What a marvelously clever way of bumping twitter subscriptions (portfolio company?)
I've been sitting on the fence re: twitter -- I didn't want to waste my attention on the "tweets" of twits. But this I like... GordonJ is now the twit known as inbqx (if "twit" is indeed the right term ;)
fredwilson
· 1 year ago
yes, there are many motives. But first and foremost, I love music and I love talking about and sharing music with others
Fred
Andy Gadiel
· 1 year ago
I love seeing an "idea" drive technology. It's really the way it's supposed to work. Otherwise it's just tech for tech's sake.
As my submission today suggests: "Its the beginning of a new age" New Age, Velvet Underground
jackson
· 1 year ago
I like the idea of a lyric of the day, but I'm not down with the twittering and tumblring and whatnot. Why do you guys neeed to complicate everything - oh yeah you want to justify all the gadjets and widgets and nonsense you make money developing.
Have fun.
"I know that it's evil I know that it's got to be I know I ain't doing much Doing nothing means a lot to me" - Down Payment Blues, AC/DC, Powerage
fredwilson
· 1 year ago
when you get this on your new phone jackson, let me know what you think
fred
Michael E. Gruen
· 1 year ago
It would be very cool if each lyric linked Amazon so I could both preview and purchase the song.
Muxtape will be doing something like that, from what I hear.
bijan
· 1 year ago
I like lotd a lot
besides being fun & easy , for me, lyrics are a big part of why I like some songs so much.
simondodson
· 1 year ago
great im in !
Jacks
· 1 year ago
this is way cool.
pweitzman
· 1 year ago
I love the idea. I thought it might be cool to see how it spreads, so I put together some stats (updated hourly)
OK, this isn't a LOTD, and I'm not trying to start another trend, but I wanted to share this great MQOTD (Musician's Quote Of The Day) that I just saw (on DVR) Adam Duritz of Counting Crows say on Private Seesions:
"I don't get stage fright... Just rest of the day fright!"
:-)
terrycojones
· 1 year ago
Hi Fred
2 quick comments:
- lotd is going to be used as a vehicle for twitter spam. When it has sufficient followers, it will prove irresistible to some to blast out a message to large numbers of people. Then the lotd bot will need to have spam detection, which will be hard (apart from easy things like filtering out URLs), and people will unfollow.
- I think it would be slightly better if you sent to lotd by DM. Then the people who follow the submitter wouldn't see everything twice.
Terry
whitneymcn
· 1 year ago
Hey, Terry -
You're right on #1, but at this point I'm just enjoying that there's enough community spirit to keep it from happening for the time being. There are quite a few things you can do to minimize spam if/when it comes up, but I think that some amount is inevitable. You could drastically reduce by requiring that accounts be approved before they can post and placing a hard limit of 1 post/account/day, but that really changes that character of what's happening so I'd rather not go there unless it's necessary.
I think you're right about d messages being better in some ways, but both directs and replies have their benefits and drawbacks. The deciding factors for me in going with @replies were:
1. Means that I don't have to keep track of who's following LOTD, which is a big simplification and reduces API calls required. 2. Means that LOTD doesn't have to follow people back before they can post, so better user experience (people can post immediately, when they're excited about it) and fewer API calls required. 3. @replies get a bit of a viral thing going, since people other than the LOTD bot see the posts and can click through to see who this @lotd is.
Again, there are pluses and minuses for both approaches -- I just went with what seemed to make the most sense to me at the time. Could be interesting keep it as @replies and integrate some additional functionality via d message, though...
fredwilson
· 1 year ago
I think it would be great if you could subscribe to certain people's lotd posts and certain keywords in lotd posts
aliciakirk
· 1 year ago
Would be great to be able to write a song by randomly recombing lotd's and put it to music. This with the idea that these lyrics have been handpicked out of the many that you hear which is indicative of its power to move or communicate or at least inspire response. Powerful lyrics act like an incantation or mantra. Anyway lotd's is a great idea. Makes me feel connected to something greater. Just like twitter does! Kudo's to the creator!!!
