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A democratic cultural politics would be developmentalist — oriented to learning, growth and discovery — rather than presentist.
Rogers Brubaker • Hyperconnected Culture and Its Discontents
It’s that these reactions are so normalized online that they’re almost boring.
Vox • Every "chronically online" conversation is the same
Character is gone, because eccentricity is harder to duplicate and sell in bulk.
Dirt • Dirt | Substack
Yet, the final component of the streaming ecosystem — artists and their teams — are still pretty much where they were in 2010 regarding algorithmic optimization. Today, most algorithmic strategies follow a kind of "throw spaghetti at a wall and see what sticks" approach: make sure that the metadata you provide to DSPs is as complete and accurate as... See more
Music Tomorrow • Towards Recommender System Optimization: Our Data Tool for Algorithmic Optimization on Spotify [Part 1]
Towards Recommender System Optimization: Our Data Tool for Algorithmic Optimization on Spotify [Part 1]
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2020 was the first year when streaming services overtook "family and friends" as the primary channel for music discovery, with over 62% of music listeners in the US naming DSPs among their top discovery sources.
Music Tomorrow • Towards Recommender System Optimization: Our Data Tool for Algorithmic Optimization on Spotify [Part 1]
Social media showed that everyone has the potential to reach a massive audience at low cost and high gain—and that potential gave many people the impression that they deserve such an audience.