At what point will Pandora be offering its listeners the ability to thumbs up/down the various ads that are played? Like many, I find a number of the ads that Pandora chooses to play in support of the overall platform mildly sexist, potentially racist and downright offensive (my list might be different). While I don't begrudge Pandora running ads to offset the cost of providing their platform (nothing wrong with a little capitalism), I struggle with being subjected to ads that I partially/totally disagree with, and usually turn off/on the app to clear the ad. While I realize that Pandora gets paid either way, it causes the overall user experience to be less than optimal. And, if I were to subscribe to a paid service, it would likely be elsewhere (sorry, being honest). So, if you want to continue to generate ad revenue from your cheap(er) users, consider giving us the option to thumbs down the ads we disagree with, and play the through the ads we find less offensive. Or, we might just find an alternative... ... View more

At what point will Pandora be offering its listeners the ability to thumbs up/down the various ads that are played? Like many, I find a number of the ads that Pandora chooses to play in support of the overall platform mildly sexist, potentially racist and downright offensive (my list might be different). While I don't begrudge Pandora running ads to offset the cost of providing their platform (nothing wrong with a little capitalism), I struggle with being subjected to ads that I partially/totally disagree with, and usually turn off/on the app to clear the ad. While I realize that Pandora gets paid either way, it causes the overall user experience to be less than optimal. And, if I were to subscribe to a paid service, it would likely be elsewhere (sorry, being honest). So, if you want to continue to generate ad revenue from your cheap(er) users, consider giving us the option to thumbs down the ads we disagree with, and play the through the ads we find less offensive. Or, we might just find an alternative... ... View more

@ICEMAN99TURBO Here is the info I received from our Ads team:  Pandora often times runs surveys on behalf of advertisers to get feedback on their ads. Typically, we include a "None of the above" option for listeners who were not exposed to any of the option choices, so we apologize that this has caused confusion or frustration. Please feel free to select any option to advance to your hour of ad-free listening. Hope this helps!  ... View more