A number of years ago, I added a “Changes” section to the song details pages to show who had voted for which dances for that song. I also included a few other pieces of information that users (both live and proxy) set. But now that I have enabled any signed-in user to modify tempos and delete tags set by algorithms, it only seems reasonable to enhance the song history/changes section to show where this information is coming from. I still believe that the core benefit of this section is to show who voted on dances for a song, so the new information is only shown if you check the “Include Automated” toggle at the top of the section. Also note that you have to be signed in to see the toggle.

Let me know what you think. Is this useful? Is it so useful that you’d prefer it as the default?

Anonymous Import

One other detail I’d like to point out. You may have noticed that some of the newly visible changes are attributed to “Anonymous Import.” This is a catch-all account I’m using to name changes whose origins became obscured over time due to changes in the code or data. One example is that, at one point, I ran a beat-detection algorithm over my personal library and uploaded the results. I don’t want to attribute these tempos to me as a human user, so I put them in this bucket. I’m not thrilled with the name for that bucket, but I’m hoping it isn’t too confusing.

Step of the Month

The “Step of the Month” for May is to share your favorite search. You can share a search by copying the URL from the browser address bar and pasting it into a comment for this post. Feel free to add details as to what you did and why it’s your favorite. And there is nothing stopping you from sharing more than one of your favorites -:)