http://blog.hypem.com Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:48:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We've recently made some changes to the popular page so that it reflects the number of people who've favorited the track in the past three days. Shortly after we made the change, we were alerted by the Sweet Touch blog about an artist (or their team) potentially abusing the charts.  We ... http://blog.hypem.com/2009/06/on-chart-integrity/ Having reviewed feedback and site activity in the past couple of months, we've just published a change to our Popular page. Here is what's on the page now: Popular (default view) - the most favorited tracks from the past 3 days.  Once  a track is older than 3 days, it will not ... http://blog.hypem.com/2009/06/the-new-popular-page/ This week's episode of the Radio Show is now live! Listen below or check out the Radio page to see the full set list and featured blogs. And just in case you missed last week's episode featuring Burial + Fourtet, Passion Pit and ... http://blog.hypem.com/2009/05/hype-machine-radio-show-6-7/ It's that time already! Our Annual User Survey is our time to gather basic details of who you are, how you use the Hype Machine, and what you think we can improve! It's only 2 pages and will help us make the site even better. Take our Annual User Survey (UPDATE: ... http://blog.hypem.com/2009/05/take-our-annual-user-survey-win-prizes/ This week's Radio Show is now live, go check it out! Featuring a slew of awesome New York based music blogs and of course the week's most popular tracks. We're also excited to be accepted into the iTunes Podcast Directory. Simply search for "hype machine" or click here and subscribe. And ... http://blog.hypem.com/2009/04/hype-machine-radio-show-episode-5-itunes/ Oops, forgot to post about this last week but that just means twice as much fun for you. Our awesome show has been gaining some great traction and Dev + Abbey have been amazing at producing the show with a mix of featured popular content and blogger picks. Go check ... http://blog.hypem.com/2009/04/hype-machine-radio-show-3-4/ The Hype Machine Radio Show: Episode 2 went live yesterday! Head over to the radio page on our site to listen (stream/download/embed) and see the tracklisting of songs+bloggers we featured this week. We plan on getting a new show out every Wednesday but are still fine-tuning the show+presentation so if ... http://blog.hypem.com/2009/04/radio-show-episode-2-now-live/ We've temporarily limited the number of favorite searches to 10 due to load issues for users who had more favorited.  The inactive searches are still visible in your profiles, but they are marked with "search not tracked" on the right. If you are one of the heavier users with many searches, ... http://blog.hypem.com/2009/03/number-of-loved-searches-temporarily-limited-to-10/ [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="618" caption="The Hype Machine SXSW 2009 Party!"][/caption] We are all prepared for our annual trek to Austin for the best conference of the year: South by Southwest. This year is extra special because: We're Throwing A Party! on March 18th, open to EVERYONE! The Zeitgeist Radio Shows were such ... http://blog.hypem.com/2009/03/our-sxsw-party-panel/ There are now 3 ways to view the front page. Overview (Default):  We show you posts from all blogs, but each blog is limited to having one post per day shown.  This means if a blog posts twice in a day, the second post will not be visible.  That said, a ... http://blog.hypem.com/2009/03/3-ways-to-view-the-front-page/