Hi JoPo and guppy!
Ja, ich lerne jetzt Deutsch, aber bin ich noch schrecklich!
I'll try to answer your questions as best as I can
I decided to join SoundCloud as they are a lovely bunch of people achieving a huge amount (for 175 million unique users per month) with a very small team. The founders have a very deep love for the creator community and the core idea that has carried SoundCloud from the start is about making something that allows creators to share their work in the best way possible.
Obviously, there are trade-offs that happen all the time and usually they end up being bad for a proportion of users. I can't actually comment on the Groups one, as it happened before I started, but all I can say is that it will have been done for the good of the platform overall (even if that's difficult to believe on face value).
I probably can't explain Go any better than this blog post from when it was launched in the US in March:
https://blog.soundcloud.com/2016/03/29/ ... dcloud-go/. It's a key part of SoundCloud becoming financially sustainable in the longer term, which is important for everyone that uses the platform.
In response to your question guppy, all I can say is that the press loves gossip about the music industry, much of which is contradictory and recycled! Just read all of the rumours about Tidal to see what I mean!
Anyway, I'm really excited about what we have planned for the next year or so and it should be very positive for the creator community in particular.
Thanks,
Will
