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an influx of new accounts are following me

Jetdarc · started 2019-03-21 19:30 · updated 2019-07-24 21:44

I just thought it was strange that some of the followers i've been getting recently were accounts that were made days ago. Im not assuming it's a bad thing just yet, but I just wanted to say its a lil weird to me.

maybe audiotool is starting to grow in popularity

Comments (27)

2019-03-21 20:05 · 2019-03-21

OOOH I SEE NOW

2019-03-21 20:06 · 2019-03-21

Thanks andre I was honestly suspicious at first, but now that you've explained all this, I understand :)

2019-03-21 20:15 · 2019-03-21

woah im flattered :o

2019-03-22 13:12 · 2019-03-22

just got word on this update and it's actually real neat

2019-03-22 15:27 · 2019-03-22

ohh
that makes sense

anonymous user
2019-03-22 16:55 · 2019-03-22

this is a really cool update!

2019-03-23 08:43 · 2019-03-23

oh yeah that would explain a lot
this happened to me too

2019-03-30 00:19 · 2019-03-30

There are some aspects of this update that I don't actually like (at least in comparison to its implementation on other social media platforms, but that's a topic for a feature request). Despite this, however, the results are significant

2019-03-30 01:12 · 2019-03-30

love this idea

2019-04-04 02:08 · 2019-04-04

this explains a lot, and is pretty cool

2019-04-10 16:00 · 2019-04-10

i was confused for the longest. thanks.

2019-04-10 17:00 · 2019-04-10

Very glad I found some clarification on this. Excited to see what happens!

2019-04-10 17:03 · 2019-04-10

I was confused too, but I like the idea!!
Hope for everyone's sake that they get distributed evenly :)

2019-04-12 13:48 · 2019-04-12

ahh
and here i was thinking that people were starting to like my shit XD
thx for clearing this up, guys

kurp · reply
2019-04-14 12:40 · 2019-04-14

haha

anonymous user
2019-04-16 15:47 · 2019-04-16

cool af

2019-04-18 08:48 · 2019-04-18

Baby account here... I like this place so far.... I've been on Soundation for 4 years. https://soundation.com/user/ozd I wonder what tracks I could create here.

2019-04-22 03:27 · 2019-04-22

OHH OK. this is an awesome idea. <3

2019-04-23 05:25 · 2019-04-23

@andremichelle Okay, so I've noticed that the implementation of this is very strange.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems that new accounts should follow a set number of users (especially since the suggest-followees page locks at a selection of 3 genres, no more or less). I've noticed currently:

  • new users follow various numbers of artists
  • new users seem to follow more artists when shown to be inactive
    Also, in using accounts where I actively want to follow any number <5 users
  • the algorithm isn't limited to newly created/inactive (in the community) users and artists
naswalt · reply
2019-07-24 02:57 · 2019-07-24

Dude, how have you survived for so long on soundation? I can't stand that workspace not having an adjustable grid on the timeline.
At the same time, welcome to audiotool! I really hope you feel comfortable here and that you can get familiar with the application.
Even as someone who uses Pro tools and Ableton, I still come back to audiotool all the time. Feel free to ask me any questions or check out the boards for any help you need!

2019-07-24 03:01 · 2019-07-24

That's really clever, actually. I like the idea of using the community aspects first to get people plugged into audiotool. The only downside is a few ghost followers that might over-inflate what audience you think you have, but if it means we can better connect with new users to help raise audiotool's user base, then I'm all for it.

2019-07-24 15:11 · 2019-07-24

That's fair and all, but in some cases, I noticed that on my other account that only follows two people, audiotool may periodically follow other users on my behalf.
Although, this may have been a bug that's since been fixed (I don't notice it as often as before, but then again, I haven't been as active as I had been either)
Also, I think it's important to equally distribute follows so there is no skew towards more popular artists (making more popular artists more popular and less popular ones less so)
I think this could be an incredible tool to not only help new users find great artists, but also sprinkle some lesser known ones in there too.

2019-07-24 16:31 · 2019-07-24

distribution of followers is being watched over. I think the focus is more on keeping newer users engaged, but Andre did say "We are trying to distribute them fairly."
He's a man of his word, I'm sure the devs are looking out for smaller artists, too. I remember them commenting on my stuff from 7 years ago when I was a nobody and giving me advice back in audiotool's first big blow-up. They care a lot.

2019-07-24 21:44 · 2019-07-24

shit... wish i had that problem. been here 8 years or so and have never had an "influx of followers" of any kind. haha