On: An odd discovery on Spotify

[nkozyra]

> Spotify's recommendation system is much better than youtube's (at least for me). I frequently "joke" that it is one of the few applications of ML that actively make my life as a consumer better.

I hear this all the time but Spotify just plays stuff I've listened to. It's not a discovery service for me, it just plays the hits.

I'm wondering if that's just what it is and everyone likes it because it's playing stuff they already like for twelve tracks and then one new song.

[type0 → nkozyra]

> It's not a discovery service for me

Last.fm used to be good discovery service until it went downhill years ago, there should be services willing to take that niche