If you love Spotify's Discover Weekly playlist, but wish you could teach it some new tricks -- you just might be in luck.
SEE ALSO:Want to make music on Spotify? A new acquisition could make it possible.Mashable UKSocial Media Producer Jennie Gale noticed Monday morning a new feature in her Discover Weekly playlist -- a little heart, and a blocked sign, on the bottom left corner when a song is playing.
Credit: screenshot/jennie galeWhen you hover over the line or circle, it says "like" or "don't like."
Credit: screenshot/jennie galeAnd here's an up-close view of the Dislike.Credit: screenshot/jennie galeHowever, her esteemed colleagues (myself included) didn't see such a feature.
We got in touch with Spotify, who told us that they are indeed testing the like/dislike as a possible new feature for Discover Weekly, as they already have it for Daily Mix. However, there's no news on when, or if, it'll become a feature for everyone, because they are just testing it.
This is kinda fun -- when you un-unlike something.Credit: screenshot/jennie galeSpotify's Discover Weekly playlist is a popular feature, and people have used it to stream just under 5 billion tracks in a year. Plenty of people have been waiting for a like/dislike function to better train their algorithm-powered recommendations, so if the feature indeed makes it through it should be popular.
Some of the tweets about it go back to 2015 and 2016...
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And joy from the chosen few for the test today.
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