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minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up141·2 months agoIs this why my wife is constantly complaining that her playlists constantly keep playing the same songs over and over?
minus-squareF/15/Cali@threads.net@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·2 months agoNo, that’s just random being random. In order for something truly random to feel less random to the average person, you have to reduce the repetition.
minus-squarekinsnik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoand that is what spotify actually does: https://engineering.atspotify.com/2025/11/shuffle-making-random-feel-more-human
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months ago<sigh>… And here I am, expecting “shuffle” to be a random ordering without repetition at all, like a silly person apparently.
minus-squarekinsnik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agothat is exactly what it does the fewer repeats is for when you listen to the same playlist multiple times, not for the sequence itself
minus-squareEager Eagle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 months agoIdk why the donwvotes. This is how these players implement shuffle, because people don’t actually want a random shuffle most times.
minus-squareF/15/Cali@threads.net@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoMaybe people disliked my fun fact, maybe I came off the wrong way, maybe people took offense at my typo. It doesn’t matter much. I comment for me! (This comment included)
Is this why my wife is constantly complaining that her playlists constantly keep playing the same songs over and over?
Fuck yeah, it is.
No, that’s just random being random. In order for something truly random to feel less random to the average person, you have to reduce the repetition.
and that is what spotify actually does: https://engineering.atspotify.com/2025/11/shuffle-making-random-feel-more-human
<sigh>… And here I am, expecting “shuffle” to be a random ordering without repetition at all, like a silly person apparently.
that is exactly what it does
the fewer repeats is for when you listen to the same playlist multiple times, not for the sequence itself
Idk why the donwvotes. This is how these players implement shuffle, because people don’t actually want a random shuffle most times.
Maybe people disliked my fun fact, maybe I came off the wrong way, maybe people took offense at my typo. It doesn’t matter much. I comment for me! (This comment included)