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Re:Spotify patent would suggest songs based on users' emotions by ssss11 on Monday February 01, 2021 @01:24AM (#25986150)
Interesting! Like what.. a genre name?
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Re:Spotify patent would suggest songs based on users' emotions by nameequalsmain on Monday February 01, 2021 @02:31AM (#25986446)
I named a playlist "metal", it started recommending metal songs without me having added anything yet.
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Re:Spotify patent would suggest songs based on users' emotions by piva00 on Monday February 01, 2021 @03:33AM (#25986738)
That would be just one signal for the recommendation engine, given that you only named the playlist without any songs that probably weighed in quite heavily on the recommendations. Did it change after you added songs or kept suggesting metal songs?
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Re:Spotify patent would suggest songs based on users' emotions by p49k on Monday February 01, 2021 @04:51AM (#25987216)
Just tested it and yes, it keeps recommending metal even after adding a handful of obvious non-metal songs.
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