Review my startup: Tastebuds - dating for last.fm users
tastebuds.fm
I recently launched a unique new dating website that matches people based on their tastes in music.
tastebuds.fm
I may be getting ahead of myself here, but if I marry one of these girls, I shall invite you to our wedding which will have both our last.fm personal radio stations as music.
The name is really really good.
The design is top-notch, one of the best looking sites, let alone startups I've seen in a while. One thing, to me the male/female symbols were not intuitive. I see that they're labeled and they do look cool but I feel they take a way from an almost perfect interface.
Unfortunately once I fill out the basic info I'm having trouble getting it to load. The page comes up but then immediately goes blank. Chrome in Windows XP...
I'll keep checking it, you made it on to my favorites list.
I agree we could perhaps improve on those gender icons.
It doesn't seem to care, just tried again with other random bands. My work computer is kind of iffy, I'll try again when I get home and let you know...
I'd be interested in how effective the matches are from a non-musical perspective (are they successful long term).
I can't imagine this not succeeding if you add features and additional accessibility.
ALSO: Submit it to Last.Fm's API build library: http://build.last.fm/
My inner socialite is upset, but the hipster part of me is pleased. :)
As has already been mentioned, amazing name and a-mazing design.
I look forward to checking into the site when the user base is bigger, so I'll find me some like-minded hipsters.
--Rob (John Cusack) in High Fidelity
However didn't he come to the realization later in the book that perhaps those things aren't so important?
(I hope to come to that realization some day as well, soldiering on until then.)
As an aside, if you enjoyed the movie and have not read the book, please do. It's a very easy and thoroughly enjoyable read.
I watch the movie often.
Maybe you will say that's crass, unprofessional, or inaccurate -- but I think musical taste is a better metric than many we use today in hiring. And it could just be treated as a "fun sort" instead of randomizing whom you talk to first.
There are 3 girls there who match ["Rammstein", "Johnny Cash", "Radiohead"] as well as ["Lady Gaga", "Britney Spears", "Justin Bieber"]. If I type in my zip code, all 9 girls are identical.
Nice concept, however.
One feature request: could you somehow weigh the different artists in my history according to what I've been listening to lately? I've got 7 years of audioscrobbler history, and my musical tastes have been everywhere in that time. Today they're pretty far out there as far as people my age go. The matches it shows me line up much better with a five-years-younger me. I'm sure you've already thought of this and lots of data needs to be there before the matching can get complex. Just wanted to throw in my pennies.
Anyway, tastebuds is great. Though there are no matches in my country yet, a cute girl from some other country did favorite me. What I miss is search in all matches regardless of country.
You can search regardless of country by choosing 'Worldwide' on search results page.
By the way I liked your new guitar tab app.
great job on the UX for tastebuds. It's not only pretty, but the barrier to entry was low and really draws you in to try it. The artist autocomplete was a perfect example of this.
EDIT: I guess our musical tastes differ by too much. Maybe it's better to show bad matches then no matches at all?
I love the setup flow. I really appreciate the time taken to request for more Facebook permissions as you need them. Facebook photo import just works.
Consider having your initial pre-signup matches to be somewhat closer to the user based on their location. (IP address, Geolocation API upsell while showing initial matches, etc.) I saw lots of folks in New York show up initially but after putting in my ZIP code there were plenty of local matches.
EDIT: The empty inbox picture made me laugh! Nice one.
Glad you liked the empty inbox reference!
Very well done. I will you tons of success!
It's a nice short name, easy to remember and spell, but I'm not feeling the connotations.
/my 0.02 cents.
The only thing that caught my eye was a vertical scrollbar that only scrolls about 20 pixels worth shows up on the homepage on a 13-inch macbook running chrome.
clearly i'm doing this wrong.
You're against dating? Two consenting adults courting each other to better know each other .. seems like a very sensible thing to me. Without dating what do we have left? arranged marriage and kidnapping?
I read once that people are generally more honest online than in person. I don't know if that applies to dating sites or not but I've heard plenty of stories that indicate people are not terribly honest when going the normal dating route either. People who get to know each other socially (through work, hobbies, etc) before getting romantically involved seem to typically have better relationships. Hopefully this site will offer something in common to base a personal connection on and give people a good place for starting a meaningful conversation. The fact that both parties are looking for someone else is usually not much of a conversation starter.
EDIT: All of which is beside the point. My only point was that I am not a fan of dating sites and even I think this is a good idea. I added a little bit of why I think it's a good idea in hopes that it is useful information for the site owners. I don't see why that merits a downvote or reactionary comment.
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