Oct 2018
youtube can retain it's old worth
as a music streaming channel after all...
like it was several years ago,
before just within this year,
its algorithm became unhinged
and i kept seeing the same lists
of the same videos
i've listened to,
and didn't even like -
well... "liked" in that i didn't notify
the algorithm that i liked them...
just like i never allowed myself to
"like" anything on Facebook -
for what's worth -
the new friend suggestions?
apparently they're not friend suggestions,
but people who've visited my site,
so the algorithm was fooled into
thinking that i knew these people...
not a chance in the world!
entry point?
the song
Vargtimmen, by the band Hedningarna
from the album Trä...
and what emerged from
the suggested videos?
some that were already listened to...
i've been having such a dry spell
in finding new music,
just a mind-numbing experience...
but then i noticed a playlist channel...
56 videos in total...
i was skeptical at first,
so i looked into the channel, opened it up,
56 videos to chose from...
90% of music i've never heard of...
now... if you're lucky...
you'll get a playlist channel suggestion
when you fiddle with what songs
you've listened to prior...
jumping from depeche mode's
NEVER LET ME DOWN...
through to twenty one pilots's
song HEATHENS...
through to Britney Spears'
song CRIMINAL...
and then on the trail of In Extremo,
and then into hedningarna
territory...
a bundle channel ought to pop up...
and that's how i found more of
what i like...
band Tenhi - song Jäljen...
i guess the youtube experience will
have to look like this from
now on, to find new music...
you have to play a game
of some variant of chess with the algorithm
of youtube,
and i can't be bothered using
last.fm once more...
as i used to, coupled with youtube
to find music...
put me in a music shop and i could
walk around wearing headphones 24 / 7,
a real radio-head, in the flesh...
but more of this observation soon...
Hyperion, i am on my way.
as a music streaming channel after all...
like it was several years ago,
before just within this year,
its algorithm became unhinged
and i kept seeing the same lists
of the same videos
i've listened to,
and didn't even like -
well... "liked" in that i didn't notify
the algorithm that i liked them...
just like i never allowed myself to
"like" anything on Facebook -
for what's worth -
the new friend suggestions?
apparently they're not friend suggestions,
but people who've visited my site,
so the algorithm was fooled into
thinking that i knew these people...
not a chance in the world!
entry point?
the song
Vargtimmen, by the band Hedningarna
from the album Trä...
and what emerged from
the suggested videos?
some that were already listened to...
i've been having such a dry spell
in finding new music,
just a mind-numbing experience...
but then i noticed a playlist channel...
56 videos in total...
i was skeptical at first,
so i looked into the channel, opened it up,
56 videos to chose from...
90% of music i've never heard of...
now... if you're lucky...
you'll get a playlist channel suggestion
when you fiddle with what songs
you've listened to prior...
jumping from depeche mode's
NEVER LET ME DOWN...
through to twenty one pilots's
song HEATHENS...
through to Britney Spears'
song CRIMINAL...
and then on the trail of In Extremo,
and then into hedningarna
territory...
a bundle channel ought to pop up...
and that's how i found more of
what i like...
band Tenhi - song Jäljen...
i guess the youtube experience will
have to look like this from
now on, to find new music...
you have to play a game
of some variant of chess with the algorithm
of youtube,
and i can't be bothered using
last.fm once more...
as i used to, coupled with youtube
to find music...
put me in a music shop and i could
walk around wearing headphones 24 / 7,
a real radio-head, in the flesh...
but more of this observation soon...
Hyperion, i am on my way.
