Last.fm used to be special, but this was a long time ago. Just tried to login, recovered the password and seems that its just a tracker nowadays. In the past I could listen to music and drop a comment, meet new people, etc.

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ricardobeat 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It was special way before playback was introduced. The tracking is the reason I've been using it for 22 (!) years.

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aurmc 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It still has comments on albums/songs/artists, but most of the conversations are a bit dead.

I've still been using it since it's the best service (in my opinion) for simply tracking everything you listen to. Spotify does track the same thing but they don't really let you view the information the same way. For example, there's no way to view the list of your top artists ever like there is with last.fm (I just checked mine, it's: https://www.last.fm/user/[your username]/library/artists).

Hopefully the developers being unchained from CBS/Paramount can only mean good changes are coming to last.fm in the near future.

	▲	blfr 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		You can install your spotify and pull in all the data from Spotify. https://github.com/Yooooomi/your_spotify

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forgotmypw17 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I tried to log in, and I remembered my password, but it forced me to do an email reset anyway. I no longer have that domain/email, so I guess my data and access are lost also. Shame.

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verelo 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Came here to say the same. I don't even know what this product is anymore. The website makes it sound like its about music but there is no music? I'm lost.

The last time I paid for LastFM was some time in 2009...but the home page just isn't clearly telling me what the service offers.

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SyneRyder 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Among the people I know still using Last.FM, it's somewhere between having statistics about your music, and a recommendation engine. It isn't about playing the music, you can do that elsewhere. But by having data on every single piece of music you've listened to, it can recommend music you will like, and potentially recommend people with shared musical tastes as well. There's a feature to compare your musical compatibility with others.

For me, many years ago Last.FM recommended this weird electronic band that I'd never heard of, with the strange name "Boards Of Canada". That Last.FM recommendation was responsible for introducing me to my 2nd most listened to band of all time (just behind NIN). 2026 is many hexagons, dandelions and an inferno later.

	▲	iv11 15 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Are you ironic when you say you never heard of "Boards of Canada"?

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heldrida 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Originally, it kind of worked like radio; it curated music for you, you could like, comment or skip tracks. It'd reinforce the algorithm, and you'd start finding great artists. I liked the Blues catalogue a lot, even though I was listening to reggae, ska, punk, etc. It just seemed they had the best music catalogue. I remember checking how big the catalogue was, comparatively with others, which was much smaller, but much, much better!

Today, we have Generative AI, generating an incomprehensible number of songs that no one will ever listen to.

I don't remember if I had to pay for Last.fm or not back then, but I'd definitely pay to have access to that old system.