The latest internet villain is not a corporate mega-billionaire, a politician, or a troll, but a bot called "Ashley", which is an acronym for "spotify".
Multiple users have complained that their public, collaborative playlists that was designed to allow them and their friends to curate songs in real time together have been hijacked by bots.
Users have become detectives because of the habits and vibe of the bots, including TikTokker. The bot was pointed out by Francis in a video about funny playlists that feature his own music.
He posted a video showing the many victims of similar-disguised bots, including Emma and Elsie, and it seems the users hope to ward them off.
The comments on the latest video seem to be filled with her victims as well.
We kept removing the songs and they deleted every song from our 19 hour playlist, I felt so violated.
Another reason to drop Spotify is that it is an invasion of privacy.
Ashley has entered the chat. Credit: Screenshot: Spotify
Ashley strikes again! Credit: Screenshot: Spotify
Ashley isn't the only perpetrator. Credit: Screenshot: Spotify
Simple, but not effective it seems. Credit: Screenshot: Spotify
Francis theorizes that the bots are promotional accounts created to boost the listening stats of a single artist by adding them to as many public playlists as possible. The music of one account called Pesukone was being added to the bot by the time Francis discovered it. Pesukone claims that the account is devoted to highlighting unknown musicians.
Some of the TikTok's commenters noticed other bots promoting single artists. They wrote that the artist is not that bad. At least a dozen ghost accounts are ruining the vibe with the music of outside artists, and other commenters have dropped their names. Francis asked a question at the end of the TikTok. There are no answers.
Users have been pointing out the less subtle and non- gendered bots that have been ruining the vibes on the playlists on the site.
They have asked for help to stop the intrusions, and some have turned to the community for help. Unfortunately the summary of responses seems to be a simple one, and we can't help you with that right now. They suggested that the bot victims support a change in the future updates of Spotify that would allow the editing of collaborative playlists.
The only solution to the problem is to manually remove each song that has been added, block the bot, or remove it from the site. And pray that she doesn't find you again.
As we prepare for the public release of our music choices, what hero will rise to save us? Will our playlists always be vulnerable to intrusive vibe checks? As it deals with its own streaming controversies, will it make time to save us? Time will tell.
If there is a response from Spotify, the article will be updated.
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