Request Policy

[Yesspaz]

Originally posted by Rick and Roll
I was under the assumption that the request IS denied when you choose the same artist. You then have to choose another song. What did I miss here?

You are denied if the artist recently played, and you get another request. But if the artist is in the queue/request pile, you are not denied. In other words, as I'm writing this, Yes "Astral Traveller' is playing. As of right now, no one can request Yes for two hours. "Your request has been denied: Artist recently played." After two hours, you can request Yes, wait an hour, Yes plays. But if someone requested Yes right before "Atral Traveller" started playing, their request would get through. "Astral Traveller" plays. Three hours later, the second Yes song plays. Either way, it's three hours. Six of one, half-a-dozen of the other.

Originally posted by Rick and Roll
What would be accomplished by this is to have... as many different people enjoy the feature of requesting. If we indeed have 100-175 listeners, it's really hard to justify someone requesting more than 3 times a day. In another thread, I was against a limit. But it seems to me a decent idea.

First, I personally don't see having 175 listeners as a hindrance to the request feature. If every single person requested in the same hour, that's 175 requests. But actually there's never more than 20 requests, and rarely more than 10 or 12. Usually it's around 5 to 7. So the fact is, most people don't request, they just listen. Until 75 people are requesting many times a day, I personally don't see an issue, but that's just my opinion (and not the opinion of anyone with any actual power). Now, I'll readily admit that I request often - once an hour if I'm around.

I say it's not hard to justify requesting more than thrice a day.

1. Everyone has the same access and privilege. Some use it. Some don't.
2. There are policies in place to stop request abuse, and abuse is the operative word. One can request as often as he or she likes (is allowed) and as long as they keep it spiced up, they're fine. That plus the 3hour rule keep variety in the playlist.

Finally, there actually currently is a limit on the number of songs one can request in a day. It's ten. I know this because I've hit that number twice (only) - those rare days when I'm in front of the computer all day. Typically, I average 3 or 4 requests a day.



In sum, the current request system (plus the advent of the RQFree Wednesday) keeps a great variety playing without any artist dominating and allows listeners to request as often as they like (or not to request as often as they like). So, my take is if it ain't broke, don't fix it.