How bad is your Spotify?

Post by WA » Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 6:30 PM UTC

gimboland wrote: post #319

frakt0x90 wrote: post #181

I see a lot of comments about how bad spotify recommendations are. I have had great experience but I follow a methodology to keep the recommendations curated. I'll also note that I listen to a wide variety of music ranging from EDM to metal to high enery jpop to classical. What I have found is: - Adding things to playlists makes a big difference. If you really love a song, hit it with a heart, if you want to hear mor…

I agree that some curation effort makes a huge difference. I have a "Queue" playlist into which I copy my "Discover Weekly" every now and then; then I listen to that Queue playlist, which lets me delete the tracks I don't want, and keep the ones I do (you can't modify your Discover Weekly). Then, every time I refresh the Queue playlist from Discover Weekly, I first move the current Queue contents into a YYYY-MM playl…

Post by madeofpalk » Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 6:30 PM UTC

tetha wrote: post #207

etherio wrote: post #7

This is hilarious... > You are 26% basic. You're trying to be cool with Kapitan Korsakov, but your favorites are the same as everybody else's.. > Your spotify was please-read-my-manuscript-walmart-hawaiian-shirt-sitting-alone-in-the-cafeteria bad. Ouch. Really interesting project by all means. I hope they release the source - I'm curious about how it was built. Edit: This same link was posted 11 hours ago https://new…

Curious, I learned something. > You're stuck in the early 2010s. For you, music's been all downhill since Orden Ogan made The Things We Believe In. Now I wonder if this is because my account is old, or if I really listen to that much old stuff, or if my favorite bands just don't release that much. Weird. But I'm entirely fine with the other assments: > Your spotify was renaissance-faire -too-much-power metal bad. > T…

Post by mancerayder » Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 6:31 PM UTC

mancerayder wrote: post #322

It's a shame because "Discover Weekly" is a complete flop for me. It's beyond strange what it's sending me. I tried hitting the "-" / don't like button several weeks on almost everything... but eventually I gave up. I'm not sure how customized it is to me, honestly. Your Daily Mix # - that works better but it's mostly repetitive stuff I already have in my Library. They need toggles of some sort, or some dial of some…

Post by mitchdoogle » Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 6:35 PM UTC

fao_ wrote: post #285

kingosticks wrote: post #184

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If I remember correctly, they blocked API access for one user because that user was violating the API usage terms, namely exporting Spotify's content (their playlists) to competing services. I actually though that was pretty reasonable of them.

I... what? So you think Spotify was justified to stop people from... copying playlists? ?? what????

Post by saila » Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 6:39 PM UTC

vlunkr wrote: post #308

frakt0x90 wrote: post #181

I see a lot of comments about how bad spotify recommendations are. I have had great experience but I follow a methodology to keep the recommendations curated. I'll also note that I listen to a wide variety of music ranging from EDM to metal to high enery jpop to classical. What I have found is: - Adding things to playlists makes a big difference. If you really love a song, hit it with a heart, if you want to hear mor…

Here's my 2 cents: don't rely so much on spotify for recommendations. It's first and foremost a streaming service, any recommendation features are secondary. My strategy is to use a variety of recommendation systems. I've found things through spotify, pandora, gnoosic, reviews, forums, even wikipedia pages. Hunting for music is really fun! Music tastes are subjective, I just don't think the algorithms are ever going…