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Web Scrobbler — Scrobble music all around the web! (web-scrobbler.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A browser extension created for people who listen to music online through their browser, and would like to keep an updated playback history using scrobbling services, such as Last.fm, Libre.fm and ListenBrainz. Available for Chrome, Chromium-based browsers (Opera, Vivaldi, etc), Firefox, and Safari (macOS and iOS).

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Scrob...what?

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Verb scrobble (third-person singular simple present scrobbles, present participle scrobbling, simple past and past participle scrobbled) (Internet slang) To publish one's media consumption habits to the Internet via software, in order to track when and how often certain items are played.

Noun scrobble (plural scrobbles) A datum or the aggregate data collected by this means.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's a term invented by Last.fm that didn't really catch on more generally because it's too silly even for the Internet.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

By Audioscrobbler, which merged later with last.fm

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I never never cared about my own or other people's music listening history. And I never talked to someone who does. So I never needed a word for the thing, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Some people actually do, especially for people from similar music fandom.

I use Last.fm for more than decade and its nice to find fellow friend that have incredibly same niche music taste.

In a way, it's the same as peopel sharing books collection on Goodreads or tracking movie list on Letterboxd.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Sounds like social media for a specialised case. Thanks for your explanation.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Obligatory

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

"Mom, I want Scrabble."

"We have Scrabble at home..."