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There's definitely some algorithmic shenanigans going on with Spotify on any of their auto playlists. Whatever algorithm they have decides that I absolutely lov

There's definitely some algorithmic shenanigans going on with Spotify on any of their auto playlists. Whatever algorithm they have decides that I absolutely love one specific artist and shoves them down my throat for months. For a solid year, any time I played a Daily Mix or let one of my personal playlists runout and it reverted to "recommended music", Neko Case was always in the first top 3 songs. Before that it was Iron and Wine. I don't mind either artist, but I have never chosen to play either one myself. I do like Spotify's curated playlists though. They are always a better source of new music than the automatic playlists.

mr_tristan 8y ago
Right, I'm not saying Spotify isn't trying out algorithms at all, but their algorithmic stuff doesn't seem much different from Apple Music, Google Play, etc. A lot of the "algorithmic" stuff enters into "lame" territory fast, where you see the issues like artist fixation, or "variations on a theme" where you get like 5 remixes or live cuts of the same song. The main benefit of Spotify is that I can just bypass the algorithms, and go straight to people. And that's really where the "long tail" effect seems to thrive.