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ihateemails-irl · ‎2016-08-09

Please provide the ability for accounts to be completely private.

I don't want anyone following me, or having the ability to search for me, see my playlists. Although I can make my playlists private, I can't make my account private.

I use Spotify to play music. That is all. I am not interested in going into "Private Session" mode to achieve this, as I believe this is the wrong way round. By default everyone should be in private mode & chose to make their information public. No one should be able to find me and more importantly follow me without my permission.

Marco · ‎2016-08-10

Updated:

Marked as new idea.

dusiets · ‎2016-08-10

Spotify is a social music application. If you don't like the social part, just switch to private mode, turn off notifications and enjoy your music. Unless you are a famous artist, I don't see the problem why people are not allowed to follow you

ihateemails-irl · ‎2016-08-10

Spotify initialy started as just a music streaming service. That was when I joined. It decided to become more social, automattically publish all user information without consent, as far as I can tell. So by default all accounts should be private & you should opt in to the social aspect of the service, not opt out.

I have a follower, that I have no idea who they are, what they can see on my account & I can't get them unfollow me. Who is this stalker?

For non-tech savvy people, who just want to stream music, they may have no idea as to what is going on behind the scenes with their account.

I see a problem with people being allowed to follow me without my consent.

Even in private session mode, I cannot remove this follower.

dusiets · ‎2016-08-10

I see where you are comming from. People could indeed find this annyoing.

For your information: If you go to your profile and then click on the "followers" tab, you can see who is following you. As far as I know spotify does not show any private information. This follower should only be able to see your recently listened to list and your public playlists.

Marco · ‎2017-08-05

Updated on 2017-08-05

Hello!

Your idea has been submitted a while ago but unfortunately hasn't gathered enough kudos (50 per year). In order to keep an overview of the active & recent ideas in this forum, we will close this idea for now. However this does not mean that your idea has been declined by Spotify.

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