Help - Desktop (Linux, Mac and Windows)

[jgxvx]

Two problems:

1. My "Top Artists" list shows artists that I've only listened to in private sessions. Trust me, I'm sure about this. Nobody needs to know I listen to Britney Spears from time to time.

2. I've unchecked the "Top Artists" checkbox in the "Profile" section in "Preferences", yet the "Top Artists" are still showing in my profile.

:smileyfrustrated:

[David]

Are you looking at your own profile? Generally when you unchecked that box, you can still see your own Top Artists but other people would not be able to see them. If you get a friend to look into your account on another computer, you shouldn't be able to see them.

[jgxvx]

Yes, a friend confirmed to me that he could see all my guilty pleasures on my profile, meaning that he not only could see my top artists even though they're turned off, but also artists that I have only listened to in private sessions.

It's not the end of the world, but if I use a software in a private mode, I expect it to be private and the data not ever be used in any form of public data visualization.

Also, in earlier versions of the Mac desktop client, I could see my preferences reflected on my profile. If I had the top artists unchecked I myself could not see them on my profile. I believe (and hope) this is still the case, or otherwise I don't understand why I can't see the top tracks as well. I can only see my top artists, but not the top tracks, and both are turned off in my preferences.

Version 0.8.2.572.geb65f9ac, by the way.

[seydur]

I am having the exact same problem and would appreciate a fix.

I am using version 0.8.2.572.geb65f9ac and have Spotify Premium.

[seydur]

I should add that the "top artists" are really skewed because I use private sessions when I am exploring new music. I listen to a few seconds of several songs by a single artist and suddenly they are in my top artists even though I decided I didn't like their music.

[skitnik20]

Having the same issue with my account. It didn't show up for about a week, but now its back to showing up and I haven't changed any settings (just upgraded versions). Super annoying!!

[Pearl_from_sand]

I am having the same problem. It appears that Spotify actually has no solution for this. What is the point of having preferences, if they are meaningless?

[Chevy14Man]

Yeah, these guys aren't the only one having this problem. My top artists at the top of my profile are all wrong, as is my top tracks playlist at the top of my profile. Can we get both to connect to Last.fm in the near future perhaps? 

[boymilo]

I have this same issue. A few of the "Top Artitsts" have songs I listened to for a few seconds. Most of them are artists I have never even heard of before.

[tjg1984]

My profile only shows three "Top Artists" and I've only listened to each of them once.