CommunityNotesAreLive—AndThisIsJusttheStart

What community notes are — and what they aren't

The notes system is intentionally simple. You open a track, you see the notes other producers have left on it. You can add your own. The notes are positioned in a free canvas next to the player — drag them around, resize them, edit your own. They're attached to the track, not to you.

There are no feeds, no follower counts, no profiles to build. You don't see who has the most notes or who's been active this week. The design decision was deliberate: the moment community features start creating social hierarchies, the content shifts. People post for visibility rather than utility. The note that says "0:43 — clean 2-bar break, no drums after the hit" is more useful than anything written for an audience.

Why production context belongs on the track

When you're digging online, the gap between hearing a record and knowing what to do with it is real. You might recognise that something has potential without knowing the BPM, or hear a break you can't quite place in your workflow. Community notes are the thing the person next to you at the record shop would say — not a critical assessment, just a producer pointing at something: "That section at two minutes. That's the one."

The notes are short — 280 characters max — because production context doesn't require more. If you're writing an essay about a record, you're doing something else. If you're leaving a timestamp and a two-line observation, you're helping the next person who finds this track.

Timestamp seeking is live

Type a timecode like 1:20 or 0:43 in any note — personal or community — and it automatically becomes a clickable red link. Click it and the YouTube player jumps to that exact second. No special syntax needed. The system detects any pattern matching minutes:seconds and makes it interactive. The +TIME button in the notes bar stamps the current playback position directly into your note.

Rate limits and moderation

• —50 community notes maximum per track — enough for depth, prevents flooding
• —2 notes per user per track — say what matters, no spam
• —200 notes per user across all tracks — a generous ceiling for active contributors
• —280 characters per note — production context, not essays
• —3 flags from other users auto-removes a note — community self-moderates

Community notes are now available on all devices — desktop and the iOS app. On desktop, notes float as draggable cards you can place anywhere on the page. On mobile, they appear as a scrollable comment-style list below the track actions.