Bring back the heart button!

[Urticlaire]

It's SUPER frustrating, we can't see which songs we liked in our own playlists, Bring back the heart button PLEASE, the new way doesn't work AT ALL

[shape5]

@Lanciano007: A browser extension would provide a workaround if most people used the Spotify browser version, but most people instead use the desktop and mobile apps – plus, they're much better/faster.  So it wouldn't be worthwhile to develop one, and it's likely that they'll eventually restore the icon b/c it's undeniably universal and popular.  Spotify has an ugly history of reckless, haphazard, and illogical feature removals, while simultaneously ignoring user requests and preferences.

Also, did you delete your other comment that contained all the forum links, or did a moderator remove it?  It's not showing up here, but I received the emails.  Great job researching all the duplicate Ideas.  These should all be consolidated and merged into the same one.  The total vote count for all 5 Ideas is now 4,175!!  In addition to this are 55 pgs of negative feedback in the official announcement.  Talk about blatantly ignoring user requests and preferences.  I updated my previous post above, and included the links to all of them.  Please everyone, vote for each of these to keep the numbers increasing.

[shape5]

I’ve also been a premium user for about a decade.  This new change makes anything involving likes so much more time-consuming, confusing, and frustrating.

Removing features almost always causes problems for the users who depend on them.  At the very least, add a preference to enable/disable the feature rather than remove it, so that those who use the feature can still enable it if Spotify for whatever reason no longer recognizes its usefulness.

Firstly, there are discrepancies w/ this feature (and others too) between the iPhone and Mac desktop apps, when functionality and layout between all platforms should be consistent with each other in order to maximize universality/usability.  

On both the mobile and desktop app, you can no longer tell which songs in a playlist are liked without another few steps: tapping the “add to playlist” option to see whether they’re in Liked Songs (3 steps on mobile!) or clicking on the song menu icons (desktop), since all the non-liked songs are also checkmarked on both platforms (confusing enough?).  Obviously, this backwards process is completely ridiculous and nonsensical b/c it requires extra convoluted steps (rather than 0 steps before) to simply view an icon which you’d normally be able to see next to every song.  So now, rather than being able to see in a few seconds which songs out of potentially hundreds (or thousands) in a playlist are liked, you have to click on each individual song’s menu (desktop) or tap 2-3 other options (mobile), which nobody would even bother doing for this many.  Plus, you can’t remember which ones are liked or not liked if the icons are hidden from plain sight.  The checkmark is also very confusing b/c you can’t tell if it means the song is liked or just added to a playlist, since it represents both.

The “like” and “add to playlist” functions and icons also need to be independent of each other, b/c not all songs you add to playlists are necessarily ones you also want to heart.  This makes the “like” option pointless and unnecessary if every song added to a playlist is also liked.

To make this ideal for all users would be to add a preference to show/hide these 2 separate icons: one for likes, and another for playlists.  Both should be enabled by default, and when disabled would exist in the drop-down menu only.  Both of these are needed for the large majority of users, they often do not overlap, and should appear next to each other by every song in all playlists and albums, and be visible at all times, like the heart icon used to.  Likes should then be removed from the drop-down menu when enabled, since this is redundant.

Also be sure to vote for these ideas below which address the same issue, although they should all be consolidated into the same Idea.  The total vote count for all 5 Ideas is now 4,175!!  In addition to this are 55 pgs of negative feedback in the official announcement.  Talk about blatantly ignoring user requests and preferences.

Bring back the heart button! - The Spotify Community

[Mobile] Change like button back to a heart but keep the + button too - The Spotify Community 

New "likes" system is a mess - The Spotify Community

RETURN THE LIKE BUTTON - The Spotify Community

And this is the official announcement page for this utter feature catastrophe which states: “The best way to share your feedback is to comment here in this thread.”

The ♡ Heart button is being replaced with a (+) Plus button - The Spotify Community

I highly recommend also voting for this new feature to improve the checkmark icon.  This can still be used in conjunction w/ the heart icon:

Additional Green Checkmark for Same Song on OTHER ... - The Spotify Community

[shape5]

I’ve also been a premium user for about a decade.  This new change makes anything involving likes so much more time-consuming, confusing, and frustrating.

Removing features almost always causes problems for the users who depend on them.  At the very least, add a preference to enable/disable the feature rather than remove it, so that those who use the feature can still enable it if Spotify for whatever reason no longer recognizes its usefulness.

Firstly, there are discrepancies w/ this feature (and others too) between the iPhone and Mac desktop apps, when functionality and layout between all platforms should be consistent with each other in order to maximize universality/usability.  

On both the mobile and desktop app, you can no longer tell which songs in a playlist are liked without another few steps: tapping the “add to playlist” option to see whether they’re in Liked Songs (3 steps on mobile!) or clicking on the song menu icons (desktop), since all the non-liked songs are also checkmarked on both platforms (confusing enough?).  Obviously, this backwards process is completely ridiculous and nonsensical b/c it requires extra convoluted steps (rather than 0 steps before) to simply view an icon which you’d normally be able to see next to every song.  So now, rather than being able to see in a few seconds which songs out of potentially hundreds (or thousands) in a playlist are liked, you have to click on each individual song’s menu (desktop) or tap 2-3 other options (mobile), which nobody would even bother doing for this many.  Plus, you can’t remember which ones are liked or not liked if the icons are hidden from plain sight.  The checkmark is also very confusing b/c you can’t tell if it means the song is liked or just added to a playlist, since it represents both.

