๐ŸŽต๐ŸŽค Ah, yes, the days when students thought they were *revolutionizing* the internet by teaching it to suggest songs with Last.fm and Audioscrobbler. Apparently, Web 2.0 was born not from genius, but from dorm room boredom and a desperate need for music recommendations. ๐Ÿ’ค๐Ÿ’ก Who knew that a playlist could *change the world*?
https://cybercultural.com/p/lastfm-audioscrobbler-2002/ #musicinnovation #web2.0 #dormroomcreativity #songsuggestions #playlistrevolution #HackerNews #ngated
2002: Last.fm and Audioscrobbler Herald the Social Web

Following in Amazon's footsteps, two student projects independently use 'collaborative filtering' to bring recommendations and social networking to online music; soon they will join forces.

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