Thanks! Do please ramble on, I was starting to feel a liitle alone in the rambling
A thing crossed my mind while discussing fountain.fm with @setto on Social music distribution in one click? - #13 by setto which is a little more general and belongs here.
Recency bias. I got it, you got it, they all got it because everyone keeps wanting to be on the new shit. But suppose I publish a song and want it to be discovered – I will want it to be discovered just the same in 1 year! It’ll be the exact same song (and probably exactly as unheard, too )
There will simply be more music published in the meantime, that’s OK – but how to correct for the extra recency bias introduced by latest-first? I’d be all for people having to listen to the oldest music so that they can better appreciate the newest, but that’s just the same problem upside down.
Maybe one way in which our platforms would be fairer for both artists and listeners, is to ensure near-equal exposure to the back catalog? Would that be a good idea in your opinion, how would it work?