A World of Difference in Metadata. Wed, Nov 23, 2011
Introducing Global Metadata Editing Across exfm.
Bad metadata sucks. It’s no fun listening to “Unknown Artist.” We know it. You know it. With the rollout of v3 in October, we pulled the ability to edit your personal metadata. Understandably, that was tough for a lot of exfmers. We apologize for that temporary inconvenience.
Today we’re thrilled to offer the ability to edit metadata for all users.
We’ve always had the vision to make editing metadata easier and more powerful. We knew there was a better way than each user tediously updating their own collections. By rebuilding our entire backend we can now harness the collective power of our amazing community. Now, once a track is edited by a user it’s instantly updated for all users. It’s slick, quick and improves the quality of our database dramatically.
Here’s how it works:
1. From your Loved songs rollover any track to reveal the edit metadata icon.
2. Click on the edit icon to bring up the global metadata editor.
3. Enter any missing information or update incorrect info. Click Save.
That’s it. You’ve just updated the metadata for yourself and every exfmer!
Some important info (in other words please read!):
1. You can only edit metadata on tracks YOU HAVE LOVED.
2. The last person to edit a track will be publicly listed as the editor.
3. Anyone can report an abusive editor via the report abuse link.
4. Your account can be suspended for abusive editing.
This is something many, many of you wanted. We really are delighted to make it available. We’re counting on you to treat this tool with respect and to use it responsibly. Thanks for making exfm the best place to find music.
