[taurath]

YouTube makes recommendations around engagement metrics only (1 political video gets you Fox News recommendations for years), spotify still gives me plenty of small bands - I think if you’re listening to very popular music you’re screwed either ways

[geoduck14]

I was at a conference the other week and Spotify had a Keynote. They talked about the tradeoff between playing "diverse songs" and "consistent songs". It is a hard problem to solve.

When you start your listening session they try and predict how long you are going going listen (based on your past history and time of day). If you are probably going to listen for a while, they are more risky and might play something "different". Playing different stuff is risky (short term) because you MIGHT not like it. Playing the same stuff is safe (short term) because they know you will like it - BUT people will eventually go searching for something new, so they have to risk diversity eventually.

[addandsubtract]

They could just ask. I promise my answers will be more accurate than any AI guessing for me.

[chiefalchemist]

Exactly. There's no reason the "personlized" Daily Mixes can't be built/labeled to indicate "acaccuracy" rate. It annoys me when I'm in the mood for new or different - which is 60% of the time - and all the new Daily Mixes feel like the day / week before.

I'd love a personalized playlist titled "Curveballs" that contined things different and/or challenging.

[geoduck14]

Funny you say that, because Pandora has that option

[charcircuit]

People rarely know what they actually want

[ratww]

Bullshit. What people rarely know is what some rich tech company actually want them to want.

[lamontcg]

Let me fuck my own shit up please

[tehjoker]

Sometimes yes, but a lot of times they actually do know what they want if you ask them the right way.

[harles]

I get mostly small bands in Spotify and I worry that Spotify is actually bias towards them. I assume the royalties are cheaper for smaller bands and that may factor into recommendations.

[foota]

Youtube music isn't the same as youtube.