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I never honestly noticed the difference here, but now you point it out... it looks like they're pushing advertising no matter what kind of user you are. What m
by ljm 8y ago
I never honestly noticed the difference here, but now you point it out... it looks like they're pushing advertising no matter what kind of user you are.
What made me notice that is how subtle the payola is. I follow my best friend's Discover Weekly playlist too because we share similar tastes, and every now and then I would spot that we get the exact same songs (typically some new release but not always from a big band), at the exact same position in each of our playlists.
I still enjoy Spotify greatly, but it's a shame that they're trading serendipity for marketing. The Release Radar thing is practically useless.
- johncalvinyoung 8y agoMy interpretation of a similar scenario (my girlfriend and I both followed & listened to each other's Discover Weekly) was that Spotify noticed that traffic and started assuming our tastes were converging (they were).