On one hand I agree, but on the other this rule interestingly isn't universal. I'm happy that Spotify caters to my taste in music, for example, rather than just

On one hand I agree, but on the other this rule interestingly isn't universal. I'm happy that Spotify caters to my taste in music, for example, rather than just surfacing "top hits", even if I can quibble that I'd like a control to let it venture a bit further afield at times. It's probably my favorite recommendation algorithm, come to think of it. Though if there was something like a Reddit of music where I could drop in on discussions around a general genre (or tag collection, to use the Pandora model?), that'd be pretty cool and would probably beat Spotify's algorithm for diversity (though yes, there are subreddits already for plenty of genres - maybe I should see how worthwhile they are).