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0 pointsgedrap10y ago0 comments

I found them to be pretty bad. Let's say I listen to genre X exclusively for two weeks, and then for genres Y and Z during week 3. The genres are completely different (lets say X - rap, Y - kpop, Z - just pop music). On week 4, I'd expect to be recommended a mix of X, Y and Z, seems reasonable. However, it's only X because I listened to it a lot a while ago.

So it's pretty good if you are listening to the same music genre, however, it sucks if you like to change the music based on your mood, etc. I also noticed that it doesn't detect the language the music is in so I often get songs with lyrics in languages that I have no clue about.

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phantarch10y ago· 1 in thread

When was the last time you used it? I've noticed that the discover weekly playlist has consistently featured four or five majorly different genres, all drawn from the music I've tended to listen to lately. It's been good about doing this since I first subscribed back in May.

Some of the songs have absolutely missed the mark, but there have been others I've found that make me go back and listen to the entire album they're from. Definitely have encountered different languages as well.

gedrapOP10y ago

A week or two ago :) it was pretty in summer/earlier autumn when I was listening to one genre almost exclusively but I've been mixing up lately and my recent preferences got totally ignored.

ohitsdom10y ago

I listen to multiple, vastly different genres. I find Spotify's Discover playlist may favor one particular genre one week, but it's usually pretty good.

And the behavior you described doesn't sound "pretty bad". If you haven't listened to a particular genre in a few weeks, I think it's reasonable you don't get suggestions for it for the upcoming week of listening. But if you do start listening to that genre again, your next playlist will have it.

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