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YES! I played Daddy Yankee's Gasolina at a party once as kind of a joke and for weeks my Discover Weekly was filled with Spanish music.

I wish they had a 'stealth' mode or at least an option to reset your tastes.

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Second the option to reset, but there is an "private session" mode in the nav menu that seems to not track your listens the same way.

Netflix and the video streaming services are the worst here. I hate my Netflix recommendations, and can't get out of them.

Just create a new profile

Private session?

Unfortunately, it will silently turn un-private after only six hours, so you need to be on top of that, lest you end up in the same boat. I learned this the hard way while listening to focus/study music all day at work.

Yeah it’s an option in settings. I always thought it was just to make your listening activity private from your followers, but maybe it does more.

It used to only hide your activity but now apparently anything you play in a private session won’t influence recommendation features:

https://support.spotify.com/us/using_spotify/features/how-to...

Thanks! I wish they’d say ‘will not’ rather than ‘may not’. Good to know they’ve thought about it though!

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