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Hey, glad to hear you got coverage! The playlists have to be at least 1,000 followers to qualify, and we're more interested in listeners than anything else. The first 4 weeks of a song's release on Spotify are the most important, and sharing songs for 3 or 4 weeks is pretty standard - even for Spotify's official playlists. There's just so much music out there, you gotta rotate as a curator. That said, all this information is publicly visible: you get to choose exactly who your song is sent to, and can avoid those who don't match your preferences up front.

Hi Brutal King, thanks for taking the time to share this. We understand why that experience would feel frustrating. Contradictory feedback on the same track can make it hard to know what to take away, especially when the comments are framed in technical terms. One important thing to keep in mind is that SubmitHub curators are individual tastemakers, not a unified review panel. Their reactions are often subjective, and sometimes that does lead to conflicting feedback. We try to be upfront about that on our side: many curators are hobbyists rather than professional consultants, so their feedback won’t always be consistent or useful for artistic development. On the listening side, we do track curator behavior and factor things like listen time and feedback quality into our internal quality systems. For premium submissions, curators are required to listen for at least 60 seconds and provide a meaningful response if they decline, and artists also have the option to choose longer listening instead of feedback. That said, your point is fair: timestamps and fragmented listening can feel at odds with how a producer evaluates arrangement and transitions. Feedback quality is something we actively monitor, and artists can also rate whether feedback was specific enough. That input helps shape curator quality over time. We appreciate you calling this out, and it's something we're definitely aware of and constantly acting on. SubmitHub works best as a way to test fit with different curators’ tastes, and we agree that consistency and quality control matter, so your review is useful feedback for us.