The “like” and “add to playlist” functions and icons also need to be independent of each other, b/c not all songs you add to playlists are necessarily ones you also want to heart.  This makes the “like” option pointless and unnecessary if every song added to a playlist is also liked.

To make this ideal for all users would be to add a preference to show/hide these 2 separate icons: one for likes, and another for playlists.  Both should be enabled by default, and when disabled would exist in the drop-down menu only.  Both of these are needed for the large majority of users, they often do not overlap, and should appear next to each other by every song in all playlists and albums, and be visible at all times, like the heart icon used to.  Likes should then be removed from the drop-down menu when enabled, since this is redundant.

Also be sure to vote for these ideas below which address the same issue, although they should all be consolidated into the same Idea.  The total vote count for all 5 Ideas is now 4,175!!  In addition to this are 55 pgs of negative feedback in the official announcement.  Talk about blatantly ignoring user requests and preferences.

Bring back the heart button! - The Spotify Community

[Mobile][Browse] Bring back like indicator on album/playlist - The Spotify Community

[Mobile] Change like button back to a heart but keep the + button too - The Spotify Community 

New "likes" system is a mess - The Spotify Community

And this is the official announcement page for this utter feature catastrophe which states: “The best way to share your feedback is to comment here in this thread.”

The ♡ Heart button is being replaced with a (+) Plus button - The Spotify Community

I highly recommend also voting for this new feature to improve the checkmark icon.  This can still be used in conjunction w/ the heart icon:

Additional Green Checkmark for Same Song on OTHER ... - The Spotify Community

[shape5]

I’ve also been a premium user for about a decade.  This new change makes anything involving likes so much more time-consuming, confusing, and frustrating.

Removing features almost always causes problems for the users who depend on them.  At the very least, add a preference to enable/disable the feature rather than remove it, so that those who use the feature can still enable it if Spotify for whatever reason no longer recognizes its usefulness.

Firstly, there are discrepancies w/ this feature (and others too) between the iPhone and Mac desktop apps, when functionality and layout between all platforms should be consistent with each other in order to maximize universality/usability.  

On both the mobile and desktop app, you can no longer tell which songs in a playlist are liked without another few steps: tapping the “add to playlist” option to see whether they’re in Liked Songs (3 steps on mobile!) or clicking on the song menu icons (desktop), since all the non-liked songs are also checkmarked on both platforms (confusing enough?).  Obviously, this backwards process is completely ridiculous and nonsensical b/c it requires extra convoluted steps (rather than 0 steps before) to simply view an icon which you’d normally be able to see next to every song.  So now, rather than being able to see in a few seconds which songs out of potentially hundreds (or thousands) in a playlist are liked, you have to click on each individual song’s menu (desktop) or tap 2-3 other options (mobile), which nobody would even bother doing for this many.  Plus, you can’t remember which ones are liked or not liked if the icons are hidden from plain sight.  The checkmark is also very confusing b/c you can’t tell if it means the song is liked or just added to a playlist, since it represents both.

The “like” and “add to playlist” functions and icons also need to be independent of each other, b/c not all songs you add to playlists are necessarily ones you also want to heart.  This makes the “like” option pointless and unnecessary if every song added to a playlist is also liked.

To make this ideal for all users would be to add a preference to show/hide these 2 separate icons: one for likes, and another for playlists.  Both should be enabled by default, and when disabled would exist in the drop-down menu only.  Both of these are needed for the large majority of users, they often do not overlap, and should appear next to each other by every song in all playlists and albums, and be visible at all times, like the heart icon used to.  Likes should then be removed from the drop-down menu when enabled, since this is redundant.

Also be sure to vote for these ideas below which address the same issue, although they should all be consolidated into the same Idea.  The total vote count for all 5 Ideas is now 4,175!!  In addition to this are 55 pgs of negative feedback in the official announcement.  Talk about blatantly ignoring user requests and preferences.

[Mobile][Browse] Bring back like indicator on album/playlist - The Spotify Community

[Mobile] Change like button back to a heart but keep the + button too - The Spotify Community 

New "likes" system is a mess - The Spotify Community

RETURN THE LIKE BUTTON - The Spotify Community

And this is the official announcement page for this utter feature catastrophe which states: “The best way to share your feedback is to comment here in this thread.”

