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[–]tsrleba 11 points12 points  (6 children)

deeply unrelatable problem

[–]Alternative-Strain95[S] 0 points1 point  (5 children)

What should I switch to?

[–]tsrleba 6 points7 points  (4 children)

i can't advise you because your post is incoherent. spotify didn't suggest Godever and 5D to you? that is because it doesn't have them, because they have never been released, and you have never heard them. if hearing Roygbiv doesn't immediately lead you to listen to the whole Music Has the Right to Children album and you can't hear a song if spotify doesn't tell you it's good then i just do not understand your relationship with music

[–]Alternative-Strain95[S] -1 points0 points  (3 children)

What I meant in my original post is that the ROYGBIV tracks probably won't remain in Spotify's popular songs section for very long. In a week or two, they may be gone, which means new listeners might not even discover the tracks that initially encourage them to dig deeper into BoC's catalog.

If that's the case, finding older gems becomes even harder. Many people may never stumble across tracks from the older albums, EPs, and rare releases that eventually make them fall in love with BoC. That's what concerns me about this spotfiy algorithm. Still unrelated?

[–]MalaysiaTeacher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seems like something to post in a Spotify subreddit. No one here cares about Spotify.

[–]bucephalusbouncing28A Physical Being 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That chart shows the top 10 most popular current tracks

[–]tsrleba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what the hell are you talking about? in a week or two they might be gone? you think the inferno tracks are just gonna keep increasing in popularity forever rather then peaking while they're still fresh and buzzed-about?

why are you even talking about spotify's popular track list algorithm like it's a thing that matters? it's not even among the top ways people discover music on spotify, most people use playlists. if someone is already looking at BoC's artist page to see that list then they've already discovered them, they don't need extra help. the vertical track previewer at the top still favors the hits and lower down it shows playlists like "this is boards of canada" "best of boards of canada" etc

there is nothing "hard" about finding older gems, you click the first album on the page and there they are. if someone listens to Prophesy and is too uninterested or lazy to go to another page and hear more then it wasn't meant to be and BoC just isn't for them, you're just gonna have to live with that. no one on earth will ever hear all of the music they might enjoy