Roon Friend's - A Social Take

I read the original idea which seems to be way to let my friends see what music Im playing in real time. To me this seems like a voluntary invasion of my privacy, why would anybody want that?

If I want to let a friend know about a new band or song I can tell them or create a curated playlist, but I dont want them to see whatever Im playing all the time.

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I would guess that 85% or more of Roon users don’t know another person that uses Roon.

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Ohhh please don’t. No social interaction in Roon.

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Hell NO! Plenty of options for those who are into this sort of thing, including this forum.

Good grief - please NO! Music is my safe place to unwind.

I suspect the majority of the negative reactions in this thread and The Future of Roon in another thread have some correlation.

Please NO social media. It’s not for me!

What features have been added that Roon forces you to use?

I think this is a great idea, it is NOT social media you are proposing, but sharing the LOVE and passion for music. I use this all the time on Spotify, seeing what they are playing but more so checking out their playlists.
Thanks for posting!

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Erm - it’s just you !

So it should be compatible with other streaming services to be of any use. :wink:

No, he’s not, but as always the naysayers are very loud.

Maybe scrolling along some “Recent listening” and “What you’ve been listening to” for instance?
Giving a setup option to switch off this kind of “information” would not be a bad thing at all.

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I don’t use a lot of features of Roon partly because I don’t have a library of local files. However, if others do, I think it’s great they are available for them. Basically, I have zero complaints about Roon.

EDIT: I guess Roon just can’t please some people. They complain if Roon does not implement something they want and they complain if Roon implements something they don’t want. They complain if there are not enough updates and they complain if there are too many updates.
There is no pleasing some people.

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Well, it was about being forced, wasn’t it? And basically, almost every change in software comes to the point of the customer “being forced” to deal with these changes be they appreciated or not.
And - of course - these are personal (as long as these changes do not introduce bugs and that is quite another story here :slight_smile: )
But I stop here as I am complete out of topic right now. Sorry about that.

I would like the now playlist screen to shared to social media. I often post albums to my Instagram and TikTok account.

Lol steady on, the prospect of tik tok integration in Roon will crash the forum.

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Improve the share feature and let people do social outside of the main application itself.

Share feature is pretty crippled even if I am sharing from Roon of what I faved on Qobuz. Putting the link if available is a step forward. Likewise when trying to share a playlist on external social network, there is no good way for othera to access the music from another service. Maybe the best balance is to integrate with Soundiz.

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I think it’s the “social” function I miss most in Roon, the ability to share what i’m listening to on WhatsApp. Tidal’s share function seems to work, no matter which streaming service the receiving user subscribed to.

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This is an under-appreciated thing Tidal figured out.

In terms of Roon, I think Last.FM social integration could be some of what OP is after, not just logging the songs but be able to import albums, tracks, and playlists from Last.FM to Roon. Oh, and HK can acquire Last.FM and keep it all in the family.

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