A collection of thoughts that I've been meaning to get down for some time now; collectively representing my approach to Last.fm and music in general.
Despite evidence to the contrary, Last.fm is not a race. In all but the most obscure cases, being the top listener of some track, album or artist proves only that you are a giant douche. Scrobbling for the sake of increasing some arbitrary playcount is stupid and pointless.
I tend to listen to music in fits and starts, then go on long hiatuses where I'll scrobble nothing. I treat music as a hobby. I collect…