Music Playlists Inspire Hope For Information Playlists
August 5, 2014
Computers are soulless machines that are programmed to understand our tastes and make suggestions based off them. Face it, though, computers cannot predict change in people’s tastes, because humans have erratic behaviors. How does this relate to music? According to The Next Web’s article “Why We Crave Human-Curated Playlists” music listeners want human made playlists again, because it allows them to discover new music.
“The unique thing about a playlist is how human it is. When you create a playlist, you’re sharing information about yourself. Sharing a playlist allows for others to look into your music tastes and even into your personality. This connection is what makes following artists on services like Spotify seem more emotionally invested. You get to hear music that the artists are inspired by, and what they’re currently jamming to at this very moment.”
A mixture of algorithms and human creation are the key to appealing to people’s tastes for the old mixed with the new. The human element makes music selection more interesting and is what music startups need to consider. It also gives hope to information professionals worried about being replaced with computers. Information professionals can help people find the best content and make it more personalized.
Whitney Grace, August 05, 2014
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
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