New "likes" system is a mess

[darkly77]

To like a song you click the plus, but to unlike it you have to do multiple clicks/taps. It's incredibly clunky. This was way better as 2 separate buttons, there's no benefit to merging the two. You also need to know what the button does and how it all works.

And when viewing a playlist you can't see which tracks are liked, because the check mark means it's either on a playlist or liked. It's totally obtuse compared to the simple heart icon from before.

There might be some parts of a good idea here, but this current approach is clunky, messy, and unclear.

[stephaniafalcon]

Hoping they bring back the hearts!!!! 🙂

[Puglifiled]

Vote for Starred Songs : More generic sounding than "Liked" while still being just as INSANELY useful !!

Vote for "Additional Green Checkmark for Same Song on OTHER Albums"

[combolito2]

Totally agree!
Now you can't see which songs in a playlist of yours that you have already added to "liked songs" and which songs you have not added. This really sucks!

[khakihaki]

My problem with the new system is that I have an applet that saves Discover Weekly songs into an Archive playlist. So, every song in my Discover Weekly has a green check next to it, so I don't know which songs I've added into Liked Songs or not.

Plus, I can already easily access "Add to playlist" option and manage the playlists by simply right-clicking or using the ··· menu. The new plus button does not serve well in terms of indicating whether or not the song's liked. It's a step back in my UX.

[peterbouge]

Also if you click outside of the playlist popup it doesn't close. Like many webpage, when you click outside, it's "out of focus" and it's closing.

[foryoublue94]

Yes please!! It seems like maybe they were trying to approach something cool with this, but have, once again, made a change that only makes things more inconvenient and confusing for users.

The green checks showing next to songs that aren't "liked" and not being able to see on a playlist which of those are in my "liked songs" is a hugeeeeee peeve currently. There was nothing wrong with the heart, other than the fact that it didn't always display correctly on mobile.

[DatEightySix]

I agree they need to return it to its former glory like all their customers appear to agree with.

[SauceyLOL]

Agreed, this new likes system is way too clunky and either they remove it or fix it.

[richstangroom]

Bring back the heart! I need one click to save my favourite songs, rather than having to add to the 'Liked Songs' playlist.

[Luan]

Updated on 2024-01-27

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