I noticed these accounts are following a lot of ppl on Spotify including me nd it doesn’t seem like I’m the only one from looking on social media. Does anyone have an answer to this? Bots maybe, ppl spam following?

    • Moghul@lemmy.world
      6·
      9 months ago

      What does it do? Do you like… see what they’re playing? You listen along or something?

      • sunbeam60@lemmy.one
        8·
        9 months ago

        Not a lot. Yes you can see what they are playing and they use it to make recommendations for you.

        I think the primary motivator for Spotify is just data scraping. Everybody wants to know your circle of friends in order to advertise better towards you.

        • mifan@feddit.dk
          5·
          9 months ago

          I don’t know if it’s still a feature but I used to get phone notifications every time a friend put a song on.

          I don’t recommend this.

          • ???@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            22·
            9 months ago

            But I remember we did it. “Okay, Brian, the record’s five. The record’s five… Okay ready? Go!”

      • TheLemming@feddit.de
        1·
        9 months ago

        For me, I follow several artists and it gives updates on when they uploaded a new album etc etc And I follow my siblings and could see what they’re listening to, live, if I activated the sidebar but I’m just here to listen to music

        • Moghul@lemmy.world
          1·
          9 months ago

          That first part works without following personal accounts too. I don’t follow anyone but I get notified when the bands I listen to release new albums. Besides that, I use the release radar playlist.