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Jamie Parmenter🎩
@jamiep.eth
What song lives rent-free in your head... and is it because Spotify is 'gaming' the algorithm to make it so? 😲 Comedian and podcaster Steven Phillips-Horst recently came across something while using the platform... he couldn't get away from Sabrina Carpenter's 'Espresso'. No matter what song he played, the platform would immediately queue up the track next. Steven put his conspiracy theory hat on and posted the theory that the platform has arrangements with record labels to boost streams for particular songs. It went viral with people jumping in and saying it had been happening to them. Now just to be clear, there's no evidence this is happening and I'm not saying it is (I don't want any lawsuits 😆). BUT...it would be very hard to prove that it's happening as deals between streaming platforms and labels are confidential. Do we need more clarity and openness in music streaming? What are your thoughts? Is there a song that keeps cropping up for you on Spotify and you don't know why?
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accountless
@accountless.eth
i don’t use spotify but find similar examples last. if it i was watching amazon prime movie from a saved playlist. when it ended a new one started. it was a random movie called Koyaanisqatsi a weird documentary why? well the soundtrack is by an artist i love and have dozens of songs of. weird.
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Gabriela Helfet
@helfetica
More surprised that people didn’t know DSP song placement is a real, sometimes very annoying, thing? 🧐
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julez_jd
@julez
This happens to me. With other songs too
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