gammill
· 1 year ago
I have really enjoyed this. It has prompted a few ideas for other 'nodal analysis'. For @lotd, what would it take to integrate to iTunes so I could simply have a twitter button on iTunes? What about posting @lotd with a tinyurl to link to iTunes, iLike or amazon?
fredwilson
· 1 year ago
The hype machine has a feature where if you want, it will twitter everytime you ³love² a track
fred
yiott
· 11 months ago
new boss is same boss as the old boss...the who
Gallows Pole Traditional (Arr. Jimmy Page/Robert Plant)
Save me from the wrath of this man, man. Hangman, hangman, upon your face a smile, Pray tell me that I'm free to ride, Ride for many mile, mile, mile. Oh, yes, you got a fine sister, She warmed my blood from cold, We warmed my blood to boiling hot To keep you from the Gallows Pole, Your brother brought me silver, Your sister warmed my soul, But now I laugh and pull so hard And see you swinging on the Gallows Pole... Keep-a-swingin'!
Cehsja
· 7 months ago
I love this and use it, but I'd like to see one for movie quotes too. Do you guys know if any exist or if you have plans to make one?
fredwilson
· 7 months ago
Good idea. But I don't know many movie quotes so its not my thing.
Register a twitter account you like and then send me an email and I can intro you
All Comments
I've been sitting on the fence re: twitter -- I didn't want to waste my attention on the "tweets" of twits. But this I like... GordonJ is now the twit known as inbqx (if "twit" is indeed the right term ;)
Fred
As my submission today suggests: "Its the beginning of a new age" New Age, Velvet Underground
Have fun.
"I know that it's evil
I know that it's got to be
I know I ain't doing much
Doing nothing means a lot to me" - Down Payment Blues, AC/DC, Powerage
fred
Muxtape will be doing something like that, from what I hear.
besides being fun & easy , for me, lyrics are a big part of why I like some songs so much.
http://sa-da-te.blogspot.com/2008/04/lyric-of-d...
"I don't get stage fright... Just rest of the day fright!"
:-)
2 quick comments:
- lotd is going to be used as a vehicle for twitter spam. When it has sufficient followers, it will prove irresistible to some to blast out a message to large numbers of people. Then the lotd bot will need to have spam detection, which will be hard (apart from easy things like filtering out URLs), and people will unfollow.
- I think it would be slightly better if you sent to lotd by DM. Then the people who follow the submitter wouldn't see everything twice.
Terry
You're right on #1, but at this point I'm just enjoying that there's enough community spirit to keep it from happening for the time being. There are quite a few things you can do to minimize spam if/when it comes up, but I think that some amount is inevitable. You could drastically reduce by requiring that accounts be approved before they can post and placing a hard limit of 1 post/account/day, but that really changes that character of what's happening so I'd rather not go there unless it's necessary.
I think you're right about d messages being better in some ways, but both directs and replies have their benefits and drawbacks. The deciding factors for me in going with @replies were:
1. Means that I don't have to keep track of who's following LOTD, which is a big simplification and reduces API calls required.
2. Means that LOTD doesn't have to follow people back before they can post, so better user experience (people can post immediately, when they're excited about it) and fewer API calls required.
3. @replies get a bit of a viral thing going, since people other than the LOTD bot see the posts and can click through to see who this @lotd is.
Again, there are pluses and minuses for both approaches -- I just went with what seemed to make the most sense to me at the time. Could be interesting keep it as @replies and integrate some additional functionality via d message, though...
posts and certain keywords in lotd posts
you ³love² a track
fred
Gallows Pole
Traditional (Arr. Jimmy Page/Robert Plant)
http://risa.co.uk/sla/song.php?songid=16898
Save me from the wrath of this man, man.
Hangman, hangman, upon your face a smile,
Pray tell me that I'm free to ride,
Ride for many mile, mile, mile.
Oh, yes, you got a fine sister,
She warmed my blood from cold,
We warmed my blood to boiling hot
To keep you from the Gallows Pole,
Your brother brought me silver,
Your sister warmed my soul,
But now I laugh and pull so hard
And see you swinging on the Gallows Pole...
Keep-a-swingin'!
Register a twitter account you like and then send me an email and I can intro you