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The seed song approach isn't very good. I think the way Spotify discovery works is looking at songs you have favorited and compares other human created playlis

The seed song approach isn't very good. I think the way Spotify discovery works is looking at songs you have favorited and compares other human created playlists from users that have your favorite songs, then taking songs from those playlists you haven't heard and putting them in a list for you. I think they also do some modeling after that, but it's secondary. This works really well since there's a human selection element they're taking advantage of and playlists tend to collect stuff that people who have the same taste will probably like. Radios based on seed songs I've found to be pretty unimpressive, similarly curated playlists that don't know about your tastes are also uninteresting. It's the combination that works. The weekly distribution is also good because you get time to explore new stuff each week (rather than just being overwhelmed) and you can further improve things by liking/disliking new stuff. Good to know the Apple UI improved though.

EricE 6y ago
The radio playlists also take into account your ratings; I've found them to be quite effective. Also looking again at my Music app there is a Favorites Mix that isn't a radio station but appears to be what you seem to be describing with Spotify Discovery. I'd be shocked if both services didn't have similar functionality at this point. EDIT: Actually there is a whole "Made for You" section apparently I never paid attention to before that is full of different automatically generated discovery type playlists. Neat! EDIT2: There are even more sections I hadn't noticed - yearly recaps, what my friends are listening too (that one is scary; I have some friends with odd tastes apparently) and more. I think I need to spend less time in youtube and dedicate a bit more back to music. Lots of good stuff I need to catch up on.
- fossuser 6y ago
  Thanks! - Maybe it's time for me to try a migration again.

EricE 6y ago

The radio playlists also take into account your ratings; I've found them to be quite effective. Also looking again at my Music app there is a Favorites Mix that isn't a radio station but appears to be what you seem to be describing with Spotify Discovery. I'd be shocked if both services didn't have similar functionality at this point. EDIT: Actually there is a whole "Made for You" section apparently I never paid attention to before that is full of different automatically generated discovery type playlists. Neat! EDIT2: There are even more sections I hadn't noticed - yearly recaps, what my friends are listening too (that one is scary; I have some friends with odd tastes apparently) and more. I think I need to spend less time in youtube and dedicate a bit more back to music. Lots of good stuff I need to catch up on.

fossuser 6y ago
Thanks! - Maybe it's time for me to try a migration again.