A long time ago in the Wild West days of Pandora, we listeners used to be able to write comments after clicking on the Pandora page link for an artist, song, album, etc.  Comments in the earlier years tended to be topical and fun, and you could become friendly with other listeners who had similar tastes or opinions, but the climate inevitably changed to frequent spam comments, "follow for a follow!", and sometimes harassment, and mean remarks. ... View more

Those obnoxious spam comments were on a few profiles, but became more common on Pandora's pages of musical artists, their songs, and their albums (when listeners click on links to learn more about who / what is playing). ... View more

To my knowledge, I don't think there is  . I kept many of the e-mail notifications I received from Pandora when another user would comment positively and courteously (which was 99% of the time) on my profile, prior to when Pandora changed their platform and removed that capability a couple years ago.  ... View more

That is puzzling, 4T9R.  I unfortunately have no idea what's behind this, nor have I experienced it. Prior to creating a Soul Songs playlist with mostly Sam Cooke tunes, I never listened to Pandora's suggested or compiled playlists. ... View more

Like you've shared, on Pandora over the long, approximate 15 years I've been on here, I've had songs play by Gary Clark, Jr., Nathaniel Rateliff , and The Devil Makes Three as well. I wasn't familiar with them, and I like them. Since they weren't a part of my musical upbringing, on Pandora I began discovering blues and soul music, and artists such as Sam Cooke, Little Walter, Otis Redding, Little Willie John, Marvin Gaye, etc. And on Pandora that led to Chris Stapleton, The Steeldrivers, The Devil Makes Three, Colter Wall, Nick Waterhouse, JD McPherson, William Elliott Whitmore, The Civil Wars (comprised of Joy WIliams & John Paul Williams, who've since parted ways), Willy Moon, Son Little, Jacob Banks, Phildel, Caro Emerald, & others. ... View more

I do miss it. I've been on Pandora for close to 15 years, and I struck up conversations of substance with a few people, and developed friendships. Even if Pandora would at least tentatively allow comments in one area relating to the music, such as the artist, or an album, that's better than not having the option. Unfortunately, as Pandora listeners grew exponentially over the past few years, so did irrelevant comments ("Follow me and I'll follow you!"), spam comments sometimes, and inappropriate remarks, & communications about, & with others. I can understand that for Pandora moderators attempting to manage all of that, it would be too time-consuming & aggravating, but this platform is certainly not what it used to be in that regard.  ... View more