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Rising Star
June 1, 2019
Replied by Deezer

Private (from FLOW) session - Deezer Incognito Mode

  • June 1, 2019
  • 44 replies
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It would be good to have the ability to browse and listen without having an effect on FLOW.

Since the Flow algorithm is said to "work in real time" and is affected by every track played, I would like to be able to listen without Flow listening too. So I can go on a discovery binge, or look up an unknown artist, or perhaps play music outside my normal selection for a party, etc etc.

Google music's "I'm Feeling lucky" function became unusable once contaminated with my son's nursery ryhmes and wiggles playlists. Having made the move to Deezer I'm playing it safe by searching via youtube and Spotify - Spotify having "Private session" already in place.

    44 replies

    One Hit Wonder
    November 24, 2017
    To have a option to set a "Jukebox mode" for those times when you have friends over and everyone wants to play their song, people never stick to the playlist, they'll play the song they want which will result in deezer automatically playing everything by that artist until prompted then when you return to a playlist you have to reset it and hear the same songs again.
    What if you could lock the app into a "Jukebox mode" where whatever song is started any next song selected would automatically go into a queue without prompting. This working for pre made playlists held on an account too, all controlled by the account holder via a password block hidden in the settings menu. For example if I played my "party playlist" then enabled "Jukebox mode" the playlist would be fixed and any other song selections would be automatically added to the playlist queue temporarily for that session, without effecting the original playlist.
    Guitar Hero
    December 8, 2017
    TL;DR: add an incognito mode that ignores all searches and plays while in that mode
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    Last week my nephew wanted to play a few songs in the car. "Sure, go for it" I thought.
    Big mistake of course, as soon I had to invent rules to keep my sanity and not cause any accidents because of some auto-tune-puppet-of-the-week blaring nonsense in my ear.
    With the holidays around, I've put on some matching playlists when I had the family over. Childrens songs about Saint Nicholas mostly.

    So now when I visit my Deezer page, I see all that music listed, ready to be played again. And that hurts, because between Dire Straits, Nine Inch Nails, Dream Theater and Elbow, now I also see Justin Bieber.
    Blasphemy!

    These are not songs I want to hear regularly (or indeed, at all), but I fear that Deezer will now start recommending this and putting it into the Flow mode. A horrid thought that sometimes wakes me up at night.

    So my idea is this: add an incognito mode where everything searched for and played is ignored. This way the recommendations will not be distorted and everyone gets to enjoy the music without fears for the next song. 🙂
    Guitar Hero
    December 8, 2017
    Oh god, I just read the title again. It looks bad. I can't change it. 😐
    Anja
    Deezer Staff
    Deezer Staff
    January 16, 2018
    Hi there, Thanks a lot for your idea. We'll pass it on to the team and I'll let you know should there be an update 🙂
    Flo.Deezer
    Ultimate Superstar
    Ultimate Superstar
    March 9, 2018
    Oh god, I just read the title again. It looks bad. I can't change it. 😐

    Hey, no worries, we merged your topic into this existing one so we can count all votes for this all together ;)

    So sorry for the late reply, we are slowly making our way through this forum 🙂
    One Hit Wonder
    April 26, 2018
    It would be nice to have a switch in Deezer that prevents anything being listened to from influencing Flow.

    Sometimes a friend will say "Check out artist X, they are the greatest thing since sliced bread". So, you play a few albums/songs. Then it turns out that artist X is in fact rubbish, but because you have played just a little too much of it, Flow thinks its your new most favourite thing ever and drops the music in for you all the time.

    Or you unwisely let your friend/child/dog choose the music in the car, and then a week later Flow thinks it's a good idea to switch between My Little Pony music and Slayer.
    Roadie
    April 26, 2018
    I just came to suggest this.

    When I'm with other people, they have different tastes, so being able to play their music and have it not influence my music/suggestions would be great.
    Flo.Deezer
    Ultimate Superstar
    Ultimate Superstar
    May 7, 2018
    Hi @Diz and @Jedi.Burrell thanks for your suggestion. I have moved your topic to this one as i it the same.

    Please vote above 😉
    Roadie
    August 13, 2018
    Hi!

    Would it be possible to add an incognito mode when listening to music? For instance, I listen to mostly rock n roll, punk rock, metal etc. but every now and then when hosting guests at home and they want to listen to a completely different genre, I don't want my Flow to be affected when a different type of genre has been playing for a few hours.

    Would be rad to either click on your profile image and select "Incognito", and whatever gets listened to won't show up on your listening history or affect your Flow.

    Hope it makes sense.

    Thanks,
    Guitar Hero
    August 14, 2018
    YES!!! For the most part I despise close to all songs that get played on the radio (pop, rap, punk, American metal, etc) but every now and then I want to research such music.