Spotify and Sonos have gotten together for a little holiday promotion they’re calling Playlist Potluck. It lets a host create a Spotify playlist they can share via email, and anyone who’s invited can add their own track. The theme is friendship, family, and togetherness.
I would wager that the chances of my extended family putting together a coherent and enjoyable playlist are about as good as the odds we can talk politics without someone throwing mash potatoes.
Love, love will tear us apart
This seems like a much better option for the Friendsgiving brunch happening over the weekend. Put a bunch of like-minded hipster dads together around a table of leftovers and let the mellow middle-aged tunes flow. Really aids in the digestion.
Yesterday I asked two co-workers and heavy Spotify users if they had ever heard of collaborative playlists on Spotify and both drew a blank. But collaborative playlists aren’t actually a new feature, just one that has mostly flown under the radar, now with fancy new wrapping.