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Just face it, the algorithm has you pegged.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c7bISLhVl8
Collaborative filtering seem to be a much bigger contributor to the recommendation right now than objective factors about a song itself.
I think that some people don't like the Spotify Discover Weekly because they don't want to admit that they like crappy music. Its kind of like when you hear your voice on a recording, you're like... "do I really sound like that?" Just face it, the algorithm has you pegged.
If there is at least one song that I like in Discover Weekly, then I consider it to be a good mix. However, this happens once a month at best. After reading the article and all three methods for recommendations, I cannot understand how on Earth it comes up with its suggestions. Do I feed it bad data? Does it not take into account the relative "weight" of a particular track, i.e. my preference to listen to it multiple…
I don't know, I have friends who listen to some music I like, but lots of music I don't. If it's trying to recommend by that, it's going to miss a lot. And even within my own listening, there's plenty of bands where I like one song, but hate the rest of the album. There's bands where I'm massive fans of certain albums, but only like one song on others. Music's a weird one. And taste changes. Last night I was listenin…
In case you didn't know, Spotify categorizes music into genres behind the scenes. You can use this site to find out what genres your favorite artists are categorized as: http://everynoise.com/engenremap.html You can use this information to then check out Spotify's auto-generated playlists for each genre. They have at least three types for each one: "The Sound of ", containing definitive representation of the genre, "…
I gave this trick a try, but only "The Sound of ..." playlists appear in my searches.
I think that some people don't like the Spotify Discover Weekly because they don't want to admit that they like crappy music. Its kind of like when you hear your voice on a recording, you're like... "do I really sound like that?" Just face it, the algorithm has you pegged.
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There's a way to consume Discover Weekly as a station instead of a playlist. ;)
How exactly? — Ah, figured it out: - Go to the DW playlist - Click the "..." options button - Then to "Go to Playlist Radio" - "Follow" the DW playlist radio - You can now up/downvote songs
1. Yes, they claim to offer that for paid subscribers. As a former paid subscriber I can conclude only that they either lack a QA department or I ended up in the A/B bucket from hell.
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Would you please stop reminding me how much better Rdio was :(
Nobody understands when I complain about losing Rdio (which is often), it was sooooo much better and nobody knew/cared.
On the other it led me to double down on my purchased offline music collection, which I already maintained long before rdio.
I find the premise fascinating because of how bad the Discover Weekly recommendations were when I was looking for a replacement for Rdio. Rdio did a great job of suggesting new music but with Spotify I found myself constantly skipping tracks – combined with not having a way to play album tracks in order[1] I found no justification for using, much less paying for the service. 1. Yes, they claim to offer that for paid…