A single-click popularity contest has no real meaning. Nothing's ranked on hidden metrics, nothing's boosted, and nothing's built to keep you here longer than you meant to be. Recommendations come from people, so things start turning up sideways again. And listen however you like; community shouldn't depend on which streaming service you use.
Share the records, gigs, and moments that matter to you, along with the context that makes them meaningful: where you were, who you were with, what was going on at the time. The people who make the music, put the nights on, sell the records and write about them are here too, in the same place as the people who love them. And everyone gets to be a fan.
Stereotype is independent. No ads, no engagement targets, nothing that makes you the product.