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You also seem to have largely skipped over the social aspects of the site. "Blocks" routinely break out where people pick a theme and group songs together in ways that a computer never could and makes the whole experience very interactive and loads of fun.
Not everyone has to be a fan of it, or the format, but it is an interesting development, well executed and deserving of far better reporting than is presented here.
You failed to even mention they have a mascot robot dj made out of cardboard who has a penchant for wild turkey!
Lastly you said "if a playlist is decided entirely by voters, how will brand new songs and artists get a break?" You only need to look at the weekly update (http://jelli.tumblr.com/) to see how exactly that happened last week. Word of mouth.
- by slasher8 June 25, 2009 3:01 AM PDT
- Totally agree with the last couple of comments. I've used the site and the rock blocks that occur by users along with a community revolving around music does give the site a unique feel. I think this could sound really amazing on radio. The automated personalization of user screen names sounds like it is just the start. It won't be long before the stations are powered by more internet elements like twitter feeds, etc. Hold a lot of promise!
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