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I dig it though. I like telling Spotify what songs I like In fact my grocery app (BigBasket) suggests things based on when I bought them and how soon they run

by firasd 5y ago

I dig it though. I like telling Spotify what songs I like In fact my grocery app (BigBasket) suggests things based on when I bought them and how soon they run out.. I like that too And the proof of the pudding is in the results... I think machine learning on Youtube must have added at least $100B to its value

HWR_14 5y ago
You're talking about using ML to recommend similar products/shows to what you want. Finding new content. The article is about customizing the UI to make it easier to find what you want. "I like mysteries next to action" or whatever on Netflix. Reordering buttons. They are very different things.
floodle 5y ago
> machine learning on Youtube must have added at least $100B to its value I would argue that the share price really doesn't capture everything we value in society. Case in point: oil companies are destroying the planet yet have excellent share prices. And then there are stock market bubbles. Who knows if a price rise is stable or about to pop?
HunchedOver 5y ago
Spotify's insistence that it display Podcasts on the Home Screen is very frustrating, these are shows (often political) I've no intention of ever listening to or wanting to know even exist & there's no means of hiding them or telling Spotify I'm not interested. A quick online search shows many others equally frustrated by this "feature". I wouldn't mind so much if the product was free, but I'm paying and don't appreciate having extreme political content thrust toward me each time I open the App.
- firasd 5y ago
  That's kind of the opposite of personalization right? It's the 'cold start' where they've put the popular podcasts in your face. But I get the general point you're making that they put every feature on the home screen as a feed rather than you having to explicitly go to a podcasts section. I suppose feed UIs like that should have a 'less like this' feature where it generally learns you're not into podcasts
- shmde 5y ago
  > Spotify's insistence that it display Podcasts on the Home Screen is very frustrating. 100%. In the top 7 Rows, the 1st,3rd, 5th rows are Spotify displaying me podcasts about things I don't care about. I use Spotify to just listen to music but its frustrating to see top rows just filled with podcasts. I thought of giving a random podcast a chance, big mistake. Now it just displays me shows related to it and I cannot even turn it off in settings. I don't understand this aggressive push by spotify on promoting Podcasts.

by firasd 5y ago

HWR_14 5y ago

You're talking about using ML to recommend similar products/shows to what you want. Finding new content. The article is about customizing the UI to make it easier to find what you want. "I like mysteries next to action" or whatever on Netflix. Reordering buttons. They are very different things.

floodle 5y ago

> machine learning on Youtube must have added at least $100B to its value I would argue that the share price really doesn't capture everything we value in society. Case in point: oil companies are destroying the planet yet have excellent share prices. And then there are stock market bubbles. Who knows if a price rise is stable or about to pop?

HunchedOver 5y ago

Spotify's insistence that it display Podcasts on the Home Screen is very frustrating, these are shows (often political) I've no intention of ever listening to or wanting to know even exist & there's no means of hiding them or telling Spotify I'm not interested. A quick online search shows many others equally frustrated by this "feature". I wouldn't mind so much if the product was free, but I'm paying and don't appreciate having extreme political content thrust toward me each time I open the App.

firasd 5y ago
That's kind of the opposite of personalization right? It's the 'cold start' where they've put the popular podcasts in your face. But I get the general point you're making that they put every feature on the home screen as a feed rather than you having to explicitly go to a podcasts section. I suppose feed UIs like that should have a 'less like this' feature where it generally learns you're not into podcasts
shmde 5y ago
> Spotify's insistence that it display Podcasts on the Home Screen is very frustrating. 100%. In the top 7 Rows, the 1st,3rd, 5th rows are Spotify displaying me podcasts about things I don't care about. I use Spotify to just listen to music but its frustrating to see top rows just filled with podcasts. I thought of giving a random podcast a chance, big mistake. Now it just displays me shows related to it and I cannot even turn it off in settings. I don't understand this aggressive push by spotify on promoting Podcasts.