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		ericz on July 3, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Feedback on Mixest, my HTML5 ironic indie ... More Obscure does more! The algorithm is not plainly random. It factors in how many times people have clicked more obscure for a particular artist! tldr; When you click More Obscure, the song won't play again for you. The entire artist will play less for everyone.

SkyMarshal on July 3, 2010 [–]

Ah, so it sounds like 'More Obscure' means 'Make this artist more obscure in the playlist'? I interpreted it as 'drill down into even more obscure, less known, less listened-to artists'.

balac on July 5, 2010 | [–]

me too, the term is a bit ambiguous

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