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Spotify had both thumbs up and thumbs down button a while ago. It even asked why do you thumb down something: Wrong Rec Do not like the artist/show less Do n

Spotify had both thumbs up and thumbs down button a while ago. It even asked why do you thumb down something: Wrong Rec Do not like the artist/show less Do not like this song Heard it too many times/pause for a bit etc... It got removed... as the whole functionality (Radio) got phased out, and the new stuff didn't incorporate it. Employees changed, and moved on to other companies, and the new that came didn't think it will improve things. etc... and the feature got forgoten. I think a lot of people in here are asking a 'reset my recommendations' feature. And that did exist as well at some point. Not sure why it got removed/it is not in production.

notyourwork 5y ago
You might be on to something with the idea that it was there it was removed. I might presume it was removed because data showed that customers don't use it. The rest of this thread seems to think otherwise. The idea of resetting recommendations is a minority feature ask from customers as well and I wish companies (including my own) handled that better. Sadly its a pretty expensive project for such a minority stake.
- sasha_at_piki 5y ago
  I'm the creator of Piki, the Cornell Tech app mentioned in the article. It's like a Tinder for Music, so the dislike is a big part of the recommendations: https://piki.page.link/Rng5 https://piki.page.link/Rng5
lethologica 5y ago
Radio functionality is still there but it’s a shell of what it used to be. I find it absolutely useless now actually because all it ever seems to do is play music I’ve already added to my library.
sasha_at_piki 5y ago
Each time the dislike button is pressed, it reminds the user that they might want to unsubscribe. So they removed it ;) I'm the creator of Piki, the Cornell Tech app mentioned in the article. Give it a try, if you want next level recommendations. We actually embrace the dislike button https://piki.page.link/Rng5 https://piki.page.link/Rng5

notyourwork 5y ago

You might be on to something with the idea that it was there it was removed. I might presume it was removed because data showed that customers don't use it. The rest of this thread seems to think otherwise. The idea of resetting recommendations is a minority feature ask from customers as well and I wish companies (including my own) handled that better. Sadly its a pretty expensive project for such a minority stake.

sasha_at_piki 5y ago
I'm the creator of Piki, the Cornell Tech app mentioned in the article. It's like a Tinder for Music, so the dislike is a big part of the recommendations: https://piki.page.link/Rng5 https://piki.page.link/Rng5

lethologica 5y ago

Radio functionality is still there but it’s a shell of what it used to be. I find it absolutely useless now actually because all it ever seems to do is play music I’ve already added to my library.

sasha_at_piki 5y ago

Each time the dislike button is pressed, it reminds the user that they might want to unsubscribe. So they removed it ;) I'm the creator of Piki, the Cornell Tech app mentioned in the article. Give it a try, if you want next level recommendations. We actually embrace the dislike button https://piki.page.link/Rng5 https://piki.page.link/Rng5