You have evidence this is happening on Spotify’s Discover Weekly playlist?
Just wanna remind folks that when Steve Huffman founded reddit it was just him and a couple friends with dozens of alt accounts. The first decade of Reddit’s life it was just ripping content from Digg and 4chan to rehost.
Lemmy will grow, and probably in a very similar way.
Can’t. I’m addicted to the algorithms. Music discovery guided by AI is too much fun. If I was only using streaming services to listen to music I already know or the new albums from artists I already like them I’d be with you, but now I’m hooked on finding new stuff.
If the admin are in cahoots with the crypto mining douchebag, then no part of the site is safe.