![]() Over on Reddit, users have been theorizing about the Ashley's of Spotify, while pointing out less subtle and non-gendered bots that have been ruining the vibes on playlists near and far, like "SongSuggestor(beta)" and "Picked Tracks." At the end of the TikTok, Francis asked a pressing question: Why are all these bots women? There are no answers. ![]() Other commenters dropped names include a Jeni, an Olivia, Claudia, Julia, and Lily - at least a dozen ghost accounts ruining the playlist vibes with the music of outside artists. Some of the TikTok's commenters noticed other bots promoting single artists, like user "An anni did this to me!! The artist isn't that bad tho tbh," they wrote. According to Pesukone's Instagram, the account is a Finnish collective devoted to highlighting unknown musicians ( including bots, too, I guess?). Francis discovered that the Ashley bot was exclusively engaging with and adding the music of one Spotify account called Pesukone. In the TikTok, Francis theorizes that these bots are promotional accounts created to boost the listening stats of a single artist's music by adding them to as many public playlists as possible - it's a strategy that's been used by streaming artists and fandoms before. "this happened to my group playlist & we kept removing the songs & THEY DELETED EVERY SONG OUT OF OUR 19+ hour playlist i felt so violated," commented user reason to drop Spotify, this is such an invasion of privacy," wrote but not effective it seems. "Ashley is a literal virus I got her from a work playlist that got her from a coworker and so on, it's wild," replied user _bro _wheres_my _sheep. The comments on the latest video appear to be filled with Ashley's victims, as well. ![]() The relatable responses to that TikTok inspired him to dig further, posting a video highlighting the many victims of Ashley and other similarly-disguised bots, including an "Emma" and an "Elsie." It seems the users hope to ward off the advances of the bots by adding messages in the titles of their playlists, like one titled "STOP FUCKING ADDING SONGS ASHLEY LITERALLY WHO TF ARE U LEAVE." The invasive habits, and general vibe sabotaging, of Ashley and other bots like have turned users into bonafide detectives, including TikTokker and musician Francis first pointed out the bot in a video about funny playlists that feature his own music, including one touched by the infamous Ashley. ![]()
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