Digs.fm
Consumer and social
music discovery social network
SHOW HN2022
131points
71comments
#465of 2,570 in 2022
Top 19%of 2022 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
5 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 15 critical, out of 30 comments about the project. Thread score -0.30.
Idea: 4 for, 5 againstExecution: 1 for, 8 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for tracking first listens and friend discoveries
From 1 comment
I've been using this yesterday and today and love it! Others in this thread have mentioned similar services but I hadn't heard of most of them so I'm excited to try digs for…
lyricism on HN
Objections
Spotify sign-up was broken
From 3 comments
Seems cool. This project gives me some last.fm vibes. Do people still use last.fm? I used to be a big user of Last.fm back in the day, but just slowly lost my interest to make…
dotty- on HNSign up with Spotify not working on my end though.
lawgimenez on HNI'm trying to login with Spotify but kept redirected to the home page.
achairapart on HN
Search requires exact album names
From 1 comment
I've been using this yesterday and today and love it! Others in this thread have mentioned similar services but I hadn't heard of most of them so I'm excited to try digs for…
lyricism on HN
Unclear first-use experience
From 1 comment
I like the idea a lot -- I'm someone who listens to a lot of music, constantly gets music recommended by friends, and recommends music to friends. I also design/PM software. I…
vlokshin on HN
Requests
Last.fm import
From 1 comment
A few people mentioned that this has some Last.fm vibes. While that's true, here's my thoughts on how they differ and what prompted me to create Digs: Last.fm mostly answers the…
throwaway874839 on HN
Public API
From 2 comments
Nice! Have signed up and will play. What would work for me especially is some kind of API, so we could integrate it into, say, music players...
declnz on HNA public API will be implemented long-term. Releases are all fed from MusicBrainz database (2.6M releases atm), so I'd say that chances that you'll find what you're looking for…
throwaway874839 on HN
Public lists
From 1 comment
I'd make a feature request for goodreads-style public lists. Anyone can start a list with a certain theme, anyone can add books to it out upvote them within the list. It's great…
sideshowb on HN
Email or opt-in notifications
From 1 comment
I've been using this yesterday and today and love it! Others in this thread have mentioned similar services but I hadn't heard of most of them so I'm excited to try digs for…
lyricism on HN
Questions
How is it different from Last.fm
From 2 comments
Selfish, but possibly not alone in the following request… I was a passionate, early user of last.fm. On its face, your service is similar in its goals. How does it differ? How do…
technotarek on HNA few people mentioned that this has some Last.fm vibes. While that's true, here's my thoughts on how they differ and what prompted me to create Digs: Last.fm mostly answers the…
throwaway874839 on HN
How is it different from RateYourMusic or Album Of The Year
From 1 comment
How is this different from Rate Your Music or Album Of The Year?
jonesnc on HN
Alternatives named
Last.fm
From 2 comments
Selfish, but possibly not alone in the following request… I was a passionate, early user of last.fm. On its face, your service is similar in its goals. How does it differ? How do…
technotarek on HNA few people mentioned that this has some Last.fm vibes. While that's true, here's my thoughts on how they differ and what prompted me to create Digs: Last.fm mostly answers the…
throwaway874839 on HN
ListenBrainz
From 1 comment
Have you checked out https://listenbrainz.org ? It features a lot of similar functionality. You can pin your recording jam, recommend tracks to users, view statistics in your…
_lucifer on HN
RateYourMusic
From 1 comment
If you were able to have as many releases as rateyourmusic.com and provide a public API then I'd be very interested. But due to the userbases of sites like rym and discogs who…
ohg on HN
Discogs
From 1 comment
If you were able to have as many releases as rateyourmusic.com and provide a public API then I'd be very interested. But due to the userbases of sites like rym and discogs who…
ohg on HN