[FEEDBACK] What do you think of "Flow"?

To be honest I dont use it often. I dont like it so much since it plays too much of my music and only very little new songs. so, for me its only a duplicate favourite list. 

What I miss is the “hear this” function you guys decided to kill a few years ago in favour of “Flow”.

When I had the “hear this suggestions” I discovered so many albums and I increased my music range a lot. I prefer albums to single songs.

Thanks for the feedback @Rgallego 

Personally, I'm a big fan of the Monday Discovery list. I always get a few new favourites every week, so you should definitely check it out.

Also, we'll have a few important improvements to Flow very soon, where you'll be able to control a bit more on your discovery level, instead of a balanced mix between favourites and unknown tracks. Worth checking it out as I know you're a big supporter of our service!

Have a nice weekend.

Hi @Rudi

Yes, the Monday Discovery was nice to find out. I've been using it lately.

The hear this was a big loss to me. It gave entire Albums I still hear to this day, all based on my previous play.

A couple of songs don't really define an artist. If I really, really like the songs, I usually click and drill down on the Artist and hear his/her albums. It was just more convenient and more artist-focused.

It was a big loss not to you but to quite a few users @Rgallego totally understand you. Aren't you getting better album recommendations via the homepage? I mean the section 'New releases for you' (I know it isn't the same, just curious about your experience).

Our teams think, for now, that you can get good artist-focused recommendation via the section 'Similar Artists' in the artist profile. 

But I also admit album recommendations are missing from our platform, and your comments are a big contribution to the discussion 

Flow have some issues with picking music from the likes playlist. 

I notice a lot when I listen to music that flow playing the same song from a album that isn't from the artist. 

For example I liked a song from this album from the weekend:

I get the same song from a "collectors" album like this:

This happening a lot in the flow radio station. 

It looks like Flow understand that I liked a song from the weekend  ( for example: Alone Again )  but don't playing the song from the album what is in my library or liked playlist. 

What I also notice is that sometimes flow playing the same song from the artist that I liked.  But then I get on the flow radio the non expliciet version.  And not the expliciet version I liked and added to my library.

I hope this can be changed because this is really confusing. And gives a lot double versions in my library from 1 song. 

Flow have some issues with picking music from the likes playlist. 

I notice a lot when I listen to music that flow playing the same song from a album that isn't from the artist. 

 

For example I liked a song from this album from the weekend:

 

I get the same song from a "collectors" album like this:

This happening a lot in the flow radio station. 

It looks like Flow understand that I liked a song from the weekend  ( for example: Alone Again )  but don't playing the song from the album what is in my library or liked playlist. 

 

What I also notice is that sometimes flow playing the same song from the artist that I liked.  But then I get on the flow radio the non expliciet version.  And not the expliciet version I liked and added to my library.

 

I hope this can be changed because this is really confusing. And gives a lot double versions in my library from 1 song. 

Another example from the flow recommendations: 

Here you see I have another version from this song in my favorite playlist: 

Thanks a lot for this @darkdevil1988 missed your detailed feedback!

I agree, it is a bit confusing. I've forwarded your feedback to our devs in the recommendations teams. Our Flow will get a few improvements this year so this is very useful 

I sometimes have the phenomenon that titles repeat themselves. Always following the same pattern:
7 tracks
3 tracks
7 tracks from just now in exactly the same order

is that crazy or magical?
Anyway, I love my flow. 

Some screenshots:

It's very odd @dee_dirk but thanks for sharing, really useful.

I wonder if you do a cache cleanup on the app, once in a while,  this stops?

I’ve been using deezer for 2 years and I found flow to be really interesting. I basically only use Deezer hearing the flow playlists, so in the beggining, it repeated several songs. But when I searched for my favorite artists and songs and liked all of them, the playlists got a lot more accurate and in tune with my tastes (extreme metal).

Since that, this 2 years experience is being amazing for me. I’m the kind of person who likes to discover new bands every day or week, so flow became an excelent tool for me.
The only downside that I saw (as mentioned above) is that it will repeat the same song if the song is in several compilations.

Now, a quick question for anyone who can answer: Sometimes, flow will recommend a song from some artist. After liking the song (i love that heart button), flow won’t recommend other songs from this artist, only the one I liked (unless I go to the artist page and add to my favorites). Is that normal? Flow is recommending only this song because is the only songs from the artist that is close to my taste?