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wavvys · ‎2015-02-27

The newest update that changes the activity of your friends (2/27/15) is hard to tell the song that they are listening to, and only shows the current song. I much prefer being able to see the full song name, artist, and cover art. I also like seeing all the songs they are playing instead of just the current one.

outofgamut · ‎2012-08-02

Display a warning message when you try to send a song/album/artist that you've already sent to someone. I share favorite tracks and new finds with a group of people quite often and I can never remember which songs I've sent to them already and which I haven't. I wouldn't want to spam their Spotify inbox with the same song that I've already sent them before, so a warning message would come in handy to let me know not to send it again! PLEASE KUDO!

ogvidius · ‎2012-05-14

I feel the social side of spotify is somewhat lacking at the moment. Firstly, I can't connect with my Twitter friends, who, let's be honest, have much better music taste than my facebook friends, who are mostly people from my high school that I never spoke to. Also there doesn't seem to be a way to find anybody that's not one of your Facebook friends. There should be a way to search for people who have Spotify accounts, regardless of what other networks they're on. I t seems like the only way to find people is to search ' spotify:user:usernamehere ' which isn't really the most intuitive, and requires trial and error to guess what their username is. I think the 'People' tab should show a list of people that you're subscribed to, with a stream of activity showing playlists they've made, albums they've listened to etc. and perhaps the ability to post statuses: recommending songs to your 'followers'. Which brings me to another point. There doesn't seem to be any way of knowing who is subscribed to you (as a user, not just a certain playlist). How many 'subscribers' do I have, and who are they? I guess some of these features may be in there already, but if they are, it's not obvious or easy to find. I think these features would really help make Spotify more engaging, which would be useful now that Rdio is a competitor in the UK, and does social things very well.

julianeb · ‎2014-10-30

Every morning when I open Spotify I have to see the picture and the name of a guy that I really hate and dismiss the suggestion of following him for the 100th time. I love spotify but having to see that guy's face first thing in the morning every day single day is really annoying. He is not following me on Spotify, we are not friends on facebook (we used to be) and we have some friends in common on Facebook and maybe on Spotify. I understand why spotify would suggest that I follow him, but how hard is it to 'remember' that I already said NO hundreds of times? I work with software development so I am going to say it: not hard at all. IF user has rejeceted suggestion of follow more than 10 times THEN do not suggest it again It's that simple. Please do something about it.

andy_ferr · ‎2015-03-11

Hey there! I do use spotify quite a lot in the desktop app and I have to acknowledge that my followers and the people whom I follow contribute are almost indifferent to my listening experience. I mean, I check out what are they hearing and everything and I think its cool when eventually some friend have a similar taste for a less known artist, but that's about it. It's quite a poor interaction, I guess you would agree with me. Here is how I think this issue could be improved: Create a feature that allows users to highlight artists. How would it work? Simple. You could point out up to 2 particular artists you are really enjoying listening at the moment by pressing a check-box, a button or whatever looks classy and functional simultaneously. By doing so, the tune that you play by these artists would appear in bold green, such as Spotify's theme colours, whenever it's shown to your followers in the right side of your app's screen (as it is today). So they can see that, from all the music you're taking time to hear, you would suggest that more people pay attention to those artists in particular. Therefore, I would probably use my friends more in means to get to now new music, and I would do so in a more efficient way. I suggest 2 artists 'cause 1 is too little, but more than 2 is too much - you don't want to have a lot of green bold music names in your screen, they have to focus in what really matters. So contingency is a key point, it makes users be very specific in their choices and just indicates what they are truly passionate about. Kindest regards, Andre

mikey · ‎2012-02-17

What if Spotify could generate a playlist of the top songs of a user's friends? Right now a user can view trending playlists and a few top tracks but what if you could shuffle more tracks? I know that Facebook can tell which friends interact more/ are "closer." I'm not sure if Spotify has this ability or if it could use this data from Facebook to show users what their "closer" friends are listening to.

aarontevis-us · ‎2014-10-22

When I am with a friend I would like to be able to play music that we both like. You should have an option called MUTUAL PLAYLIST. You choose one or several friends from your friend list and it makes a playlist from the songs you both have in common in "my songs". This is a very easy thing to do and it would be something new and innovative. I have had Spotify Premium for a while now, and things have not improved. In my opinion they have gotten worse by taking away starred. Spotify is amazing, but you are on the brink of losing market share to another platform that makes updates and continually improves functionality. Please also look into LINKING SONGS. If you could get this done, you would make millions of people happy. Thanks!

