
Dear Whyd Community,
As you all know, Whyd entered summer beta in June with little more than the skeleton of a program, a handful of you music lovers, and a vision. That vision, to fundamentally change the way that music lovers access the largest source of music in the world, today remains unchanged. The program, the book of code tirelessly programmed, tested, and tweaked by our developers and team, has come a long way, yet stays true to its roots; simplicity is convenience, and convenience enables continuous jamming. Our development team deserves some major credit (Jie, Adrien, and Loick) for putting together a platform that is so minimal that it never comes in between a music lover and the music they want to listen to, but is powerful enough to take on the web’s status quo. They deserve a standing ovation.
However, to put it bluntly, we would be no where without you, our community. You believed in the vision before the program was capable of delivering. You tested, you tried, you found the bugs, and you shared; you tweeted, you shared on Facebook. You took the time from your busy day to share the cool music you found with our growing community. You got your friends, and your friends’ friends, to join us. You drove us. You have taken us, on your shoulders, to where we are today. (If we sound a little like Barack Obama, well, thank you!). Thank you.
For our power users, before we launch formally on Thursday, November 15th, let us thank you specifically: Thank you Pierre, Thank you SEML, Thank you Aline, Thank you Caroline, Thank you Laurène, Thank you Julie, Thank you Gadjet, Thank you OneOneSix, Thank you Remi D, Thank you Miko, Thank you duralex, Thank you RadioElectroLyon, Thank you Laetitia, Thank you Masscut, Thank you Manu, Thank you Albin, Thank you Le Coup de Lapin, Thank you Thomas, Thank you Sly7, Thank you TripX, Thank you DigitalHunter, Thank you Lazynaj, Thank you Iva, Thank you Greg, Thank you Marwan, Thank you Matthieu, Thank you Jean-Sebastien, Thank you Amélie, Thank you Neil, Thank you Franck, Thank you POM, Thank you ptilu, Thank you Polo, Thank you Jean-Charles, Thank you Stran, Thank you Bastien, Thank you Alexis, Thank you Ben, Thank you Alice, Thank you Lin, Thank you Marion, Thank you Drico, Thank you Bertrand, Thank you Clement, Thank you Laura, and Thank you Steven!!
Last night, Whyd was featured on Engadget (#1 tech blog in the world) for the launch week. We received over 1,000 invite requests in under 12 hours. Now that the community is set to explode, we need your help more than ever. Please continue to share amazing music that our community enjoys. Please continue to help us when new features come out. Please pass along all feedback that your friends might have. And most importantly, please help us to grow Whyd into the realization of the vision that started in June; the social network for music lovers.
We made Whyd together, and it will always be that way.
Never, ever, ever stop jamming,
- The Whyd Family