🔵 How Spotify's editorial stranglehold is coming unstuck
Darren Hemmingsnetworknotes.motiveunknown.com
🔵 How Spotify's editorial stranglehold is coming unstuck
In the creator economy, the curatorial role has been replaced by algorithms, and this is a problem for several reasons. The algorithm cannot sense vibes. It doesn't understand culture. It cannot understand how a piece of creative work does or does not fit within a certain milieu. It cannot tell what is worth recommending and what is not without fir... See more
Tom Beck • Curator Economy, Not Creator Economy
Simone Stolzoff • Tweet
For independent creators, the algorithm takes the place of bosses and performance reviews; it’s a real-time authority gauging your success at adapting to its definition of compelling content, which is always shifting.
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
Recommendations kills Favorites: AI-driven recommendations transcend our historical go-to’s. Rather than compulsively saving playlists that i discover and love on Spotify, I’ve surrendered myself to the algorithms. It was really the radio feature plus the new “enhance” feature that did it. I now trust that any song I like leads to a playlist I will... See more
Scott Belsky • 10 Forecasts for the Near Future of Tech 🔮
The force of algorithmic pressure is not theoretical. It’s not a gloomy dystopian future but, rather, a pervading force that is already influencing cultural consumers and creators. On the consumer side, the bombardment of recommendations can induce a kind of hypnosis that makes listening to, watching, or buying a product all but inevitable—whether
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