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Add/Remove podcasts from "Your Shows"

Add/Remove podcasts from "Your Shows"

I was listening to a comedy podcast, and when it ended I was moved on to a show by a different popular comedian I don't enjoy. Fine, computer algorithms aren't perfect, so I move on and find something else...

 

Now, every time I log in, front and centre, is this podcast I partially listened to once, that I never chose, and I have no way of suppressing it from my feed. It appears under "My Shows", even though I have never indicated it, even though shows I've actively searched for and listened to multiple episodes of are not in that list, and there is no "Not Interested" button on mobile or desktop, no way to dislike or block.

 

In the list below, 3 of the 5 shows I actively clicked play on, only two of them I would consider "mine", and two were foisted on me by the algorithm.

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More to the point, now every time I think about listening to something, I find myself worrying what the algorithm is going to force on me as a result, and whether or not it will supercede something I actually like.

 

I see from elsewhere that lack of control over feeds is a major issue for other complaining customers, and that there is supposed to be a "Not Interested" button somewhere, but it's not there. Please fix this, it's an irritating waste of time and effort, and it actively dissuades me from using the service.

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