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I was hoping it was a questionnaire about how bad Spotify recommendations are. I have no idea why Spotify feels the need to clutter my recommendations with radi

by dx87 6y ago

I was hoping it was a questionnaire about how bad Spotify recommendations are. I have no idea why Spotify feels the need to clutter my recommendations with radio stations like "Rap Caviar" and "Music for when you know you're the bad bitch", meanwhile it doesn't show me new releases for music I actually listen to because of all the irrelevant suggestions taking up space. I ended up creating a new account because apparently listening to a couple of podcast episodes means you want half your page filled with recommendations for shows on the same topic.

sk5t 6y ago
Spotify really wants people to listen to podcasts... it's oh so much easier to wedge some advertising into podcasts.
- BostonEnginerd 6y ago
  I’m really bummed at the amount of effort which is going into building walled gardens for podcasts. Yet another amazing thing on the open web which is dying. I keep hoping that someone will crack the micropayment idea and kill advertising on the web.
  - smichel17 6y ago
    > I keep hoping that someone will crack the micropayment idea and kill advertising on the web. Trying! https://wiki.snowdrift.coop https://wiki.snowdrift.coop Ok -- technically not micropayments and technically killing advertising is not a goal. But many of us are personally against advertising, and a viable alternative for funding free/libre/open works would certainly put a dent in advertising coffers.
- thr0w__4w4y 6y ago
  You're right, but I'm grateful anyway. I used to listen to Joe Rogan's podcast sometimes (on Overcast, which is awesome)... since he moved to the vastly inferior Spotify platform, I don't listen to him at all. The platform is pure shit for podcasts, so I've cut Rogan out of my life, and saved many hours per week in the process. Not that his $100M is going to notice my absence!
martin_a 6y ago
Besides that, Spotify is now getting flooded with all those coaching podcasts. How to flirt better. How to earn more money. How to be more lucky. In the beginning there were lots of sex podcasts, seemed like everybody who had sex at least twice got its own podcast on Spotify, but now it's all filled with the generic stuff I already hate in the other places.
- tclancy 6y ago
  Every generation thinks they invented sex podcasts.
akyang 6y ago
Release Radar is usually pretty good at recommending new releases, at least for me.
- gxqoz 6y ago
  Yeah I can't think of anything I've missed by following Release Radar each Friday. It would be nice if it was clearer on Release Radar whether the new release was a single or an album. You can infer this from the single having a separate title than the listed album, but sometimes it's the title track.
parliament32 6y ago
It's not just you, I've literally never listened to a podcast on Spotify but they're front and center on the Home page for me too. I wish there was a way to turn them off, I'm just not interested in podcasts.
mackrevinack 6y ago
a big part of my motivation for going back to a local music library soon are those annoying ads at the top of the screen when you first open the app. its even more annoying that I am paying them for premium and there is still not option to disable them. is pretty much the same reason I moved to linux because microsoft kept trying to push crap apps like candy crush on me even though I bought the "pro" licence. #everythingIsTerrible

by dx87 6y ago

sk5t 6y ago

Spotify really wants people to listen to podcasts... it's oh so much easier to wedge some advertising into podcasts.

BostonEnginerd 6y ago
I’m really bummed at the amount of effort which is going into building walled gardens for podcasts. Yet another amazing thing on the open web which is dying. I keep hoping that someone will crack the micropayment idea and kill advertising on the web.
- smichel17 6y ago
  > I keep hoping that someone will crack the micropayment idea and kill advertising on the web. Trying! https://wiki.snowdrift.coop https://wiki.snowdrift.coop Ok -- technically not micropayments and technically killing advertising is not a goal. But many of us are personally against advertising, and a viable alternative for funding free/libre/open works would certainly put a dent in advertising coffers.
thr0w__4w4y 6y ago
You're right, but I'm grateful anyway. I used to listen to Joe Rogan's podcast sometimes (on Overcast, which is awesome)... since he moved to the vastly inferior Spotify platform, I don't listen to him at all. The platform is pure shit for podcasts, so I've cut Rogan out of my life, and saved many hours per week in the process. Not that his $100M is going to notice my absence!

martin_a 6y ago

Besides that, Spotify is now getting flooded with all those coaching podcasts. How to flirt better. How to earn more money. How to be more lucky. In the beginning there were lots of sex podcasts, seemed like everybody who had sex at least twice got its own podcast on Spotify, but now it's all filled with the generic stuff I already hate in the other places.

tclancy 6y ago
Every generation thinks they invented sex podcasts.

akyang 6y ago

Release Radar is usually pretty good at recommending new releases, at least for me.

gxqoz 6y ago
Yeah I can't think of anything I've missed by following Release Radar each Friday. It would be nice if it was clearer on Release Radar whether the new release was a single or an album. You can infer this from the single having a separate title than the listed album, but sometimes it's the title track.

parliament32 6y ago

It's not just you, I've literally never listened to a podcast on Spotify but they're front and center on the Home page for me too. I wish there was a way to turn them off, I'm just not interested in podcasts.

mackrevinack 6y ago

a big part of my motivation for going back to a local music library soon are those annoying ads at the top of the screen when you first open the app. its even more annoying that I am paying them for premium and there is still not option to disable them. is pretty much the same reason I moved to linux because microsoft kept trying to push crap apps like candy crush on me even though I bought the "pro" licence. #everythingIsTerrible