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This is the #2 feature I most want in every music streaming app (The feature I most want is an interface for tweaking the rec algo to my liking - at minimum, f
by wly_cdgr 5y ago
This is the #2 feature I most want in every music streaming app
(The feature I most want is an interface for tweaking the rec algo to my liking - at minimum, for being able to crank up its adventurousness. Rec algos are depressingly conservative as a rule, I guess because most customers are the kind of people who eat at McDonald's when they travel abroad, stay at package resorts, and complain movies have gone to shit because they can't find anything they like on Netflix or Hulu)
- kortex 5y ago> at minimum, for being able to crank up its adventurousness. Absolutely. At times, it makes me wanna blast it with cosmic rays, induce a burst of mutations, mix things up. Just give me a knob. Sometimes I want to stick on one specific sound. Other times I need to explore.
- sasha_at_piki 5y agoI'm the creator of Piki, the Cornell Tech app mentioned in the article. The recommendations are more "risky" than your typical streaming app recommendations. https://piki.page.link/Rng5 https://piki.page.link/Rng5