https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Community-Recap-2021/ba-p/5316819 <P>As we prepare for 2022, we wanted to look back to all the exciting things that happened this year in our Community.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <H3>Forum updates:</H3> <UL> <LI><A href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/New-Community-design/ba-p/5156229" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Community look</A>:&nbsp; we spruced things up a bit with three rotating color theme combinations. To top it all off, we updated the landing pages of <A href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/Help/ct-p/Help" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Help</A>, <A href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/Chat/ct-p/TheGreenRoom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chat</A>, <A href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/Ideas/ct-p/newideas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ideas</A> and the Spotify&nbsp;<A href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-Stars/ct-p/superuserarea" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stars</A>&nbsp;pages to make it easier to access related content. I might be totally biased, but doesn't it look pretty?&nbsp;<span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":smiling_face_with_heart_eyes:">😍</span></LI> </UL> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="Katerina_0-1638798085112.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/135745iA32AB0417D9C7F5A/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Katerina_0-1638798085112.png" alt="Katerina_0-1638798085112.png" /></span></P> <UL> <LI>Chat's also divided into helpful labels, so you can find conversations from like-minded Spotify users even faster!<BR /><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="Katerina_1-1638798737414.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/135746iCB7547DD5BA7DF7F/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Katerina_1-1638798737414.png" alt="Katerina_1-1638798737414.png" /></span></LI> <LI>We're also focusing more on having more engaging conversations across different Chat areas, <A href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/Community-Chat-Introducing-the-Music-Areas/ba-p/5306081" target="_blank" rel="noopener">read this recent guide to find out more</A>! And if you're new here, <A href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/Chat/Let-s-introduce-ourselves/td-p/5238568?utm_source=recap&amp;utm_medium=wtd&amp;utm_campaign=welcome-dec" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduce yourself</A>!&nbsp;</LI> <LI>An important change about&nbsp;<A href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/notes/privatenotespage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Community Private Messages</A>&nbsp;- <A href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/Announcements/Concerning-the-Private-Messenger-a-privacy-update/td-p/5254838" target="_blank" rel="noopener">read more here</A>.</LI> <LI>Spotify Answers, our tribal knowledge article area has been renamed to <STRONG>FAQ</STRONG>. The same <A href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/FAQs/tkb-p/Spotify-Answers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">helpful guides</A>, just a different board title!</LI> </UL> <H3>&nbsp;</H3> <H3>Spotify Star Program updates:</H3> <UL> <LI>The program has been renamed! Say hello to <A href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/Rock-Star-Program-Name-Change/ba-p/5252440" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Spotify Stars Program</A>!</LI> <LI>To accompany this big change, the program's logo was also updated, thanks to our Star&nbsp;<a href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/807543">@Hubo</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":eyes:">👀</span></LI> </UL> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="SSP_logo_spikes_updated.gif" style="width: 200px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/135749i522FD9A31B8AFC11/image-size/small?v=v2&amp;px=200" role="button" title="SSP_logo_spikes_updated.gif" alt="SSP_logo_spikes_updated.gif" /></span></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <UL> <LI>We also introduced our program values - read more about the process and their meaning in <A href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/Values-Week-Behind-the-Values/ba-p/5209713" target="_blank" rel="noopener">this Blog</A>:&nbsp;</LI> </UL> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="VW1 GIF.gif" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/135747i85D69C194965C125/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="VW1 GIF.gif" alt="VW1 GIF.gif" /></span></P> <P> </P> <UL> <LI>We also proudly hosted the first ever, virtual Values Week to celebrate with our Stars our new Values.</LI> <LI>Virtually for the first time as well was also our annual Star Jam. We all had a week of fun and met with Spotify teams.&nbsp;<a href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2779">@MattSuda</a>&nbsp;has <A href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/Spotify-Virtual-Star-Jam-2021/ba-p/5251150" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a better recap for that</A> if you missed it.</LI> </UL> <P>&nbsp;</P> <H3>Community team updates</H3> <UL> <LI>We have a few new faces joining our team this year: <UL> <LI><a href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/24918297">@IsleyP</a>&nbsp;- Leslie joined as a Community Manager with a focus on content.</LI> <LI>We also have Community newcomers: the podcast teams! With dedicated podcast teams writing content, you can now discover and chat with fellow podcast fans in <A href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/forums/filteredbylabelpage/board-id/Chat/label-name/podcast%20discussion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">our dedicated new Podcast Discussion</A>&nbsp;section!