Pandora plans to boost fan-to-fan communication
Aside from personal charts, probably the #1 thing last.fm has going for it in comparison with Pandora is its enabling of listener-to-listener interaction. Apparently building communication amongst its users is on Pandora’s agenda for the coming year:
Harmonium: What do you have in store? Is there anything up your sleeve for 2007?
Westergren: Well, there’s lots of different things we’re working on. We’re working on mobility — where you can listen to Pandora on the go. We’re working on international growth, we’re trying to spread Pandora outside the U.S., and also add a lot more international music to the collection. And we’re also doing a little bit more work on the listener-to-listener part of Pandora, allowing people to talk to each other … and share favorites and discoveries and so on.
Smart move, too bad it’s only “a little bit.”