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Are you using Apple’s iTunes’ Ping?

Monday, September 27, 2010 · 10:32 am · 308 Comments

If so, how are you using the service? If not, what’s stopping you from using it?

What can Apple do to improve Ping and make it more useful to you?

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silverhawk

Monday, September 27, 2010 - 10:34 am · Reply

No FaceBook, Twitter or Ping: waste of time!
silverhawk

Monday, September 27, 2010 - 9:34 am · Reply

No FaceBook, Twitter or Ping: waste of time!
RicMac

Monday, September 27, 2010 - 10:34 am · Reply

Social networks suck, even if it’s Apple doin it
RicMac

Monday, September 27, 2010 - 9:34 am · Reply

Social networks suck, even if it’s Apple doin it
Spark

Monday, September 27, 2010 - 10:35 am · Reply

I signed up the first day to take a look at it. Haven’t been back since.
Spark

Monday, September 27, 2010 - 9:35 am · Reply

I signed up the first day to take a look at it. Haven’t been back since.
Rex

Monday, September 27, 2010 - 10:36 am · Reply

I’ve signed up for ping and used it only a little. Before iTunes 10.0.1 it was too hard to recommend anything. That’s been improved, but finding friends is still challenging. If it had some twitter or facebook integration for finding friends, it would be more worthwhile.

It’s not something I see myself using daily, but something I would check when I am in the mood for new music.
Rex

Monday, September 27, 2010 - 9:36 am · Reply

I’ve signed up for ping and used it only a little. Before iTunes 10.0.1 it was too hard to recommend anything. That’s been improved, but finding friends is still challenging. If it had some twitter or facebook integration for finding friends, it would be more worthwhile.

It’s not something I see myself using daily, but something I would check when I am in the mood for new music.
Charless

Monday, September 27, 2010 - 10:37 am · Reply

Agree with Silverhawk and think that Ping weakens what iTunes is all about.
Charless

Monday, September 27, 2010 - 9:37 am · Reply

Agree with Silverhawk and think that Ping weakens what iTunes is all about.
VAL4Mother

Monday, September 27, 2010 - 10:37 am · Reply

Ummmmm, ehhhhhhh, no.
VAL4Mother

Monday, September 27, 2010 - 9:37 am · Reply

Ummmmm, ehhhhhhh, no.
TheConfuzed1

Monday, September 27, 2010 - 10:38 am · Reply

I also signed up in the beginning, but have not yet returned.

My wife uses my iTunes account, and her taste in music is very different than mine.

When she downloads Katy Perry, I wouldn’t want that to appear on my charts.

They need to change it to include only music that you play.

Better yet, integrate it with Last.fm.
TheConfuzed1

Monday, September 27, 2010 - 9:38 am · Reply

I also signed up in the beginning, but have not yet returned.

My wife uses my iTunes account, and her taste in music is very different than mine.

When she downloads Katy Perry, I wouldn’t want that to appear on my charts.

They need to change it to include only music that you play.

Better yet, integrate it with Last.fm.
Clifford Banes

Monday, September 27, 2010 - 10:41 am · Reply

my 2 € cents:
I would like to get an automatic alert when a band from my music collection gives a concert near my hometown. I do not want to search for such info.
otherwise, i don’t want to be bothered by any social network.
Clifford Banes

Monday, September 27, 2010 - 9:41 am · Reply

my 2 € cents:
I would like to get an automatic alert when a band from my music collection gives a concert near my hometown. I do not want to search for such info.
otherwise, i don’t want to be bothered by any social network.
buildingautomator

Monday, September 27, 2010 - 10:41 am · Reply

Everything you publish on any social network service, you should be happy to publish on the front page of the New York Times. And since it is on the internet, it WILL be exploited in ways you never imagined (ever heard of profiling ?). If not today then in the near future.
So no, I am not using Ping or any other “social networking” service.

iTunes suffers from severe feature creep. I shudder at the overhead built in for all this garbage. From one of the best, sleekest pieces of software in its beginning it has now become bloatware with ads in your face all the time. Too much already ! At least with iTunes you can turn a lot off, but the overhead remains.
buildingautomator

Monday, September 27, 2010 - 9:41 am · Reply

Everything you publish on any social network service, you should be happy to publish on the front page of the New York Times. And since it is on the internet, it WILL be exploited in ways you never imagined (ever heard of profiling ?). If not today then in the near future.
So no, I am not using Ping or any other “social networking” service.

iTunes suffers from severe feature creep. I shudder at the overhead built in for all this garbage. From one of the best, sleekest pieces of software in its beginning it has now become bloatware with ads in your face all the time. Too much already ! At least with iTunes you can turn a lot off, but the overhead remains.
breeze

Monday, September 27, 2010 - 10:42 am · Reply

Like silver hawk, social life is not virtual.

Get a life.
breeze

Monday, September 27, 2010 - 9:42 am · Reply

Like silver hawk, social life is not virtual.

Get a life.