Discussion

• @b_resnick Brian Resnick on x

  we want to be told who we are just so we can tell it to other people https://www.vox.com/...

• @melindafakuade Melinda on x

  Spotify Wrapped season is here again! @Kehpow explains how the streaming app encourages us all to be influencers, and why we eat up our own data over colorful graphics every year https://www.vox.com/...

• @kehpow Kelly on x

  “Our collective enamoration with this recap reveals the extent to which algorithms have become integrated into the way we conceive of ourselves in digital consumer culture: as brands to be refined.” My latest for @voxdotcom! https://www.vox.com/...

• @manymanywords Meredith Haggerty on x

  Why do I even WANT to tell you all you people that I'm in the top .5% of Waxahatchee fans? Because of “the way we conceive of ourselves in digital consumer culture: as brands to be refined.” https://www.vox.com/...

• @thedextriarchy Adi Robertson on x

  I still very much want a retrospective on early https://last.fm/ scrobbling, which was practically very similar to Spotify's algorithmic recommendation but in a totally different cultural context https://www.vox.com/...

• @asteadwesley Astead on x

  spotify wrapped: “vibe check! you understood the assignment and kept it on fleek with this podcast that lived rent free in your head, just like an NFT”

• @keyon Hood Vogue on x

  how can a person only have men in their Spotify wrapped https://twitter.com/...

• @noname @noname on x

  fans love wrapped because it's a way to celebrate their favorite artists. artists love wrapped because it's nice to see yearly analytics and love from fans. meanwhile... “Spotify pays less than a cent: an average payout of $0.004 per stream.” https://twitter.com/...