how do i exclude disliked songs from a smart playlist

How do I exclude disliked songs from a smart playlist.

iPhone 5s, iOS 10

Posted on Sep 15, 2016 6:19 PM

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Oct 6, 2016 8:41 AM in response to abcfgrdweddfbgdfdfbg

How do i exclude disliked songs from a smart playlist.


With the new and unfortunately poorly designed system on the phone, you can no longer rate songs in the app. Yes you can do it with Siri, but given Siri limitations and poor ability to understand requests this is not improvement and much slower. Not too mention disruptive to everyone around you!


Ideally, I would have two smart playlists on my phone, high rated or liked songs, and unrated songs, or songs which are neither liked nor disliked.


The smart playlist functionality considers all songs that are not loved, as the same, whether they are disliked or not rated.

Very dumb, as in not good design. Obviously Apple was trying to do something Facebooky with song rating, by limiting us to only "like"ing songs, something even Facebook has moved away from.


So here is the question - HOW DO I MAKE A LIST OF ALL THE SONGS IN ITUNES THAT HAVE NEITHER BEEN LIKED OR DISLIKED so I can include that list on my phone, and review those songs to add ratings.


Please limit your answered to be responsive to this question - NO SUGGESTIONS TO DO SOME OTHER THING THAT DOESN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION OR SOLVE THE PROBLEM.


PLEASE ALSO POST IF YOU WANT APPLE TO FIX THE LIMITATION IN IOS and ITUNES.


Thanks!

Oct 8, 2016 10:29 AM in response to abcfgrdweddfbgdfdfbg

I would like Apple to provide the ability to create a Smart Playlist that allows user to filter unloved/not disliked songs. For example songs you have not listened to with neither a heart of the heart with the x-out.


This would allow users to listen to songs that they have not as of yet reviewed/rated/hearted etc.


Apple's decision to remove the five star rating system from IOS had repercussions on users that either were intentionally ignored in the update or stupidly missed. Please return this functionality, or fixed the extremely limited loved/disliked rating system and how it operates with smart playlists.

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