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patagoniadave · ‎04-06-2026

How is Eric Clapton showing up in a Korn playlist? I use these playlist at work to focus, and they are mood dependent. It jars me out of focusing on work when something comes in out of sync. I have to lose my train of thought, turn away from work, deal with your broken algorithm, and then try and figure out where I left off. You can pay me $75 an hour to troubleshoot your issues. Where can I send invoices?

patagoniadave · ‎04-06-2026

All of the stations show creep from other stations, and I really don't have time to go through and give specific examples. Literally for decades, I had my stations where I wanted them, and now something in your algorithm has shifted. This is not new music that is getting kicked up for potential review, these are songs that I have liked in one flavor of playlist getting added to playlists that they don't belong. This is not something for me to fix by increasing my thumbs up skills. This is something that changed on your end. I'll give you a couple of months, then I am trying Spotify.

patagoniadave · ‎04-03-2026

I used the Fleetwood Mac vs FFDP as an extreme example of my music spectrum. While it has not technically happened, there are often tracks that pop up that have no business in the playlist, and that never played before. Pearl Jam for example. The point is, there has been a shift lately that was never there before. I had to delete that Everlast playlist it was so corrupted, and I have had that one for over 10 years. I had already put the time in thumbsing my stations years ago, and had them where I liked them. Only the occasional new artist should pop up, not wholesale changes in the algorithm. This is not a me problem, this is a you problem, and I don't like getting blamed for it. I am super annoyed, and will delete my account at years end if I don't notice a marked improvement. This is also the first I have heard that thumbs up and down are specific to stations. I do not want the Algorithm to assume that I do not like a song, just because I discard it from a specific station. Moderator Edit: Removed external link

patagoniadave · ‎04-02-2026

I have been using Pandora since day one, and I am a paid subscriber. Something has broken recently. Distinct playlists I have used for decades are starting to bleed together. There is no option for "not on this playlist", so I am afraid to thumbs down on a song a like, but am not in the mood for. A quick search of Reddit lets me know that I am by far not the only person having the issue. If I am listening to Fleetwood Mac, I don't want to hear Five Finger Death Punch, those serve different moods. My annual account renews in June. I will cancel if it is not resolved by then.

patagoniadave · ‎01-15-2026

Of course I noticed afterwards that there is a slider bar on one of the playback screens (although it is very small). I did also sort of find show notes, but they were all compressed into one word salad blob, and there were no active hyperlinks. I think the user interface could be improved in general. Thanks for the reply.

patagoniadave · ‎01-13-2026

I am not an Apple person and I dislike Spotify. I am also in general someone who does not like to have a lot of subscriptions. I was using Google podcasts, but they shut that down and forced us to go to Youtube Music. That has been an annoying hot mess. I would love for Pandora to be my all in one audio platform, I have been using the music side for decades and it is the one subscription I do not mind paying for. I have been playing with the podcast portion for a day, and I have a lot of little suggestions. Some I have already posted, others might be covered by other people, and some might be user interface error. Still, I thought I would list out some thoughts, and encourage others to contribute to the list. I think Pandora could take advantage of a poor podcast player market right now. 1. The ability to mark an episode as "listened to". Preferably with a multi episode selection option. 2. The ability to paste in a podcasts RSS feed in order to subscribe. 3. A time slider in the episodes, and maybe some "go forward 30 seconds" type buttons. 4. Access to the show notes provided by the podcast.

patagoniadave · ‎01-12-2026

I am looking into migrating to Pandora for podcasts as I already use it for music, and my current podcast option has too many problems. Most podcast platforms have the option for the end user to supply an RSS feed link to a podcast they want to listen too. I tried migrating my shows over, and there are a couple that are not available on your list. I know that these shows proved rss links. Thanks

patagoniadave · ‎01-12-2026

I totally agree with this.

patagoniadave · ‎01-12-2026

I am frustrated with other podcast players. I already subscribe to Pandora for music. Would be fantastic if the podcast player was usable, but there are a couple of small issues. One is that we need to be able to mark episodes as played. Bonus if you could modify multiple episodes at once with some sort of "ctrl" or "shift" option.

Re: Fix playlist bleed

Re: Fix playlist bleed

Re: Fix playlist bleed

Fix playlist bleed

Re: Idea: Ideas to make Pandora a good podcast pla...

Idea: Ideas to make Pandora a good podcast player

Use rss feed to subscribe to podcasts

Re: Thumbs Down conflates “dislike” with “wrong st...

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