Re:Spotify Form F-1
by cirgue on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @07:02PM
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I think part of the online music discovery problem is that there is zero social context for it. Using Spotify to discover new music is, at least for me, the media equivalent of eating in a restaurant alone. Sure it's doable, and it's even preferable sometimes, but you're still missing one of the core elements of the experience.
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What's the normal social context for discovering music? I ask this as someone who has done 99%+ of my music discovery in the last 5 years privately.
The same as the social context for books, film, or any other kind of media: you talk about and experience it with your friends.
Oh, I get it now. I had a kid, and don't really talk to friends anymore.
Re:Spotify Form F-1
by AlphaWeaver on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @11:18PM
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I think that that's a nice idea, but in reality, my experience is that even people who like similar interests can vary _wildly_ in music choice... I think that social discovery of music just leads to less crystallization of tastes and more people liking a "mainstream" song instead of music choices that actually interest them...
Re:Spotify Form F-1
by gehwartzen on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @10:20PM
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That's why I prefer 8tracks for music discovery. User generated play lists still give me a much better results than algorithms. I don't always want something that matches what I already like but instead new stuff that compliments it.