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Goodbye, Slopify

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Re: Goodbye, Slopify

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Post by doright »

ramblin_prose wrote: post #138
doright wrote: post #101

You could use the Spotify API to autogenerate your own playlists and upload them to your library, bypassing Spotify's own recommendations. There are a couple of services out there that connect to Spotify this way. Usually I start with such a playlist then branch out into the album containing a song if I like what I hear. I also have a personal list of hundreds of albums I want to hear. If I don't feel like anything i…

This sounds interesting, would you please consider elaborating so I could give it a go?

If you pay for RateYourMusic premium then you can use a service they offer called Sonemic. It gives you customized recommendations based on the ratings in your RYM account. You connect your Spotify account to link their track/album data to your Spotify library and then it gives you several playlists of hundreds of songs. Afterwards you can deauthorize the connection and keep your playlists. Only downside is you have to spend a bit of time adding all your ratings but you get both "recommends" and "out of comfort zone” lists.

I've found some excellent picks I wouldn't have heard of otherwise from this service. Plus RYM alone is good for manually browsing user-generated lists. Also their genre categorisation is community-driven and by far the most detailed I've come across. Unfortunately their API is not open yet but they're making headway into officially releasing it this year. Hopefully by then I'll be able to auto-add all my curated to-listen albums.

Re: Goodbye, Slopify

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Post by albertsondev »

scojjac wrote: post #211
albertsondev wrote: post #200

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Personally I've had loads of issues with YouTube music, largely in that it regularly makes a point of inserting various popular songs into playlists and radios of otherwise very niche genres (which they have nothing to do with) I strongly prefer to listen to. The more niche the genre, the higher the percentage of what follows is typically in line with it... for a while. Sooner or later everything gets infested with t…

What was your experience with Tidal? I felt like it was better at recommending new albums and artists I want familiar with and there was much less of a focus on playlists.

I haven't used Tidal yet, myself. I've got a mind to, though, especially as it seems much friendlier to artists than most--I'd even consider publishing my own music there, whereas other streaming services (with maybe the sole exception of YouTube music for sheer discoverability) are hard "no"s that I personally explicitly refuse to touch.

Re: Goodbye, Slopify

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Post by robertlagrant »

lern_too_spel wrote: post #279
robertlagrant wrote: post #278

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It's not many out of 100 million. 4% would not be many out of the total. That's why I said: I thought you meant "a significant fraction of", not "at least a tiny fraction of". You meant "at least a tiny fraction of". That's all. When you say "many", we should read "at least a tiny fraction of". > You're living in a bubble. This is a bit of a strange comment.

> This is a bit of a strange comment. You refuse to believe that millions of people hate podcasts, to the point that you apparently need a survey with millions of people saying that as evidence. You live in a bubble of people who haven't told you they hate morning DJs and podcasts. If I instead told you that millions of people detest vlogs, would you also require hard evidence?

> You refuse to believe that millions of people hate podcasts

If you read what I wrote, you'll see I never said that. I don't know why you think it's worth replying to something other than what I wrote.

Re: Goodbye, Slopify

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Post by pjs_ »

anderber wrote: post #63
pjs_ wrote: post #46

Recommend getting an MP3 player. Just feels good man. 500GB of music, no ads, no network, no subscription, no distractions.

No discovery of new music?

Best way to discover new music is friends, family, gigs, events, parties, social gatherings...

Re: Goodbye, Slopify

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Post by muppetman »

stevenwliao wrote: post #240
lern_too_spel wrote: post #100

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It's at odds with millions of people but also in agreement with millions of others. I also don't listen to podcasts for the same reason. Spotify shouldn't push something that so many people detest without letting them opt out.

Unless I'm missing something, the opt-out is one click away. I don't understand the problem. Screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/2tLoFkQ

If I have to opt-out everytime I open the app, that's not really an opt-out, that's a temporary fix at best.

Re: Goodbye, Slopify

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Post by lern_too_spel »

robertlagrant wrote: post #283
lern_too_spel wrote: post #279

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> This is a bit of a strange comment. You refuse to believe that millions of people hate podcasts, to the point that you apparently need a survey with millions of people saying that as evidence. You live in a bubble of people who haven't told you they hate morning DJs and podcasts. If I instead told you that millions of people detest vlogs, would you also require hard evidence?

> You refuse to believe that millions of people hate podcasts If you read what I wrote, you'll see I never said that. I don't know why you think it's worth replying to something other than what I wrote.

"I don't think there's evidence for this," in response to my statement that millions of people hate podcasts. You might forgive most readers for understanding that to mean that you don't think millions of people hate podcasts.

I responded to something you wrote. Maybe I didn't respond to what you meant to write, but the solution to that is for you to write what you meant.

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