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Recommendation algorithms are mostly garbage, I find most of it through RYM by browsing the charts / clicking on people's profiles and seeing their highly rated albums. Human curated > machine curated still.

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I wholeheartedly agree with human curation especially on the long term outlook. Sure the algorithm gives you a bunch of new stuff in the first few months but after a while you’re just stuck in a minima. Also I think my taste evolves quickly enough but algorithms box you in to what your preferences were.

I may not like everything in a human curated list but I’m exposed to more things that can have sudden jumps from my current localization.

For those unaware, RYM -> https://rateyourmusic.com/

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