You would think, after 20+ skips, that their algorithm would learn to not play Pepper Coyote’s Blast Radius.
Apparently not.Check out this amazing increase in user engagement!
Those algorithms have always had a thing for pushing the extreme.
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milky ways
When the algo gaslights you into your new favorite song… and it works…
It’s easier to make you like something than to find something you will actually like.
Its the reverse of the Youtube algo, which if I just let it run always takes me back to RTJ or the Foo Fighters.
X is like: You listened to Gypsy Jazz a few times on your way to work? Guess you are a jazz man now. Here’s some deep cuts from the 1920s!
Oh you’ve been listening to jazz for the last half hour and then switched to your liked songs on shuffle? I’ll play jazz because I know you’re in the mood for jazz.
No! I switched playlists because I’m sick of jazz.
On the other hand Tidal will force feed you your favorite songs over and over instead of suggesting something similar but slightly less popular.
