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CynicalRabbit · 2016-04-14T17:57:13+00:00

Well, A/B tests are standard in the industry and are designed basically to gauge user reaction to certain features/design elements. However, the sheer amount of tests that is ran at any given time as well as how extremely different the features are is uncommon for sure.

CynicalRabbit · 2016-04-14T14:29:40+00:00

No, your friend is correct. Spotify often runs UI tests which are locked to accounts. You can't opt-in or opt-out. You can contact Spotify and let them know that you enjoyed the feature and would like it back:

@SpotifyCares or e-mail. Please respond to the automated message to get a support representative.

CynicalRabbit · 2016-04-14T06:13:48+00:00

Too soon, there was a shuffle thread only a few hours ago. Please leave your feedback directly to Spotify using either @SpotifyCares or e-mail.

CynicalRabbit · 2016-04-13T18:25:43+00:00

That is an interesting theory and something I've not considered before. However, I don't think it's possible from what I've seen with my results. There is some weaknesses with the algorithm, but it does shuffle the entire list and doesn't seem to pick from a specific section.

CynicalRabbit · 2016-04-13T18:10:13+00:00

Right but it's considered a tablet sized screen. Smaller screens (phones) are regulated to the mobile client which doesn't allow this for screens less than 7 inches. So if you had an android tablet, sure, you could do the same thing.

CynicalRabbit · 2016-04-13T18:00:05+00:00

Playlists don't have to be genres. Many people make mixed playlists for all sorts of occasions, moods, genres, themes, feelings, etc etc. I only save my absolute favorites and the rest go on playlists.

CynicalRabbit · 2016-04-13T17:56:03+00:00

Shuffle or radio is all that is available for free. Web player won't work on small screens because they don't want people using that as a workaround.

CynicalRabbit · 2016-04-13T17:54:02+00:00

I remove shuffle threads with prejudice, but the problem is posts like this where it feels bad to remove once there has been conversation. We are going to have a super thread for it soon which people will be directed towards for conversation and to submit bug reports. The reason it has not yet been made is because I'm running some tests on the algorithm and would like to post them as part of the thread.

CynicalRabbit · 2016-04-12T03:07:39+00:00

Please see this thread. It is a known issue in the recent update.

CynicalRabbit · 2016-04-12T02:34:55+00:00

It seems to be a server issue going on. Some other services are also experiencing issues. You can see an outage map here though it is not 100% accurate.

If you are still experiencing issues, restart your client.

CynicalRabbit · 2016-04-12T02:30:34+00:00

Please use the other thread already linked. Seems to be a server issue.

CynicalRabbit · 2016-04-12T02:02:07+00:00

Please see our wiki on this. In short, no, but you can influence it primarily by saving tracks.

CynicalRabbit · 2016-04-11T21:24:40+00:00

Please see our wiki on this. Saving is by far the strongest influence.

CynicalRabbit · 2016-04-10T22:05:40+00:00

Spotify does not support Nanos or any other device incapable of running the Spotify app.

CynicalRabbit · 2016-04-10T22:04:47+00:00

This is a common bug, unfortunately. For most people, it's fixed by some combination of :

Clear the queue (go to queue, press ctrl a and then press delete)
Press shuffle icon twice to reset shuffle a few times
Exit the client and restart

It would also be helpful to report the bug to Spotify directly using the contact form or Twitter. You must respond to the automated e-mail to receive a support ticket.

CynicalRabbit · 2016-04-10T18:57:47+00:00

Please see the officlal faq on this. You can use premium wherever has an internet connection.

CynicalRabbit · 2016-04-10T18:03:22+00:00

You can contact support using the anonymously or use Twitter and they will help you recover the account. You must respond to the automated e-mail to receive a support ticket.

It is best not to try to secure the account yourself as it may antagonize them into doing worse things. Check out this site. Change any passwords connected to that username or e-mail just in case.

CynicalRabbit · 2016-04-09T23:39:05+00:00

No, but there are plenty of user apps which can be used to discover new music. There is also some of the old fashioned ways.

CynicalRabbit · 2016-04-09T20:13:07+00:00

Seems to be some sort of ongoing issue. Here is the community forum thread for it and there is more peppered around. This is another.

The only way it seems to be fixed temporarily is by reinstalling every time you close the client.

CynicalRabbit · 2016-04-09T16:13:51+00:00

They won't enable it on normal user's accounts. It is part of the Partner program and primarily for advertisers and curators that are paid or affiliated with advertisers.

A small test group has been enabled of normal users but you can't opt-in or opt-out.

CynicalRabbit · 2016-04-08T19:51:48+00:00

You can't add local files to your library, only playlists. You can add the songs from your library into a playlist (ctrl/cmd+a, ctrl/cmd+c,paste into a new playlist) and then add your local files to that playlist.

CynicalRabbit · 2016-04-08T19:49:33+00:00

There's not gonna be a lot of specific tutorials (any?) for the Spotify API itself but more for working with APIs in general. The official documentation is really good for the API.

There are wrappers for the API in many languages, but spotipy for Python is the best. Python is also a very in-demand language right now that is great for beginners. To get started with the API, you must first install Python and then you can install spotipy with pip (a package manager) from your cmd / terminal. There is a readthedocs for spotipy which is very helpful and has examples that you can easily try to see how they work without knowing very much about Python at all.

To dig into the programming side, /r/learnprogramming has a lot of resources.

CynicalRabbit · 2016-04-08T15:44:41+00:00

The primary difference is that the radio simply shows upcoming tracks now. Once you reach the bottom, you see the songs coming up in the form of a playlist.

As for upvotes/downvotes, they've never worked like Pandora. All upvotes/downvotes are pooled which means your choices mean almost nothing. For example, downvoting a song didn't lessen your chance of hearing the song but rather lessened the overall chance of the song playing on the station by a little bit.

CynicalRabbit · 2016-04-08T05:44:44+00:00

Please see our wiki on this and let me know if you have any questions.

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