I'm still baffled that anyone thought that this was a viable idea. A social network based on your taste of music? Too bad your friends aren't into techno.
It wasn't too far fetched. A lot of generations defined their social circles by tastes in music. In my youth at least it was very common.
I think that it just doesn't scale beyond angsty teenagers.
There are fans of "niche" genres that could find value in this. In the late 80s an acquaintance dropped almost all of her friends, based on their tastes in and dedication to music. I could see her using something like that to help generate a new friend group.
Wasn’t that the point of MySpace?
I take it you missed Last.fm selling for ~$300m in the '00s?