RE: Blocktunes is Live! We are Back In Action and Building Better Than Ever Before
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I've been using blocktunes lately but I was disappointed that to listen to the song you need to have an account as opposed to other musical project.
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The listener has to have a Hive account logged in for the streaming payments to work properly because of the way it works with the blockchain and the other engines. We will take that feedback under advisement though and try to see if we can make something work.
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To explain a bit further, it all has to do with 2 things... RCs and abuse.
The streaming payments take RC and that comes from the user on the stream, so they have to have a Hive account.
Also, we have a cool down period for accounts so that there isn't streaming abuse. So basically an account can only have a stream paid out per song per 24 hours. Keeps people from gaming the system with bots.
We are actively trying to find a way to get around that for logged out users, but for now, it's how it has to work.
The only solution I have found right now is to treat it like iTunes where it gives a 30 second preview because that falls under the qualifying stream time. This could be a way to show a preview on the listen page, but require an account for full streaming.
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So, thanks to your feedback, we were at least able to figure out a way to give un-signed in users a 45 second preview. A qualifying stream is 1 minute, so it's just below and doesnt' get into the mess of things. When it finishes the preview it prompts them to login or sign up. Best we can do on this one.
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