Times Played / Requested: does anybody care?

Post by **subsonic** » Jun Mon 13, 2005 12:16 pm

While I am in the process of upgrading the site/station I'm also looking for ways to streamline. Does anybody care how many times a track has been played or requested?

I remember when I was coding, I was thinking that a person might not request something because they can see it's been played/requested a lot. I've noticed, people request what they want, regardless. If I remove these columns, I'll still leave in the top 50.

Does anybody look at these?

Would it help to sort by most played?

Disneynut · Post by **Disneynut** » Jun Mon 13, 2005 1:15 pm

When logging on to listen I just request whatever I'm in the mood to hear.
My track selection is never based on the number of times it has been requested or played. Its just an idea, what if tracks where sorted by rated each track by its popularity. Tracks would be given stars, 5 being most popular and 1 least, you get the idea. Maybe this is to much coding to be worth it I don't know, I'm not an expert when it comes to hypertest markup language. Hope this helped.

slotofkit · Post by **slotofkit** » Jun Mon 13, 2005 5:24 pm

As long as you keep the Top 50 list, I don't usually look at how many times a track is played.

QuickGold · Post by **QuickGold** » Jun Tue 14, 2005 9:19 am

Give it the axe

william_tropico · Post by **william_tropico** » Jun Tue 14, 2005 9:38 am

Its nice to see how many times a song has been requested, however i will
request it, regardless of how many times it has been played.

Post by **subsonic** » Jun Wed 15, 2005 10:19 am

That's what I figured, people will request what they want.

It'll be removed during my revamp of the player.

Post by **spaulo** » Jun Wed 15, 2005 11:28 am

Good call... besides, even if "Mama Don't Whup Little Buford" has been played 100 times, sometimes you still need to hear it

Darren · Post by **Darren** » Jun Sat 18, 2005 7:00 pm

I voted in favor of the requested/played numbers just because sometimes it's interesting to see that info. But if it makes your life easier, I could live without it pretty easily.

G2-4T · Post by **G2-4T** » Jun Sun 19, 2005 3:01 pm

Yeah - whatever helps make it easier to maintain/update is best. I just go for what I like, it is interesting to see but not a major thing...

Post by **subsonic** » Jun Mon 20, 2005 9:51 am

Doesn't matter to me, the data doesn't need to be calculated.

To me, if nobody is using it, it's wasted screen space.

Post by **acp** » Jun Mon 20, 2005 10:01 am

subsonic wrote:Doesn't matter to me, the data doesn't need to be calculated.

To me, if nobody is using it, it's wasted screen space.

You could always make it optional.. It's a few lines of extra code, but will satisfy all

Post by **subsonic** » Jun Mon 20, 2005 10:02 am

Ahh, good point.

ellison · Post by **ellison** » Jun Mon 19, 2006 11:37 am

It would be nice to have a "when next available for play" column so that we know how long it will be before we can request a track again.

GoofyInOhio · Post by **GoofyInOhio** » Jun Mon 19, 2006 12:13 pm

Yeah it doesn't matter to me how many times something has been played. All that really matters is if I have the points when I can request it next. That would be something cool to have.

SimonTemplar · Post by **SimonTemplar** » Jun Mon 19, 2006 12:19 pm

I would agree with the others who say they request what they feel like hearing. That sums up my take. If it makes it easier on you, go ahead and remove that feature.

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Times Played / Requested: does anybody care?

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Times Played / Requested: does anybody care?