8tracks: The “Legal Muxtape” That Continues To Thrive

8tracks , the "legal Muxtape " that allows users to build playlists consisting of eight tracks and share them with friends, has launched a number of new improvements designed to flesh out the site beyond basic music playback. Users will now be able to use a Twitter-like "Follow" system to receive alerts when their favorite DJs post a new mix, and will also be able to see all comments across all of their playlists aggregated to a single page. 8tracks is very similar to Muxtape, a popular site with a very basic interface that let users swap playlists with each other. After skyrocketing to popularity earlier this year, Muxtape was shut down in August because of legal issues with the RIAA (in September it announced its return , but much of the site's functionality has been altered).