Our expectations for this little site were greatly exceeded in this first week. Not only did we register over 5,000 users, but we also got nods from some great publications—like this great writeup from Wired.
We also ran into a few bumps in the road. On Wendesday, SeeqPod—the web site whose API we use to find some of our songs—completely changed their API, leaving us scrambling to update our site to comply with the changes. The fixes have since been made, deployed, and we’re hoping we’re back on course.
Naturally, we’ve got all kinds of features we’d like to add to the site, and now that we’ve got the SeeqPod kerfuffle taken care of, we hope to focus on those features in the future.
The first major change we’re making to the site relates to the Popular Playlists page. If you haven’t noticed, the same playlists have been dominating this page day in and day out. Not very useful, right? We love great playlists, but we want to encourage users to discover new music—something they can’t do with the same few playlists dominating the popular page. From here on out, the popular playlists page will be limited to playlists created within a specific time period.
And remember, if you don’t want to lose track of a playlist you love, you can always add it to your favorites!