Bring back the old Last.fm

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Leader: greenwatch
Join Policy: Open
Created on: 17 Jul 2008
Description:

Object to Last.fm's re-design and functionality, and want the old ones back, at least as an option? Join us and make your opinion heard!

Our protests, voiced here and on support forums, have mattered, and will continue to matter when we stick together and make our concerns and requests strongly heard.

Latest:
10 June Last.fm founders quit
24 March Last.fm charges for radio

Find the feel of old last.fm here: Libre.fm | lastfm.zage.org.uk

Things we demanded and brought back: paint it black; reply tracker; neighbors; country pages (e.g.); direct inbox link; top 50 artists/songs; paste your taste; gif support (hopefully there will be more..)
Things we would like to have back: compact shoutbox on top/right; weekly chart on profile page; weekly neighbours; what neighbors are listening to (in other words, bring back the OLD SWEET DASHBOARD, or a reincarnation of sorts!); album collage on now listening (or other neater, more aesthetic options); tag clouds on artist pages; options to modify/hide/remove library/recent activity/flash player/etc; better flash player (like..the old one) and less unnecessary page redirects; better recommendation (instead of the very suspiciously mainstream-ish or generic stuff pushed to us now); forum search; old favicon and logo; color schemes that don't burn the retinas off everybody; inviting friends to last.fm; recommendations from friends' page and groups page; accurate taste-o-meter and neighbourhood...
And then there are features that even the old last.fm did not have and are much needed and/or long overdue: merge/distinguish between artists under same names (update: the new auto-correction function seems to be answering this, though not perfect); correct scrobble count; better connection speed for flash player and radio; better moderation/report abuse system;...
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Historical shots of last.fm over the years | more
Vote: New or Old Last.fm Preferred poll
Feedback: other large feedback posts | ways to say you want the old design back
Facelift Tutorials: make it less shitty with FF/greasemonkey/etc | show weekly charts on profile page | and a compilation of all other themes, etc
Articles: buggy new design | CBS boasts smart ads, and reasons behind it all

- last updated by greenwatch, 29 July 2009.

Active Discussions

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“Export Last.FM Library site at mcm69” (1) last month

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“What was your first time viewing last.fm?” (7) November 2011

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“Thing I dislike the most about new Last.fm” (5) November 2011

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“YUI Fan Corner” July 2011

yogarani108 commented on
“Now i have to pay for radio? No wai,” (19) November 2010

Recent Journals

Does Anybody Know Any Websites That Scrobble Onto www.last.fm? by theuskid | 23 May 2010 | 6 comments
Music Players To Be Back Soon by wildwoodflwr | 18 May 2010 | 2 comments
Goodbye last.fm, hello ugly.fm by tonausstrom | 30 Jul 2008 | 1 comment

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sasha9 wrote:
Friday afternoon

piu

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instru_Mental wrote:
last month

armed revolution is the way to go [2]

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LOVES-DESIRE wrote:
December 2011

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE .... There is still time to be all that you dreamed ..... You could be ..... 1 Year = 31536000 Seconds .... 1 Year = 525,600 Minutes .... 1 Year = 8,760 Hours ..... 1 Year = 366 Days .... 2012 is a Leap Year .... 2012 is The Year of the Dragon .... LOVES-DESIRE - NAJELA'!

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greenwatch wrote:
December 2011

An early Happy New Year to everyone! After 4 years (has it been _that_ long?!), I still think fondly of the old last.fm, not just the design but the whole awesome communities that were here, discovering new music and new neighbours. Four years down the road they haven't changed it back, if not changed things for the worse, and no matter what, I hope you are still enjoying music and discover new stuff and new people to enjoy it with. \m/

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LOVES-DESIRE wrote:
December 2011

Happy Holidays to everyone and have a fantastic New Year (2012)

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Global_Carnage wrote:
December 2011

I wasn't even registered on this site around that time, but I knew people who were. The old design looks like it was much better than the current one. It seems they decided to take out some neat features too while they were at it, which ultimately sucks. I think this site needs to progress instead of becoming mainstream-friendly crap. They could have at least made graphically customizable profiles, so that people would be able to choose what they want.

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MetalDude wrote:
December 2011

I like the new last.fm now, can't really remember the old one so im outta here.

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Akakieisu wrote:
December 2011

Old last.fm was true one. And THIS sh*t still hurts me. I will NOT change my mind, ever! Damn you shit.fm... 'ಠ_ಠ'

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Guitaregirl wrote:
November 2011

Hey People, I have a surprise for you! http://lastfm.zage.org.uk/user/Guitaregirl ;)

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Guitaregirl wrote:
November 2011

The old Last.Fm looks better.

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CasiniProjekt wrote:
October 2011

http://www.last.fm/music/The+Cassini+Projekt/Blind+Vision Bandcamp: http://cassiniprojekt.bandcamp.com/

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AlanaKatana wrote:
October 2011

the old last.fm sucks in my opinion..but i'll respect all of ur opinions

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rick-roll wrote:
September 2011

armed revolution is the way to go

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chiaroscuro2 wrote:
September 2011

Sire-Nahvas, you've probably installed a user-script - maybe you could take a screenshot and post it on the forum?

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Colony666 wrote:
September 2011

ive forgotten what old lastfm looked like now =[

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Sire-Nahvas wrote:
September 2011

i have found out how to make the new last fm look nice and interesting so just check my profile. There is all the stuff the old last fm had but in a different way...sort of...

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Unshined wrote:
August 2011

i don´t visit this place like i used to with the old Last f.m. It was much more attractive before the changes, now it´s boring and dont feel attracted to use it.

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chiaroscuro2 wrote:
August 2011

Well, Dekkul, it looks like you're enjoying the non-existence of a free radio, which is what last.fm was all about. That's the "fm" in last.fm. It's about much more that just design at this point.

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Dekkul wrote:
August 2011

Pre-2006/2007 last.fm looks awful. Thanks guys for this brief history of last.fm ;)

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nodham wrote:
August 2011

I miss the quilt of album covers next to your recently scrobbled tracks.

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