2u.fm
Consumer and social
music discovery
SHOW HN2012
121points
85comments
#164of 1,677 in 2012
Top 10%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
20 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 6 mixed, 12 critical, out of 54 comments about the project. Thread score +0.22.
Idea: 6 for, 5 againstExecution: 2 for, 7 againstDesign: 6 for, 0 againstPerformance: 2 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Polished, responsive UI and design
From 3 comments
This is fantastic. The UI is wonderful, site design is responsive, and from what I've found so far it has great content. Kudos for you for committing the time to building such a…
rkaplan on HNThis is the most impressive side project I have ever seen. Everything feels polished, the UI is delicious and the site works and functions very quickly. Very nice work, I would…
DigitalSea on HNI'm particularly impressed with the responsive design. Did you use one of the responsive frameworks out there, serve different stylesheets, or something else?
_sentient on HN
Impressive for a side project
From 3 comments
Impressive-- it's incredibly polished and professional looking, especially for something you call a "side project" :)
andrewmunsell on HNThis is the most impressive side project I have ever seen. Everything feels polished, the UI is delicious and the site works and functions very quickly. Very nice work, I would…
DigitalSea on HNNice work, nice layout and UI/UX ... Very impressive for a side project.
rachbelaid on HN
Good music recommendations and discovery
From 3 comments
Nice work! It's impressive you were able to stick with a side project of this caliber for over a year without giving up or remaining in the feature abyss. This app works really…
andygcook on HNI love the recommendations straight at the top, already found some really cools stuff. As regard to the genres: if you're to expand them, I would love to see genres like Disco…
vincentleeuwen on HNVery good. Found some Led Zeppelin I hadn't listened to for a while.
dominicf on HN
Objections
Crowded market, similar to ex.fm and Hype Machine
From 3 comments
It's a cool site, and an amazing accomplishment for a side project, but I really, really have to ask: why did you spend your time building something to add to the…
gfodor on HNit's more of a copy of ex.fm (http://ex.fm) than a slicker hype machine. ex.fm has been around a few years now too.
freeslave on HNhey congrats on the hard work, but this really seems like a clone of ex.fm (http://ex.fm) and a remarkably similar clone at that - what is different about 2u.fm?
freeslave on HN
Too many remixes and missing popular artists
From 1 comment
Nice concept, but find mostly crapy remixes. I couldn't find even the most popular artists (One Republic, Adele). All of "their" songs are remixes, even those marked as originals..
jakozaur on HN
Limited sign-up wall can be bypassed
From 2 comments
You should disable the app once the limit is reached. Simply inspecting the modal/overlay in chrome or firebug will let you delete the node and continue to use the app without…
zethus on HNNicely done, but I would seriously consider updating your daily limit. I did not have nearly enough time to play around to consider converting as a registered user (I was…
mattwdelong on HN
Requests
Mobile app
From 1 comment
Very impressed with this and love the concept. One suggestion: I think this just screams mobile app. I want this on my iPhone and think being able to cache playlists and listen…
adrianm on HN
Mix category
From 1 comment
Add a 'mix' category and I'll pay you if it's done well! New tracks are all well and good, but the continuity of mixes really helps me get in the groove. I've listened to the…
hoka on HN
Login with Twitter
From 1 comment
There is some bug in this song showing Javascript code instead of the description: http://2u.fm/genres/classic-rock#song-38265 Pretty nice site; would be nice to be able to login…
jQueryIsAwesome on HN
Import iTunes artists
From 1 comment
It would be nice if we could import our iTunes artists as followers.
rob on HN
Song queue
From 1 comment
This is fantastic. The UI is wonderful, site design is responsive, and from what I've found so far it has great content. Kudos for you for committing the time to building such a…
rkaplan on HN
Questions
What stack is used
From 2 comments
Hey, love the site, ui is smooth, responsive, and data seems to be loading really fast. Incredibly polished. Do you mind sharing what technologies/frameworks you're using in your…
supersaiyan on HNThis looks really nice. What technology do you use? Where are the songs playing from? Looks like all soundcloud?
Jonovono on HN
Where songs come from and how blogs are sourced
From 3 comments
Nice work! It's impressive you were able to stick with a side project of this caliber for over a year without giving up or remaining in the feature abyss. This app works really…
andygcook on HNReally like how this looks and feels. Interested in the blogs section, how are you grabbing that info? Thats the part I would likely use the most, picking out the few hip hop…
frankdenbow on HNWhere do you source your blogs?
dshanahan on HN
How royalties are paid
From 1 comment
If this is free and ad free, how do you pay the royalties to the artists?
milianmoo on HN
Alternatives named
ex.fm
From 2 comments
it's more of a copy of ex.fm (http://ex.fm) than a slicker hype machine. ex.fm has been around a few years now too.
freeslave on HNhey congrats on the hard work, but this really seems like a clone of ex.fm (http://ex.fm) and a remarkably similar clone at that - what is different about 2u.fm?
freeslave on HN
Hype Machine
From 1 comment
Looks like a much more slick version of HypeMachine (www.hypem.com), which I've been using for years. Competition is never a bad thing, so this is great, I'll be trying it out.…
cwilson on HN
Rdio, Spotify, MOG
From 1 comment
I pay for and use MOG and their recommendations are pretty good. Certainly this could be the case that "everything sucks I am going to execute better than everyone" but it's a…
gfodor on HN
TurntableFM
From 1 comment
This is what excited me too. Elements of TurntableFM-like 'social listening' might be interesting in a new environment.
dshanahan on HN