Sent my public #Pixelfed profile to my sister the other day. "Ohhh, what is this, is this like a social media where they don't track you? Because I am so tempted to give up Instagram. This is so cute!"
My sister is in no way a tech nerd or particularly big on data privacy, and has been a heavy user of Instagram for as long as I can remember.
There are so many people out there who want to post photos and videos important to them online, but are jaded by #Instagram.

@benpate @n00q Feel free to reach out if you'd like me to test anything or give feedback. And do be kind with yourself, that was a huge list of needs! I think if you can identify the most important needs for listeners and artists overall and start with solving those, you'll be onto a winner.

@benpate @n00q Yeah, that was a big brain dump! In terms of priority order, I think I'd prioritise my own needs like this:
1. Hear about artists' new releases
2. Listen to artists' music
3. Help financially support artists
4. Download artists' music
5. Discover music related to albums or artists I already listen to
6. Find out about artists' upcoming gigs
7. Discover music from genres I'm not familiar with
8. Follow artists on their musical journey (written updates and photos)

@benpate @n00q
- to discover new music I might like in a similar vein to artists I already listen to, in other genres that I know I like, and in different genres that I’m not very familiar with
- to see what artists are up to and follow them on their musical journey

@benpate @n00q I also love seeing updates from artists in my Bandcamp inbox, especially when they’ve released new music or they’re going on tour. The one thing I miss from Spotify (I stopped paying a couple of years ago) is being able to see when artists are going on tour easily so I can go to their gigs.

So I guess my needs are:
- to financially support artists I listen to
- to enjoy their music at my desk, on the go, and at live gigs
- to find out about their new music and upcmng gigs

@benpate @n00q what I love about Bandcamp is how easy it is to listen to something completely new. Spotify is great at generating audio background, playing song after song that I’ve either heard before or that sounds the same. But I want to explore different artists and genres that I don’t know about yet and discover new things that I enjoy. Their radio show, recommendation algorithm, weekly personalised email newsletter, and how easy it is to see new music from artists all contribute to that.

@benpate @n00q

Do you know why artists post their music on Bandcamp then if it’s not for the money? I buy albums from there, just on Bandcamp Fridays, because I thought it would help support them.

I stream songs I can’t find on Bandcamp on SoundCloud, for free with an adblocker on my iPhone. Also, almost everyone I know has a Spotify subscription, so as a listener it seems like there’s already lots of places for artists to post music to stream (but I don’t know if they have to pay for them).

@benpate @n00q this is a wonderful idea and looks beautiful already! Excited to see where this goes, as I currently use Bandcamp to buy albums