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whatistheformat t1_j2d6mvd wrote

Reply to comment by liquid_at in Is social media killing music? by your_friend_dingus

> Edit: But one problem is that the algorithms only show to you what they think that you want to see. So if you do not diversify your musical input, you do not even see the content that exists, that others watch.

This is the crux of my objections. Too much decision making is left to machines for my comfort. A great band that would be getting positive word of mouth from a good show may never see the light of day in an AI-dominated world for reasons often obscure to the end user.

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liquid_at t1_j2d7a45 wrote

if you get it by word of mouth, you actively look for it and your choice affects what the algorithm shows you.

Considering that the professional music industry has been taken over by large firms buying listeners to gain chart entries and actually independent musicians have no chance to get into their corrupt system, the recommendation-system where no one but you decides what is recommended to you, is vastly superior.

If you start looking for new music, you get new music.

"Algorithms that show you what you want to see" only show you new music if you have a habit of looking for new music. If you don't bother looking, how should the algo know what you want?

Sure, they are not perfect, but at least better and more democratic than the practice of buying chart-ranks by paying for fake streams...

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