Martin Stiksel: "Last.fm brings the right music and the right people"
December 18, the British company Last.fm Ltd. officially presented the Russian-language version of its social network Last.fm.
Martin Stiksel, one of the founders and head of the company, says: “Getting started at Last.fm Russia is another step in our desire to share our musical experience with everyone, which we gain from communicating with each other and with millions of our users. . Last.fm allows music fans to constantly discover something new, to their liking, simply by listening to current Last.fm recommendations or studying our music base. ” These words are quoted in the company's press release.
Martin kindly agreed to answer the questions of the editors of Habrahabr.
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First of all, what motivated Last.fm Ltd. open the Russian version of your service?
Undoubtedly, music is a universal language for international communication; nevertheless, the language barrier has long remained a problem for many visitors to our site. We would like to share with all music lovers the experience of a huge community of music lovers gathered under the sign of Last.fm, so the appearance of Last.fm in other languages ​​is quite a logical step. Among our users there is a rather large percentage of Russian speakers. We thought that the Russian version would be a great addition to the services that we offer on our website.
Who helped the company to create the Russian version? Last.fm worked at
partnership with someone or as employees were invited experts from Russia?
The entire Last.fm team participated in the work on the Russian version! Besides
Moreover, in the Last.fm project, Russia has a manager - a girl from Russia. AND
Of course, Russian translators helped us a lot.
In which direction will the “Russian Last.fm segment” develop?
Last.fm brings together the right music and the right people :) Users tell us what kind of music they like, and we give personal musical recommendations, acquaint users with similar musical tastes, tell about events, concerts and create personal radio stations for them ... In the Russian version we did not change anything but language, of course.
Do you plan to promote in other countries, in addition to those for which the localization of the service is already presented?
In addition to the Russian version, from December, Last.fm has been working for Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea.
If it's not a secret, what new opportunities are being worked on in London?
Oh, we will let you know when something new arrives!
The main thing - do not miss!
And finally - a question that certainly interests the habra people: how can I get a job with you?
If you are really interested in working at Last.fm, send your CV to
jobs@last.fm! :)
PS Martin has an account on Last.fm - mainstream . And Habr has a group there :)
PPS Thank you for helping us arrange an interview with the Last.fm Country Manager. - Daria Skugar.
Martin Stiksel, one of the founders and head of the company, says: “Getting started at Last.fm Russia is another step in our desire to share our musical experience with everyone, which we gain from communicating with each other and with millions of our users. . Last.fm allows music fans to constantly discover something new, to their liking, simply by listening to current Last.fm recommendations or studying our music base. ” These words are quoted in the company's press release.
Martin kindly agreed to answer the questions of the editors of Habrahabr.
')
First of all, what motivated Last.fm Ltd. open the Russian version of your service?
Undoubtedly, music is a universal language for international communication; nevertheless, the language barrier has long remained a problem for many visitors to our site. We would like to share with all music lovers the experience of a huge community of music lovers gathered under the sign of Last.fm, so the appearance of Last.fm in other languages ​​is quite a logical step. Among our users there is a rather large percentage of Russian speakers. We thought that the Russian version would be a great addition to the services that we offer on our website.
Who helped the company to create the Russian version? Last.fm worked at
partnership with someone or as employees were invited experts from Russia?
The entire Last.fm team participated in the work on the Russian version! Besides
Moreover, in the Last.fm project, Russia has a manager - a girl from Russia. AND
Of course, Russian translators helped us a lot.
In which direction will the “Russian Last.fm segment” develop?
Last.fm brings together the right music and the right people :) Users tell us what kind of music they like, and we give personal musical recommendations, acquaint users with similar musical tastes, tell about events, concerts and create personal radio stations for them ... In the Russian version we did not change anything but language, of course.
Do you plan to promote in other countries, in addition to those for which the localization of the service is already presented?
In addition to the Russian version, from December, Last.fm has been working for Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea.
If it's not a secret, what new opportunities are being worked on in London?
Oh, we will let you know when something new arrives!
The main thing - do not miss!
And finally - a question that certainly interests the habra people: how can I get a job with you?
If you are really interested in working at Last.fm, send your CV to
jobs@last.fm! :)
Little bit about Last.fm
Last.fm is a musical social network created in 2003.
The service provides visitors with an opportunity not only to listen to various compositions, but also to share their musical preferences with other users and discover new music for themselves. Thousands of personal radio stations are available on the site, a large amount of information about more than 7 million different artists and groups, as well as at least 65 million songs of various genres and styles. The free Last.fm program, which, having registered, can be downloaded directly on the site, helps to create a music profile for each individual user and select interesting songs, concerts, as well as people with similar musical tastes.
Last.fm rewards:
- BT Digital Music Award 2006 - the best music community
- Winner of Seomoz Web 2.0 Music Award 2006
- Social Networking Awards 2006 - the best musical social network.
PS Martin has an account on Last.fm - mainstream . And Habr has a group there :)
PPS Thank you for helping us arrange an interview with the Last.fm Country Manager. - Daria Skugar.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/4870/
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