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This is just a fun website.

The level of engagement between DJs and listeners is very special. It beats the algorithmic radio stations of Pandora hands down.

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I disagree with your beat down of Pandora. I find one of the most frustrating things about turntable.fm to be the lack of appropriateness of songs to their rooms genre (if we're going to compare it to Pandora). I can listen to a personalized Pandora channel for hours at a time while down voting a few songs. I find myself hitting the lame button in a DJ room as often as awesome because you're at the mercy of the DJ's taste.

I think the idea is great for what it is right now: a way for a group of people to get together and share some music with each other. I just don't see being comparable to Pandora.

It really depends which room. With Pandora you're at the mercy of their recommendations too, but they aren't really held accountable for bad recommendations. Sure there is an algorithm, but I would bet on people picking songs any day over an algorithm if anything were on the line. With Turntable.fm, you're playing for your reputation, and some people take that VERY seriously. Some of the bigger rooms I've been in have had incredible selection, especially the ones with DJ thresholds.

To a point. I don't visit public rooms, but when I'm playing with my friends, there's usually a few songs that I outright hate, but can't force it to skip. :)

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