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My Spotify Most Hated Bug is that I have to be careful what I name playlists now as it’ll completely fuck over the recommend songs if you’ve named it something

• ssss11 6y ago
  Interesting! Like what.. a genre name?
  • nameequalsmain 6y ago
    I named a playlist "metal", it started recommending metal songs without me having added anything yet.
    • piva00 6y ago
      That would be just one signal for the recommendation engine, given that you only named the playlist without any songs that probably weighed in quite heavily on the recommendations. Did it change after you added songs or kept suggesting metal songs?
      • p49k 6y ago
        Just tested it and yes, it keeps recommending metal even after adding a handful of obvious non-metal songs.
• IndySun 6y ago
  This playlist name thing I've also noticed. More widely, many, if not all, of any recommendation algorithm in any field (music and beyond) are not 'intelligent' (meaning smarter than the right human) in any way whatsoever; as noted, usually some tag sorting going on - and where items have been auto-tagged vs manual makes no difference to the quality; you're still dealing with a programmed personality when auto-tagged. However, they do (appear to) 'work' (exhibit intelligence) when it's performed on a topic of which you know little; there they offer a helping hand.