topic Re: Censoring album covers in Other (Podcasts, Partners, etc.)

Censoring album covers

gordoman — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 15:07:17 GMT

I was recommended the album Mantando Gueros by the band Brujeria by the discover function. Ok music (although I have no clue about what they are singing about). However, the album cover is a photo of a decapitated head... Which (if Wikipedia is correct) is from some IRL gang murder in Mexico. Although I am not the most squeamish of persons, showing pictures of murder victims is kinda unacceptable to me. Is there any way to report/filter weirdo stuff like that, so that people at least can choose if they want it in their face or not?

Re: Censoring album covers

Peter__ — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 15:37:10 GMT

If it was on discover, do you have thumbs up/down buttons on recommendations?

Re: Censoring album covers

Joe — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 17:19:49 GMT

Spotify don't/won't censor content by the way.

Re: Censoring album covers

gordoman — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 18:05:57 GMT

Nopes, not that I can find. Thus, every time I have seen the discover page today, I am greeted with someones half dessicated face. Not very pleasant.

Re: Censoring album covers

gordoman — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 18:11:19 GMT

Jwylot: I am not suggesting that Spotify remove the band/album from the service, I am suggesting that there should be some way to signal that the album art is explicit (or sick, in my opinion), and provide a way of filtering away that stuff. There are already a warning system for explicit tracks, and I cannot see why such a system couldnt include album covers also.

Re: Censoring album covers

AsherMusic — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 14:47:55 GMT

Perhaps it's not about "censoring" the album cover (as they have the right to do what they want). It's about customizing the playlist, or album view, what-have-you. That's what I'm in favor of. Gordoman should be able to change the picture to anything he/she would like. I would like the same thing. When you get right down to it, Spotify is not the ones producing the content he doesn't like. The issue is with the makers of the album, and what they chose for the cover.

So, even if it wasn't explicit or graphic, it would be nice to be able to change the album cover image. Many other music players let you do this. It's about customizing our library.

Re: Censoring album covers

Joe — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 18:32:44 GMT

This idea to be able to permanently remove items from Discover may be what you are looking for?

Re: Censoring album covers

profanegod — Sun, 22 Oct 2023 20:17:11 GMT

This was clearly wrong.