Re:Taste is increasingly dictated by algorithms
by kristianc on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @03:11PM
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> Pandora and Spotify still can't build or execute a playlist like a good DJ can.
Spotify's playlists are at least in part human curated, so not sure how you got to that conclusion.
Re:Taste is increasingly dictated by algorithms
by melq on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @03:29PM
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He's obviously talking about the ones that aren't, such as the 'Discover Weekly' and the way it will guess at what to play next after an album finishes.
I believe his point is that the algorithms don't generate playlists or dj mixes with the same polish as a professional human and I'm inclined to agree. That said, I do think their recommendation engine produces decent results, but I don't think the composition of the list is something it focuses on. Rather its just a list of unrelated tracks it thinks you'd be inclined to enjoy on their own.
Re:Taste is increasingly dictated by algorithms
by tomc1985 on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @03:42PM
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Exactly. A playlist full of tracks chosen at seeming random lacks the inter-track context that a DJ can add through his choice in selections. Auto-generated playlists have no sense of flow and transition.
You can similarly ruin a good, curated playlist by hitting shuffle.
You write as if the filters you lament are bad. I think, given the overabundance of mischaracterized crap that seems to clutter up 'algorithmically' filtered exchanges (YouTube, Netflix, etc) I will take human curation and filtration any day of the week, biases and all.
Pandora and Spotify still can't build or execute a playlist like a good DJ can. Netflix's recommendations still miss the mark way more than talking about movies/shows with friends.