LeoTM · ‎2013-04-20

Please enable a way to: - View artists you are following - View friends you are following Seperately. You differentiate between them with the " √ARTIST" like here: http://s7.postimg.org/skde91mnf/Spotify_Following.jpg Why not simply make that a button to view only artists? It's a shame such a great music application cannot simply allow one to view the Artists they are following...

delahru · ‎2015-03-01

The new sidebar chooses to show the profile picture of your friend as opposed to the album, and also does not show the full artist and song title. You essentially have to click on every link to see what each person is listening to. The older sidebar was better. Thanks

trashmen · ‎2012-06-03

Something Spotify is missing is some sort of app or a part of spotify itself that allows users to see how similar their friends musical taste is to theirs. An app that could show this data, and also sort that list of friends by how compatible they are with you or other people would be a great innovation to Spotify. As it is now, the only way to gauge this is to actually look at what songs their friends listen to.

sisi74 · ‎2016-06-18

Sometimes, I want to connect with people on Spotify that are not on Facebook (eg, my kids) but I cannot find them as users (on app, at least). All I can find, are my own Facebook friends who are connected to Spotify with FB credentials). My daughter would like to use her own Spotify account but all her hard music collection labor has been done with *my* account. Now, if we could connect, then I could just share her lists from my account with her account and she can listen regardless of where the list originated. Also, sometimes you just want to listen to someone's music without becoming Facebook friends.

dutchyfalcon · ‎2015-03-18

Concept is: That you can broadcast music for friends so people could listen what you listen insync. Let me know.

iben301 · ‎2015-03-16

Hey, I want to implement sorting in Profile view on Plublic playlist should have most followers first so you dont need to scroll down to find the best list ;)

alwaystheleo · ‎2014-10-16

It's GREAT that I can already see what my friends are listening to in the side bar, and then click to play that song as well, however, it would be AMAZING if I could just "live connect" to a friend, and hear what they listen to, AS they listen to it. Think of it as "live friend radio" or "Friend set" I understand that directly linking to a friend could pose some technical complexities, maybe another option would be the abilty to listen to a running playlist of all freinds latest listens..... that would update essentially the same way the current friend sidebar does..... Maybe this exists or is already possible in some way? thought? Quesions? Thanks.

toshio · ‎2014-09-28

A feature like this would make Spotify even more social. The foundation for such a feature is already in place. I can't say how easy it would be to introduce a feature like this because I'm not a programmer, but hear me out. Spotify already identifies which songs you have "Saved" to "Your Music", and these are marked when viewing your friend's playlists. If you could filter out the unmarked songs, it would be easier to find specific tunes that you both enjoy. Down the road, you may even be able to compare "Your Music" to "[Your Friend's] Music". To avoid embarrassment over explicit songs, you could limit what your friends see to songs that you both have "Saved", via Privacy Settings. It would be even greater if you could compare music between three or more people at once. Ultimately, such a feature would help you to easily find out what kind of music to play for new friends, or when you just want to play something for everybody. If you're like me, you have a hard time choosing music to play for your friends, and something like this would help a lot!

user-removed · ‎2014-07-29

It will be nice if you could send a notification to your friend to listening to same song that you are listen to, at the same time. The functionality is to play the track exactly in the same time as you are listening to. The user gets a notification and decides if want to listen. It could be work with songs and full playlists. Example: If you and your friend are huge fans of a band that just release a new album, and you want to listen to the new songs together but you are not at the same place. You can use this feature.

catchenre · ‎2014-06-03

On the mobile app their needs to be a conversation/chat style messaging interface with Spotify friends like on the desktop version of Spotify. One where you see a list of all the friends you have been sending and recieving messages/songs with and you can tap on someone and see all of the exchanges between you and them and have a place to type text and send to them. Pretty much a more chat oriented setup rather than just an in/outbox. In addition to this would be the ability to send Spotify friends plain text messages with no song attached to start a conversation/chat. By bringing these features of the desktop version, these features that allow you to connect with your friends and followers more actively and easily, over to the mobile app, the social experience will be much more enjoyable, versatile, and make you feel more linked with your companions. After all music is much more enjoyable with others.

OldSchoolCool · ‎2014-05-12

Hey Spotify, Could you guys let us know whether our facebook friends are actually active on spotify? Most of my friends made spotify way back and have since become inactive on it so it's kinda pointless to follow. I am getting them to get back on it since it's awesome but there is only so much I can do.

eacastel · ‎2014-03-16

A play, pause, stop and next/skip the songs that are appearing on your friends stream timeline.

Spotify Community

Closed Ideas

Go back to the old Friends Feed

Warn when sending a friend a song you've already sent them before

Twitter integration and spotify social improvements

Who to Follow: Do not show dismissed artists / people again

Improve user's network interactivity: Highlight tunes

Shuffle friend's music

Create playlist based on mutual songs in "my songs" with friend

Following - filter Artists & Friends

Switch Back to the Old SIdebar

Music Compatibility App

Search for and follow Spotify users without becoming Facebook friends

Broadcasting for friends.

Public playlist sort most follower on playlist first

listen to what a friend is playing now - "LIVE friend Radio"

Compare music collection with friends

Play a song with your friend

Mobile Message Conversations or "Chat"

Inactivity

Listen to Friends Stream as Playlist