The text told me that it only took "up" to 24 hours to reset...

Like in the case of most people I decide to reset my last fm profile because it didn't really reflect my tastes accurately anymore. When I did reset it told me it would take up to 24 hours for it to reset. I've been told by those who have done this as well that they didn't have any problem with it. I'm curious as to why it's taking longer then 24 hours and what I can do to clear my charts and start over again. :(

I guess I'll wait then. It's not like I have much of a say in it. But it's really taking a long time. I mean it's going on 2 days now. :X

I suppose. But there were just too many bands on my charts that I either didn't like or didn't listen to anymore.

I did clear my listening data on saturday morning, and I guess it's reflected on my profile after the next chart update. It's a bit slow at the moment.

@Booksherpa: you will be able to delete stuff when the next version of the site is released (which shouldn't be long, now).

As for your privacy concerns, last.fm doesn't store or display any personal user data except what you tell it to (you don't even need an e-mail address), and any personal info you do put into the site you can delete instantly whenever you like.

@DFA1979: Thanks for the info!

@TheMannen: "The first paragraph is really your own fault, to be honest. It didn't tell you you wouldn't be able to edit the history, but it didn't tell you you would be able to do it either."

Well, true. It is my fault - I chose to upload the data without clear information on what would happen after. But honestly, it's beyond unusual for a website to refuse to allow you to delete personal data that you uploaded yourself. It would be like uploading your bookmarks file to del.icio.us and then not being able to delete (for example) links to local files that you stored on there. I made an assumption, but I don't think it was completely off base for me to assume I'd be able to delete data -about me- that -I- uploaded. Not that you said that I was off base. :) I just figured that last.fm worked like every other social networking-ish website I've encountered. Plus, some of the listening data I uploaded is useless to the site. The track I made and listened to in iTunes while messing about with Audacity doesn't help anyone else on here.

Oh, and my definition of privacy did extend to people seeing what I listen to, in that I can't delete any of it. My only recourse is choosing the option to block people from seeing any of my listened to tracks. I'd rather that switch be a dimmer and not an on/off, y'know? :)

And I'm at almost 72 hours, and still have undeleted data. Sigh . . .

Fulvian said:
Your profile has been cleared (I saw no artist/album/track charts), but Taste-o-meter is still detecting our compatibility.

I made my recent listening history invisible to everyone but me. It's actually still not cleared. Plus, all the artists listed as common to you and I are actually my husband's tastes. :) Thanks for the info, though.