</LI> <LI><a href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/15481011">@AmyPenistone</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/24706169">@EmmaBe</a>, will be helping out with community projects like promotion and events.</LI> <LI>From our moderator teams,&nbsp;<a href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/24068509">@Kiril</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/24071986">@Yordan</a> and&nbsp;<a href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/24321005">@MafeG</a>&nbsp;</LI> </UL> </LI> <LI>We also have new Stars joining the program:&nbsp;<a href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/24841200">@Amay</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/23708497">@MateusM</a>. You can <A href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/bg-p/spotifyct" target="_blank" rel="noopener">read more about them in our Backstage Intro series</A>.</LI> </UL> <P>Don't forget to say hi if you see them around&nbsp;<span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":smiling_face_with_smiling_eyes:">😊</span></P> <P class="lia-align-center">&nbsp;</P> <P class="lia-align-center">***</P> <P>So a lot of things happened around here in 2021, eh?&nbsp;<span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":smiling_face_with_sunglasses:">😎</span></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>And before we leave you, here are some cool Community stats for the past year:</P> <UL> <LI>More than 41 million visits to the Community,</LI> <LI>More than 13400 ideas submitted,</LI> <LI>More than 2400 solutions found!</LI> </UL> <P>Amazing!&nbsp;<span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":sparkles:">✨</span></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P class="lia-align-left">Cheers to an even better 2022 and to enjoying our&nbsp;<A href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1Ov37jtRQ2YNAe8HzfczkL:small" target="_self">https://open.spotify.com/track/1Ov37jtRQ2YNAe8HzfczkL</A></P> <P class="lia-align-left">&nbsp;</P> <P class="lia-align-center">See you around the forums <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":party_popper:">🎉</span></P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="Advent Calendar badges designs.gif" style="width: 200px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/135750i36C64AC075D3DDC0/image-size/small?v=v2&amp;px=200" role="button" title="Advent Calendar badges designs.gif" alt="Advent Calendar badges designs.gif" /></span></P> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 13:09:40 GMT Katerina 2023-03-22T13:09:40Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Community-Recap-2021/ba-p/5316819 <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Blog Teasers 2023.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/154105i0EB3B95A419A6E9A/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Blog Teasers 2023.png" alt="Blog Teasers 2023.png" /></span></P> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 13:09:40 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Community-Recap-2021/ba-p/5316819 Katerina 2023-03-22T13:09:40Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Community-Recap-2021/bc-p/5319081#M915 <P>And what an amazing year it has been! On to a great 2022! <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":fireworks:">🎆</span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Happy holidays all!</P> Wed, 22 Dec 2021 21:29:52 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Community-Recap-2021/bc-p/5319081#M915 Hubo 2021-12-22T21:29:52Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Community-Recap-2021/bc-p/5319144#M916 <P>WOW! It's been a great year!</P> Thu, 23 Dec 2021 02:27:58 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Community-Recap-2021/bc-p/5319144#M916 MattSuda 2021-12-23T02:27:58Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Community-Recap-2021/bc-p/5319610#M917 <P>Yowsers, so much has happened when you see it laid out like that. Thanks Kate for the summary, and thanks to everyone for an amazing 2021 in the Community. <A href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3zJw3rugfpVrmBeDDnUYzy?si=2d393ba5d1a24304" target="_self">Happy holidays...</A>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 24 Dec 2021 11:39:12 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Community-Recap-2021/bc-p/5319610#M917 Loneliest_Cabin 2021-12-24T11:39:12Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Community-Recap-2021/bc-p/5319840#M918 <P>I am always pleased while Spotify is running. I wish you guys Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2022.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Freya from The <A title="Idioms" href="https://www.theidioms.com/" target="_blank" rel="author noopener">Idioms</A>.</P> Sun, 26 Dec 2021 04:07:49 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Community-Recap-2021/bc-p/5319840#M918 theidioms 2021-12-26T04:07:49Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Community-Recap-2021/bc-p/5320692#M919 <P>HUGE year! Go team!</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Best of luck for 2022 <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":glowing_star:">🌟</span></P> Tue, 28 Dec 2021 06:52:48 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Community-Recap-2021/bc-p/5320692#M919 Peter 2021-12-28T06:52:48Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Community-Recap-2021/bc-p/5323782#M920 <P>Bring on 2022!<span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":smiling_face_with_sunglasses:">😎</span></P> Thu, 06 Jan 2022 07:42:30 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Community-Recap-2021/bc-p/5323782#M920 renaissancegroup 2022-01-06T07:42:30Z