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I used to listen exclusively to Discover Weekly for a while. One week a finish rap song made it to the list, and I skipped past it every time it came on. Next week there was 2 finish rap songs. Then 5. Eventually half of my discovery list was finish rap, something I have no interest of. Canceled my subscription shortly after. Their algorithms are feeding themselves. I wish they had a dislike button so I could at least give them some sense of direction.


They do have a dislike button though, the thumbs down icon next to the play controls (on the desktop version of Spotify).


It's there only if you listen to a radio, not to a playlist.


There's a way to consume Discover Weekly as a station instead of a playlist. ;)


How exactly? — Ah, figured it out:

- Go to the DW playlist

- Click the "..." options button

- Then to "Go to Playlist Radio"

- "Follow" the DW playlist radio

- You can now up/downvote songs


Wow, what a great user experience.


If you had it all on screen you would talk of button fatigue. Users are the worst.


Did you know Spotify also has a its approve and disapprove buttons in the desktop app on opposite sides depending on what particular radio-like feature you're using?


DW playlist radio != DW playlist


Sometime within last month it appeared for discover weekly too, at least on mac client - https://imgur.com/a/QJluP


Not for Discover Weekly they don't. Only your Daily Mixes and other radio stations.


I have the exact same thing with Dutch rap music. I'm not Dutch, don't speak Dutch and have never listened to Dutch music. But Spotify consistently puts 2-4 Dutch songs on my Discover Weekly.


This is hilarious to me. On the other side, I have been getting super into French rap music, and Spotify refuses to notice.


EXACT SAME THING, happened to me I considered to create new account just because of this....


You should branch out from only listening to "Discover Weekly". Use the daily mixes, make your own playlists.




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