TIL Spotify’s shuffle feature isn’t truly random but weighted shuffled 😞

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Steve Jobs explained it in 2005: https://youtu.be/4--IoHXmj2U?t=709

(Spotify started using a similar feature some years ago, too)

They still have the best “for you” playlist I’ve experienced though.

i think this is due to people complaining that “true random” wasn’t sufficient 🥲

I've always sensed this without any proof. It drives me nuts.

1. Listener is Tim
2. Listener is Power Listener
3. Listener is Democrat
4. Listener is Republican

What about the algo for starting a radio from a song? That’s always the most accurate discovery playlist for me

Nothing occurs at random, but everything for a reason and by necessity

can‘t you make it real random by disabling automix or did they changed that?