topic Re: Ignored artists are still being recommended in Your Library

Ignored artists are still being recommended

PleaseFixTheApp — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 07:06:59 GMT

Plan

Premium

Country

Netherlands

Device

iPhone Xr

Operating System

iOS15

My Question or Issue

I have ignored a couple of artists (about a week ago), but their albums are still being recommended to me. I thought Spotify took great pride in their recommendation algorithms. I'm sure they can do better than this.

Edit: my guess is these artists bought themselves into these spots. Look what happens if I search for 'h'. These exact same two artists pop up. If these are in fact ads, it would be fair to show them as "sponsored" or something

Re: Ignored artists are still being recommended

OneByBoo — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 14:59:26 GMT

Hi there @PleaseFixTheApp,

thanks for reaching out to the Spotify Community !

The "Don't play this artist" feature indeed allows user to filter through artists they do not want to listen to.

However, the artists in question will still be visible on the app, meaning you'll still be able to access their Artist page, you might still see some songs in your Discover Weekly or Daily Mix and other recommendation playlist for a some period of time until your algorithm updates (no specific time frame)

It is also important to mention that featured songs are excluded.

Meaning if your "blocked" artists is featured on another artist's track, the track will still play normally.

I hope this shed some light on the matter.

Let me know if you have any further questions 🙂

Re: Ignored artists are still being recommended

PleaseFixTheApp — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 21:12:27 GMT

Hope they will fix this soon but apparently they’re more focused on star ratings for podcasts now. This app is getting worse every update