste-o-meter" feature is neat. Not sure how long it's been there.