Ping Users Top One Million in First 48 Hours

[rimantas]

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/09/03ping.html

[moe]

You mean "Users" as in "People who signed up to take a look at the hyped new feature"?

Sorry, but I'll be more curious to see how many people actually use the service in 6 months from now. The first reviews haven't been exactly glamorous.

[ghurlman → moe]

No, I think he meant spammers.

[benologist → ghurlman]

Pretty sure everyone else counts spammers too ... and anything else they need to reach a newsworthy or investor-friendly figure.

[josephholsten → ghurlman]

Hey, I resemble that remark.

[andre3k1 → moe]

I would say that the majority of "users" (like myself) will not log into the service ever again.

It doesn't help having zero friends :/

And I will blame having no frinds on the lack of Fbook or Twitter connect

[agscala]

It's all about quality, not quantity. I'm surprised to see Apple jumping into social music when there's already services like last.fm which already excel and will be hard to dislodge.

[jstevens85 → agscala]

As long as (Long-Term Increased iTunes Store Revenue due to Ping) > (Development and Maintenance Costs of Ping), I can't see why it's surprising. Perhaps you disagree that the above equation will be true for Apple?

[whopa → jstevens85]

A half assed service has the possibility of hurting their brand though, as well as driving people to competitors, e.g. http://twitter.com/garrettdimon/status/22824730445

[Qz → whopa]

Your link just got me on the free trial... gonna try it out on my droid and see if it's better than Pandora, and maybe I'll subscribe.

edit: bleh, $5 extra just for mobile? Nevermind.

[whopa → Qz]

Personally, I think the offline play feature makes it worth it. None of the other on-demand services seem to charge any less for mobile either, which makes me think that the labels have put a price floor on mobile access.

[Qz → whopa]

Oh I did forget about that... although I wish it had some sort of auto playlist feature that mixes in recommended music... basically I want it to be Pandora that lets me sometimes choose songs.

[chanux]

Can iTunes users chose to not be ping users?

[sorbus → chanux]

Yes. You don't have to turn it on, but it shows up in the sidebar regardless.

[etm117 → sorbus]

Yes, and that irks me. I can hide almost everything else in that side-bar. But this is mandatory taking up vertical space on my vertically challenged (widescreen) monitor. Grrr.

[jfi]

Just like Apple TV, they will figure out how to make this (semi) right ... I hope.