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The other thing is, true randomness doesn't seem random to humans. Which is why spotify and others had to modify shuffle. So true random might not be appropri
by Khaine 6y ago
The other thing is, true randomness doesn't seem random to humans. Which is why spotify and others had to modify shuffle. So true random might not be appropriate for the use case.
What is appropriate to use comes down to context.
- Dylan16807 6y agoYou don't modify shuffle to make it seem more random, you modify shuffle because a non-clumping algorithm is more pleasant.
- Khaine 6y agoIt's more pleasant because it is less random. I naive implementation might use true randomness which to a human doesn't appear random. https://www.businessinsider.com.au/spotify-made-shuffle-feature-less-random-to-actually-feel-random-2020-3?r=US&IR=T#:~:text=%22What%20we've%20added%20is,same%20album%20in%20a%20row.%22 https://www.businessinsider.com.au/spotify-made-shuffle-feat...
- Dylan16807 6y agoRight, I'm not disagreeing with that. But I bet that the main goal is not "Let's make this change so it sounds more random, and then people will like it because they think it's randomer." Rather, it's "Let's make this change so it sounds better, and also as a side effect people might think it's more random."