Re:Spotify Form F-1
by dx034 on Thursday March 01, 2018 @02:13AM
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Same for me. My Discover weekly started including Dutch rap music (I don't speak Dutch nor did I ever listen to that genre) and the percentage has been increasing ever since. It's now at 30-40% of my playlist. No idea how to get it off there again.
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What music are you generally listening to?
There may be some odd connection made internally, between fans of some specific genres and Dutch rap, and you were unlucky enough to be hit by it.
I get why Spotify doesn't want to expose the connections their algorithms make (because that's their biggest competitive advantage), but it would be nice to dig through once in a while, to see the connections they've made.
A very broad mix. I think it's reinforcement. A few songs slipped on their by some connection, which is fine. Because I listen to Discover weekly, it'll then register that I listen to songs of that genre and add more of those.
It appears to me that they include Discover weekly consumption in determining preferences. Any personalised Spotify playlist should be excluded to avoid this kind of reinforcement.
Re:Spotify Form F-1
by mancerayder on Thursday March 01, 2018 @10:09AM
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I suspect the same. If you accidentally listen to initial terrible playlist of stuff they want you to discover, the AI will register you as confirming you love that genre for the rest of your life.
Hah, imagine that, AI Cognitive Biases!