User Experiences on a Community-Based Music Voting Service

In this paper, we introduce and evaluate a community-based music voting service that relies on a DHT-based peer-to-peer network. Each community is created as a separate DHT overlay that is connected to a specific entertainment premise such as a cafeteria. A small-scale user testing was conducted in a laboratory environment to examine the attitudinal, social and perceived behavioral control factors associated with the community-based music voting service. Data was collected using questionnaires and short group interviews. The results indicate that the community-based services are seen attractive, and the service as such a very interesting and applicable idea, but the functionality would need to be enhanced.