Comment by kittikitti

How many among us are superfans? I know of at least one artist that I am a superfan of, but these systems aren't built to detect us. The fandom's are filled with people who, in reality, hate the artist and just go to concerts for the clout. The type that are Reddit moderator's of artist's snark subreddit. Usually, they buy tickets with mommy and daddy's money.

Spotify is using this to encourage this type of person, a chronically online hater who has too much money and influence, to increase their usage on their app. How many people will this actually help?

I think the image people have in their minds of scalpers is flawed. It's often a coordinated and organized group of "fans" who buy these tickets for "themselves". They are the first one's to criticize scalpers and form the common idea of one (namely, not them, they are certainly not a scalper).

The solution is to stop expecting so much from an artist. These tours and concerts literally shorten their life spans. Live events have lost the plot (the irony of everyone recording a live event). I no longer care about seeing an artist in person. I'm not in the stratospheric class that can do it, nor will I ever be, nor do I want to be associated with the typical concert goer.

I think the better solution would be to create artist communities that are interested in their music. I would love to connect with people who do, but at the moment there are 0 practical options. I'm always stuck with snarky Redditor's who think it's weird that I actually like the music.