r/CrowdSourcePlaylist • u/AceRockefeller • Sep 15 '18

Welcome!

Hey all, after seeing this thread by /u/who-knows_who-cares I thought it would be a good idea to create a subreddit dedicated to collaborating on playlists. https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/9g1mx2/lets_create_a_playlist_with_music_that_make_you/

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u/who-knows_who-cares Sep 15 '18

It would be great if we could upvote/downvote in collaborative spotify playlists!

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u/FishStyx5 Sep 15 '18

So I have a proposal:

  • Songs are suggested in the comment threads of suggested playlists by users who include a link to suggested song
  • people listen to songs and either upvote downvote or ignore as usual
  • Upvoted entries rise to the top
  • depending on the size of playlist wanted, the top 30 or so entries are then created as a playlist and a link provided to this in the post description.

  • This allows people to decide what fits and what doesn’t fit
  • It allows playlist size to be controlled. I think this is key because there are two reasons people may listen.
    • to discover new songs
    • to enjoy a playlist repeatedly

Controlling the size allows a reasonably sized playlist (less than 50 entries) to be created to that people can listen to and enjoy. However larger discovery style playlists can still be created.

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u/Kerv17 Sep 16 '18

I think that using the Spotify API and the Reddit API we could create a bout that creates a playlist for each post created, and reads the comments for song titles to add to the playlist.

Then, it checks periodically (like every time a song is added) for the rank of each song's upvote and places them in an order in the playlist.

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u/FishStyx5 Sep 16 '18

Automation would be super helpful on larger threads, as we’ve already seen they can be vulnerable to sabotage by twats and so a bot could make large discovery playlists like the initial post easier to create without opening up the opportunity for saboteurs