I want to start off by saying I love Spotify, I use it
everyday and have created more playlists on there than I can even keep
track of. This is not a rant on Spotify as a platform, but the way
their playlists work (or... don't work).
Plain and simple, a good majority of the pre-determined
playlists on Spotify are useless and/or make no sense. How can they
label a playlist "Workout Playlist"? Everyone in the world likes to
workout to different music! Some like heavy metal,
some like techno/house, some like rap, some like classic rock... These
generically-named playlists are essentially just the billboard top 100
re-labeled. I know more people than not that despise working out to
that type of music they hear all week on the
radio.
Another group of playlists that baffle me are "homework"
or "work" playlists. What could that possibly contain? Is there honestly a type of
music falls under that category?! Literally, it could be ANYTHING. It could be music with a fast beat... Or soothing music
like Mozart... Or _____? I can tell you when I play those playlists,
the music is all over the board and I'm always disappointed.
So what's my point? Instead of quantity, Spotify should
focus on quality. They should be relentless on providing better names
and adding descriptions that reflect what the listener should expect.
Then, using that criteria, actually filter out
songs if they don't make sense in that playlist.
Don't get me wrong, there ARE playlists on Spotify that
make sense and follow that model. They're just hard to find amongst all
the misleading, misnamed, 'catch-all' playlists that flood the various
playlist categories.
In closing, Spotify, if you're listening, please help us
music lovers out and optimize your plethora of playlists to allow us to
get us back to the music.
Thanks.
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