Last.fm users: are you a "true listener"?

[Earth_maiden]

True listener, if I'm not sitting at my comp or somewhere in my room, I don't usually play music at all. Unless I go to get a drink or go to the bathroom.

[PoetGirl]

true listener here not 'cause of the last fm, its 'cause when I listen Im really focused, I like to enjoy the music 100% so I cant do anything when I listen to music. Maybe it sounds crazy but I dont listen to music cuz its fun. I listen to music 'cause I find it almost like spiritual experience. So, even in my car I cant stand the radio. Listen fully or not listen at all!

[Twinkle !]

5% not , so yes I'm true listener

[Picaflor 7/4]

i listen to all music i scrobble. wmp actually a lot de-adds the plug in for scrobbling so after listening to a song on repeat for 3 hours, none of it scrobbles. So I have to manually go in an recheck the plug in.

[SPEAKERnight.]

I used to be a true listener but I've been severely slacking. I don't even care anymore. But yea for the most part I am a true listener.

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

I don't understand what's so good about being a "true listener", is not like you are a better person or something lol

Sometimes I like to play music and sometimes I don't, other times I like leaving my music on for days, especially when I go obsessed about an artist or a new album, and there are times when I just forget to turn it off.

So I guess all this puts me into the "fake listeners" list? meh


I laugh at people who take being a "true listener" seriously though, and think they're better listeners or something, even that nobody knows what that means


So I vote "nah" XD

[StarSUCKER]

Originally Posted by SURREAL__RAINBOW

I don't understand what's so good about being a "true listener", is not like you are a better person or something lol

Sometimes I like to play music and sometimes I don't, other times I like leaving my music on for days, especially when I go obsessed about an artist or a new album, and there are times when I just forget to turn it off.

So I guess all this puts me into the "fake listeners" list? meh


I laugh at people who take being a "true listener" seriously though, and think they're better listeners or something, even that nobody knows what that means


So I vote "nah" XD

Eh, I don't have that "true listeners are better!" mentality...I mean, it's just a website. I just treat my own scrobbling as SRS BUSINESS because I'm like that with my music. But I definitely don't have a problem if others don't. I was just curious to see what others do.

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

Yeah, sorry I was not specifically talking about you, but I've seen other people who believe they are better people because they are "true listeners" lol and that bothers me But I wasn't referring to you or anyone personally in here

[StarSUCKER]

^Np, np.

[butterfly_ayu]

i started mine not so long ago XD but yeah~ I think i listen to everything i scrobble. I hate it when they don't include interludes into my scrobbles though.

[RyRyMini]

Yep, and I'm borderline OCD about it. If my charts weren't real or accurate, I think I'd lose a lot of interest in the site.

[Yum!Fruit_Salad!]

Most definitely am. If the tags are wrong, I delete the song from my library and play the correct tagged song to the same number.

[emi♡]

Originally Posted by SURREAL__RAINBOW

Yeah, sorry I was not specifically talking about you, but I've seen other people who believe they are better people because they are "true listeners" lol and that bothers me But I wasn't referring to you or anyone personally in here

Personally, I think all of us are "true listeners"

cause none of us are actually leaving the music on all the time just for scrobbles...

which I think is why they started the whole "true listener" thing...a group against the people that just want higher numbers.

[visionfactory]

Yes, I reseted my last.fm account the last time I let my music playing alone

[ownsarai]

I guess I'm not really, because I leave my music on constantly...most of the time I am listening...but when I'm sleeping or go out, it's usually on as well. So maybe 75% of the time I'm listening, the other 25% I'm sleeping or out.

[koumori]

I made a LastFM a while ago but never really got the hang of it. But lately I've been craving new music so I made a new account

I've been a 'true listener' so far but that said, I don't get what scrobbles are and why people want more of them...lol

[StarSUCKER]

Originally Posted by emiko

which I think is why they started the whole "true listener" thing...a group against the people that just want higher numbers.

True, and that's really lame.

Originally Posted by Koumori

I made a LastFM a while ago but never really got the hang of it. But lately I've been craving new music so I made a new account

I've been a 'true listener' so far but that said, I don't get what scrobbles are and why people want more of them...lol

I dunno. Personally, I just like to look at statistics about my listening habits. Not sure why. As for wanting more, I think that's an arbitrary, but common thing. Like wanting a higher post count at AHS and the like.

[emi♡]

@Jess: "scrobble" is just the word they came up with, for when you listen to a song, and last fm records it.

So basically, "scrobbles" is just, how many plays you have of whatever.

There are people who want to be like "oh look, I have this many scrobbles/plays of so-and-so, look how awesome I am"

Yeah. People are crazy lol But then, a lot of people will praise someone with a crazy amount of scrobbles. There's someone who has over 100,000 Ayumi Hamasaki plays, and his page is just filled with "omg amazing" lol

[koumori]

Sorry but that's just sad to me lol, it's like spamming to get a load of posts.

But meh, some people will always find a way to be the 'best', even on a music-listening site

Thanks for explaining guys!

[pommy48]

Originally Posted by Koumori

Sorry but that's just sad to me lol, it's like spamming to get a load of posts.

But meh, some people will always find a way to be the 'best', even on a music-listening site

Thanks for explaining guys!

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