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I've had terrible luck the past couple years with Spotify's Discover Weekly. Last time I remember it being good was Fall 2016. Now my "Discover" Weekly playlist

by uoaei 7y ago

I've had terrible luck the past couple years with Spotify's Discover Weekly. Last time I remember it being good was Fall 2016. Now my "Discover" Weekly playlist has me "discovering" the same exact songs over and over. I've been pigeonholed way beyond what I thought possible. Do other users really engage with the same 10 songs over and over and over that this is the default behavior of their recommendation engine? I get "Discover" tracks which are from the same album I have downloaded to my phone!

volkk 7y ago
i have a separate problem. i got a puppy and there was a time where i had to just put in headphones while i was crate training him, and listen to rain sounds to fall asleep, instead of his cries. months later, all i get on my discover feed are a bunch of mellow rain/sleepy songs. I dont actually listen to that crap, i just want it periodically for certain things. there needs to be a way to tag songs as "DO NOT CONSIDER" for the discover feature
- squeaky-clean 7y ago
  Similar situation here, I use spotify for music during D&D games (you can find some amazing playlists on reddit / dnd forums), but now 20% of what's in my mixes is generic fantasy and halloween background ambiance.
sdan 7y ago
Yeah I'm getting this problem as well. I need a better diverse and robust recommendation system from Spotify (at this point I'm addicted, I listen maybe 5 hours on average) and a lot of times I get the same n number of songs again and again. 99% of the weeks Discover Weekly has come out, they have 1 or 2 real nice songs but the rest are the same "garbage" I've been listening to for a while. Anyways, I agree, Discover Weekly needs a revamp.
rozularen 7y ago
Spotify's Discover Weekly has improved a lot since I started following different Artists. At the begginning it was more like what you just said everytime the same music over and over until I started following new Artists. The same thing applies for New Releases.
- uoaei 7y ago
  Good call. I agree with you and I don't feel that requiring that level of user engagement should be necessary to grant them a decent experience.

by uoaei 7y ago

volkk 7y ago

i have a separate problem. i got a puppy and there was a time where i had to just put in headphones while i was crate training him, and listen to rain sounds to fall asleep, instead of his cries. months later, all i get on my discover feed are a bunch of mellow rain/sleepy songs. I dont actually listen to that crap, i just want it periodically for certain things. there needs to be a way to tag songs as "DO NOT CONSIDER" for the discover feature

squeaky-clean 7y ago
Similar situation here, I use spotify for music during D&D games (you can find some amazing playlists on reddit / dnd forums), but now 20% of what's in my mixes is generic fantasy and halloween background ambiance.

sdan 7y ago

Yeah I'm getting this problem as well. I need a better diverse and robust recommendation system from Spotify (at this point I'm addicted, I listen maybe 5 hours on average) and a lot of times I get the same n number of songs again and again. 99% of the weeks Discover Weekly has come out, they have 1 or 2 real nice songs but the rest are the same "garbage" I've been listening to for a while. Anyways, I agree, Discover Weekly needs a revamp.

rozularen 7y ago

Spotify's Discover Weekly has improved a lot since I started following different Artists. At the begginning it was more like what you just said everytime the same music over and over until I started following new Artists. The same thing applies for New Releases.

uoaei 7y ago
Good call. I agree with you and I don't feel that requiring that level of user engagement should be necessary to grant them a decent experience.