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   Martin Rundkvist (mrundkvist@archaeo.social)'s status on Friday, 29-Mar-2024 18:46:19 JST Martin Rundkvist

   Amazingly vapid argument:

   The writer criticises #Spotify, the #music streaming service, on the grounds that if you give it no information about your taste and just click on a random playlist on the opening page, you get to hear bland commercial music catering to the lowest common denominator. This is analogous to criticising 1990s record stores because you once went into one, bought a record completely at random, and didn’t like it.

   https://etidning.etc.se/p/dagens-etc/2024-03-27/a/spotify-har-blivit-musikens-lagprisapp/4987/1368011/50290995

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     Martin Rundkvist (mrundkvist@archaeo.social)'s status on Friday, 29-Mar-2024 18:46:24 JST Martin Rundkvist

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     • Richard Levitte

     @levitte In a record store, the staff was the algorithm, which checked if you were into thrash metal or reggae.

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     Richard Levitte (levitte@mastodon.nu)'s status on Friday, 29-Mar-2024 18:46:26 JST Richard Levitte

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     @mrundkvist
     There's a difference though. Even without feeding it, there is still an algorithm making choices for you. In a record store (good enough to have a bit more than just the blandly popular records), you were the algorithm.

     If you want to make a tangible parallel, a radio station running the "top of the list" hits is much closer to Spotify with an unfed algo.