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Joe Rogan, confined to Spotify, is losing influence

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Re: Joe Rogan, confined to Spotify, is losing influence

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Post by kbenson »

topspin wrote: post #98
zepto wrote: post #3

This seemed like the obvious trap he was going to fall into. I used to listen to him when he interviewed someone I was interested in. I even installed Spotify so I can access his podcast. In practice, because I don’t use Spotify for anything else, I have simply forgotten about him.

"This seemed like the obvious trap he was going to fall into." He cashed in before his expiration date. Brilliant move.

He was given $100 million dollars up front to crash before his expiration date. Yes, that is a brilliant move.

Re: Joe Rogan, confined to Spotify, is losing influence

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Post by sakopov »

xutopia wrote: post #48

To be fair... his move to Spotify coincided with him spewing more and more anti-vax and anti-mask drivel that I don't have any interest in listening to.

Yeah, to be fair, that never happened. What did happen is him saying that if you're older you should stay home and if you're younger you should be alright with masks, which at the time was the same message that you'd hear in the media.

Re: Joe Rogan, confined to Spotify, is losing influence

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Post by complianceowl »

xutopia wrote: post #48

To be fair... his move to Spotify coincided with him spewing more and more anti-vax and anti-mask drivel that I don't have any interest in listening to.

All of us are right and wrong to varying degrees. I don't think Joe Rogan cares much for people that stop listening because he doesn't reinforce their politics. He never has.

He's also spoken about the whole point of him having FU money is that he is able to say whatever he wants and not care about the blowback.

I'm not anti-vax, but ultimately, my body, my choice. People who are risk averse are free to self-quarantine for any duration they please. Us, the unvaccinated, are happy to live freely and face any associated risks - just like people who decide to ride motorcycles, play combat sports, or eat homegrown food.

Re: Joe Rogan, confined to Spotify, is losing influence

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Post by bostonsre »

duxup wrote: post #62
ceejayoz wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Spotify didn't bring over the old episodes with people like Alex Jones, Gavin McInnes, and Milo Yiannopoulos. > “There were a few episodes they didn’t want on their platform,” Rogan said, per DMN. “And I was like, ‘OK, I don’t care.'” https://www.thewrap.com/spotify-deletes-joe-rogan-podcast-ep...

Kinda curious, do fans .. .care about that? I guess some do but I don't think I ever listen to past podcasts that I've already listened to...

All of the old ones are on youtube anyways, so I would guess not. e.g. an alex jones one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdVso9FSkmE

Re: Joe Rogan, confined to Spotify, is losing influence

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Post by [deleted] »

indy wrote: post #81
bb123 wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What does memoryholing mean?

Some episodes are no longer available, as if Spotify wants everyone to forget that they even exist. Episodes featuring Milo Yiannopoulos, Alex Jones etc. In other words, guests that offend the progressive attitudes of Silicon Valley

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Re: Joe Rogan, confined to Spotify, is losing influence

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Post by yokoprime »

Graffur wrote: post #105
xutopia wrote: post #48

To be fair... his move to Spotify coincided with him spewing more and more anti-vax and anti-mask drivel that I don't have any interest in listening to.

I listen to him on Spotify and this is just incorrect. The use of the word 'spew' indicates you might have an agenda.

I agree, it's more of a constant undercurrent

Re: Joe Rogan, confined to Spotify, is losing influence

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Post by orange_puff »

Maybe all good things simply need to come to an end. I feel like he basically has boomer politics now and the same predictable opinion over and over can get old. My brother said something that I think is true; Joe seems like the kind of guy who believes whatever the last person he spoke to said, so after moving to Austin he's become more conservative.

Re: Joe Rogan, confined to Spotify, is losing influence

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Post by S_A_P »

xutopia wrote: post #48

To be fair... his move to Spotify coincided with him spewing more and more anti-vax and anti-mask drivel that I don't have any interest in listening to.

He’s always been up and down that road. I don’t agree with Joe on a lot of things but I don’t know that is his goal. If there is one thing that I think Joe does reasonably well- its to have you consider your stance and reasons for feeling that way. I think it’s healthy to reflect on why you take stances on things like politics, culture and religion. Joe admits that he is “a cage fighting commentator” and while I think he self labels that way to sometimes get away with fringe viewpoints I do think he genuinely is looking for the best ideas. He’s definitely not infallible and he gets on my nerves to the point I stop listening for periods of time I do think that on balance his hearts in the right place and he is much less apt to blindly follow political doctrine a’la Fox News or CNBC.

Re: Joe Rogan, confined to Spotify, is losing influence

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Post by jazzyjackson »

neartheplain wrote: post #97
jazzyjackson wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They’ve made it simple to skip ads because each ad pops up as a track that you can scrobble to the end of. I assume they’re satisfied with this because my dragging my finger across the name of the advertiser is probably a better signal of impression than hoping I was actually present during the ad roll. But Apple podcasts “skip 15sec” is still easier, I can do it without looking while driving.

>each ad pops up as a track that you can scrobble to the end of The first time this happened to me (while loading up a Joe Rogan podcast), I legitimately thought Spotify was glitching out. There's no visual indication in the app that it's a temporary ad, or of how many ads you have to listen to before the episode starts. I made it to the beginning of the third ad track before giving up.

I did experience an infinite ad loop once and force closed the app and opened it again. Spotify is buggy AF.
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