Music

Granted, this is basically a caprice of mine, but I think it would be good for the community overall.

A pretty easy observation is that by far the most upvoted posts here are those with music that is already popular, particularly that which has been popular in the past. This can't be just because there's no current good music outside the mainstream — more likely, people readily upvote what they're familiar with, but don't listen through everything posted.

Personally I prefer to listen to and post less-known music, but I have to admit that I also don't listen to most of what's posted despite being here almost every day — because I use Invidious instead of Youtube, and that works like total ass lately. However, I do put effort into getting something to play if the name or the genre catches my attention. I would engage with considerably more posts if I knew that I'm getting jazz, metal, industrial and such from it.

My suspicion is that other people are in approximately the same boat, and would be more interested if they knew they would probably like the music. It's kinda like saying, “You like industrial-rap of Death Grips? You might like Dälek and Clipping.” — of which latter two the person might've never heard before.

Of course, I'd expect something more involved than ‘rock’ on the posts, so perhaps this would be too much to ask for. (Though then again, my personal discernment improved when I started figuring out what styles I'm listening to. Discogs also helps a lot.)