The ♡ Heart button is being replaced with a (+) Plus button - The Spotify Community

I highly recommend also voting for this new feature to improve the checkmark icon.  This can still be used in conjunction w/ the heart icon:

Additional Green Checkmark for Same Song on OTHER ... - The Spotify Community

[Lanciano007]

@Shape5: I didn't delete my comment. It was removed by the moderator (in their eyes it would be spam). The message got a support 'like' within a minute (that's why I got a copy of my message in my mail) and after that it got removed. I already had the same message for over 2 months in another thread and it was no problem. So I thought I remove the other message and place the message again in this thread, and now it got removed here and it's waiting for approval. I feel a bit censured. 🤐

First page, last message... 😉

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/Bring-back-the-heart-button/idc-p/5907928#M283321

I think 99% (maybe 100%) of the users, that took time to find, register and respond on this Community Forum, are dissatisfied/disappointed Premium-paying users giving feedback.. And I believe 99% of us just want to organise, discover and listen to our beliked music instead of responding on this forum...

I switched from Youtube to Spotify because I wanted to 'listen' music on my mobile (without annoying Youtube ads). Now I'm experiencing that I'm almost not using Spotify on my mobile anymore, because the Hearts disappeared and I need 'organised' Playlists to 'listen' to music... When I 'listen' to my music, I dislike to be disturbed by anything else...So the one click 'Like' button was not disturbing (frustrating) me...the new three steps do... especially when it has no purpose to do so...can't 'see' my 'Like' (Heart) anymore!).

@Shape5: For me a browser (add-on) extension will work perfectly...

On my mobile, I only 'listen' to my playlists... Because the mobile app doesn't give the needs and it's impossible to use my mobile to 'discover' songs, and 'create' and 'organise' my playlists... So I use Spotify on desktop and browser to 'listen', 'create' and 'organise' my playlists...

Don't get me wrong. I am satisfied with the new function of the green dot. I think many of us will appreciate and benefit from this new feature. But it remains incomprehensible that the 'visible heart' had to make way for the green dot, while it can also be merged with the three gray dots, so that the 'visible heart' can be kept in the same place.

Spotify's player now looks like one of the first (but with more bugs and messier) Windows Media Player Classic versions, that I actually liked.

In that era....a few decades ago 🤔

[thetinabear]

I love the button to add to playlist easily and the update where we can add to several playlists at once - there was a brief time recently where the playlists a song was already on would appear at the top, please bring back and cement that feature! I hear that many people preferred the like button simplicity. If it's possible to have the heart for likes next to a plus sign for playlist adds that sounds ideal perhaps.

Wasn't it one tap to like and a second tap to add to playlists at one point? That seemed best honestly.

[Lanciano007]

@Sblocks94. I believe their UX team was already fired before, or they left ... 

Are they going to make their own Spotify song productions now (Spotify Sessions the Originals..Bye bye classics...) like Netflix?

In the beginning, Netflix became huge, with a nice amount of movies and a classic database...Prices went up...And today we have more DVDs on our shelves than Netflix has movies in their database...Netflix even admits that this is why we can't see and scroll through their entire database...Because we'll notice that they only have a small selection to offer these days...The reason why you get the 10 movies THEY suggest you'll like, and that you can't watch the movies YOU were trying to look for in the first place...

Almost everyone I know has stopped using Netflix or is thinking about it... Way too expensive for what they offer now! Own work and a periodic rotating system of 100 movies or less, and some series.

Hope Spotify is not going the same way...

[shape5]

@Lanciano007: That’s what I figured, b/c it also happened to me just after I read your post and commented.  It was false flagged by their spam filter, not censored though.  I submitted a “Report Inappropriate Content” message, and explained in the comment box that there were several false flagged comments I posted which included no spam, or even links to 3rd party sites, but were removed all at once without notice.  The security team must have restored them based on this, as within an hour they were back.  I’d suggest trying this too.

But I was also able to get the case escalated from 2nd tier chat to the Escalations Team via email, which they said is the highest level of support they offer.  I gave them the link to your removed comment (which came thru via email) and asked them to restore it, and said this proves that their filter is not working as intended.

My assumption is that the system is marking them as spam due to several included links (even though they were to other forum Ideas), or separate messages being posted back-to-back, as both of us did this on the same day.  Of course, I also asked them to take a good look at this Idea and the other 4 which should be merged into one, along with a plethora of other bugs and functionality issues I submitted.  I agree there are a ton of problems on both Spotify platforms.  They regularly update the apps, esp the iOS version, but rarely fix critical bugs and essential missing features.  It’s been like this for many years, 9 to be exact!  This was when Spotify started to go downhill: New Update 1.0.1.1060.gc75ebdfd Mega Discussion Thread [Complaints, Workarounds, Changelog] : r/spot..., but they’ve made many improvements since this catastrophic makeover which removed dozens and dozens of features all in one shot, the worst version they ever released.

I hear you on the browser extension.  It’s just that most people don’t use this version.  Either 2 separate icons are needed next to each other, or 1 icon that can display 2 different ways to communicate these 2 separate meanings: liked & playlisted.  But they need to be independent.

[Lanciano007]

I have updated my message with 6 more threads from users experiences after the changes...

First page, last message... 

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/Bring-back-the-heart-button/idc-p/5907928#M283321

[shape5]

@Lanciano007:  Nice – yeah, this is the one that came thru via email and was auto-removed.  I already passed on the relevant links from here to the Escalations Team, and asked them to merge all 5 into one Idea since they all refer to the same issue.  The would increase the tally to over 4200 votes.  I also added them to my previous post on pg. 3, as noted above.