Comments on: Pandora’s Music Recommendations have Improved http://www.mrbaconpants.com/pandoras-music-recommendations-have-improved/ a blog about bacon and craft beer Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:22:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Woxy, the future of good music online | MrBaconpants.com http://www.mrbaconpants.com/pandoras-music-recommendations-have-improved/comment-page-1/#comment-6351 Woxy, the future of good music online | MrBaconpants.com Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:29:02 +0000 http://www.mrbaconpants.com/?p=1922#comment-6351 [...] tried listening to Pandora and Last.fm but something was missing from their streams, a DJ. Call me old fashioned but I enjoy [...] [...] tried listening to Pandora and Last.fm but something was missing from their streams, a DJ. Call me old fashioned but I enjoy [...]

]]> By: Jason Mosley http://www.mrbaconpants.com/pandoras-music-recommendations-have-improved/comment-page-1/#comment-5115 Jason Mosley Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:43:07 +0000 http://www.mrbaconpants.com/?p=1922#comment-5115 Todd, I bet your right about that. When I first found them they were new and probably didn't have large DB of tunes. But I also think something must of changed with their algorithm too. Todd,

I bet your right about that. When I first found them they were new and probably didn’t have large DB of tunes. But I also think something must of changed with their algorithm too.

]]> By: todd http://www.mrbaconpants.com/pandoras-music-recommendations-have-improved/comment-page-1/#comment-5113 todd Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:07:08 +0000 http://www.mrbaconpants.com/?p=1922#comment-5113 I think it has a lot to do with the size and quality of the database. I would bet their database has grown substantially since you panned them in 2006. I use last.fm sometimes, which serves a similar purpose as Pandora but relies on user input instead of "music genetics." Likewise, it seems like their recommendations are more interesting now than they were a few years ago. I think it has a lot to do with the size and quality of the database. I would bet their database has grown substantially since you panned them in 2006.

I use last.fm sometimes, which serves a similar purpose as Pandora but relies on user input instead of “music genetics.” Likewise, it seems like their recommendations are more interesting now than they were a few years ago.

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