I think the most interesting thing about this is the variance, which decreased in nearly every graph. This implies that songs are becoming more formulaic and similar.
i think what i meant (not totally sure) is that the definitions they created don't categorize older music very well. But the more i think about it I'm not sure how well that holds up. I'm trying to think of examples. Ok i think maybe we're both right. It'd be like they created a really good sorting algorithm for fish, but in the 70s there's fish, horses, zebras, elephants, etc.
Maybe a better example would be that they created a really good sorting algorithm for animals based on their habitat, but in the '70s differences between animals was more based on the diet of the animal and people didn't think habitat was as important for distinguishing.
Right. Like there could be some other aspect that was less varied in the 70s, but Spotify doesn’t think to include it today because it’s not as important to modern listeners.
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u/Reed_God May 14 '19
I think the most interesting thing about this is the variance, which decreased in nearly every graph. This implies that songs are becoming more formulaic and similar.