The Spotify Shuffle Paradox: When Random Feels Too Random
Have you ever hit shuffle on your favorite playlist and felt like it wasn't random enough? Maybe the same artist kept coming up. Maybe you heard three slow songs in a row. Your brain screamed "this can't be random!" And here's the thing: you were probably right.
Spotify famously had to make their shuffle feature less random to make it feel more random. People kept complaining that true randomness was broken because they'd occasionally hear the same artist twice in a row or notice patterns that seemed impossible. But statistically? Completely normal.