Comments on: Interesting Site: The Sixty One http://www.jameshatch.com/2010/01/23/interesting-site-the-sixty-one/ Business, Strategy, Technology and Ethics Consulting. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1-alpha By: James Hatch http://www.jameshatch.com/2010/01/23/interesting-site-the-sixty-one/comment-page-1/#comment-21 James Hatch Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:03:49 +0000 http://www.jameshatch.com/?p=1284#comment-21 Thanks for the reply Ms. Hudson, I appreciate you coming to my site to comment. I am a fan of social networks that add value. t61 plays some unique music, and I think that is what attracted the community. It is a shame that they redesigned it the way they did. It seems like usability was not in the cards, let alone the community. I started SMASHorTRASH.com to create that community because music [good and bad] can be acquired and no musician would be willing to limit their exposure by saying "No" when asked to give a copy to a site for air time. I don't advertise the site awhile I'm building it with content. One thing I noticed about t61 is that their playlist is hardcoded [at least it is now] and if I am listening to a song, everyone else is listening to that song as long as they don't fast-forward to the next song. It certainly doesn't appear to be a personal experience with community backing. Too bad the community is now going to fracture. Over time they'll attract more people because for the most part, if you provide a service, there is always someone to consume. Thanks again for stopping by. Thanks for the reply Ms. Hudson, I appreciate you coming to my site to comment. I am a fan of social networks that add value. t61 plays some unique music, and I think that is what attracted the community. It is a shame that they redesigned it the way they did. It seems like usability was not in the cards, let alone the community. I started SMASHorTRASH.com to create that community because music [good and bad] can be acquired and no musician would be willing to limit their exposure by saying “No” when asked to give a copy to a site for air time. I don’t advertise the site awhile I’m building it with content. One thing I noticed about t61 is that their playlist is hardcoded [at least it is now] and if I am listening to a song, everyone else is listening to that song as long as they don’t fast-forward to the next song. It certainly doesn’t appear to be a personal experience with community backing. Too bad the community is now going to fracture. Over time they’ll attract more people because for the most part, if you provide a service, there is always someone to consume. Thanks again for stopping by.

]]> By: ElaineHudson http://www.jameshatch.com/2010/01/23/interesting-site-the-sixty-one/comment-page-1/#comment-20 ElaineHudson Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:38:08 +0000 http://www.jameshatch.com/?p=1284#comment-20 This isn't just an "upheaval of sorts", it's a full-fledged revolution. Virtually ALL of the major long-time listeners have deserted the site, regrouping on facebook and plurk and twitter to re-create the lost community and look for other music sites to replace their our precious t61 experience. And the artists are beginning to migrate with us. I thought t61 was supposed to be social media, a way for artists and listeners to communicate. The new format doesn't permit the social interaction we all loved. It is no longer social media, but simply another also-ran music site. Beautiful graphics without functionality. Form without content, as Woody Allen would say..... We would like nothing better than to return to t61 with our community spirit and warm interaction, but it doesn't look like that's in the cards. This isn’t just an “upheaval of sorts”, it’s a full-fledged revolution. Virtually ALL of the major long-time listeners have deserted the site, regrouping on facebook and plurk and twitter to re-create the lost community and look for other music sites to replace their our precious t61 experience. And the artists are beginning to migrate with us.

I thought t61 was supposed to be social media, a way for artists and listeners to communicate. The new format doesn’t permit the social interaction we all loved. It is no longer social media, but simply another also-ran music site. Beautiful graphics without functionality. Form without content, as Woody Allen would say…..

We would like nothing better than to return to t61 with our community spirit and warm interaction, but it doesn’t look like that’s in the cards.

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