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Mugato: Pandora said the email sharing feature simply gives listeners what they want. "Sometimes, a listener wants to learn more about a product that's being advertised on Pandora, whether it's a car, a movie, or a political candidate," said Sean Duggan, Pandora's vice president of advertising, in an emailed statement.

No they don't you scumbag marketing weasel.

This.

Lsherm: Mugato: It's among the latest in a series of increasingly sophisticated tactics that campaigns are using to target narrow groups of voters online

There's nothing "sophisticated" about it, you farking bottom feeder.

Pandora said the email sharing feature simply gives listeners what they want. "Sometimes, a listener wants to learn more about a product that's being advertised on Pandora, whether it's a car, a movie, or a political candidate," said Sean Duggan, Pandora's vice president of advertising, in an emailed statement.

No they don't you scumbag marketing weasel.

If you're getting something for free - you are the product, not the other way around.

I thought they just knew I was special!

Garth Brooks is a Democrat. Silly Pandora.

I dislike Romney and Pandora but it is simply foolish to complain about an ad while choosing to use something that is ad supported.
Why is this waste of time green lit?

// not a Brooks fan either

b0rg9: Garth Brooks is a Democrat. Silly Pandora.

Yup, he's an Obama supporter. They'd be better of with the fans of asshat Toby Keith.

I got that ad on my Pandora Dubstep station.

I was amused.

I like listening to The Veronicas and Paula Abdul, and the only ads I keep getting are for "A Guide to Coming Out of the Closet."

Ads suck. Ignore them or avoid them. Don't go running to a journalist every time you see one.

St_Francis_P: Harris said she loves Pandora but that political ads may convince her to upgrade to an ad-free version of the service.

Which I assume costs money. Seems like their plan worked.

Indeed. A whopping $36/year.

I love Pandora, so I happily pay that: no ads, higher-quality audio, supporting a company who generally does online music in a way that I like.

/political ads can die in a fire.
//so can normal ads, for that matter.

b0rg9: Garth Brooks is a Democrat. Silly Pandora.

And people who listen to him on Pandora were probably voting for Romney anyway. Once again, the Romney campaign is demonstrating its laser-like focus on the conservative base and incompetence at capturing the moderate vote.

/not that it matters anyway. Romney can't win without Florida, which he lost as soon as he selected Ryan.

andersoncouncil42: b0rg9: Garth Brooks is a Democrat. Silly Pandora.

Yup, he's an Obama supporter. They'd be better of with the fans of asshat Toby Keith.

Toby Keith is registered as an independent, but he was a big Obama supporter in 2008. He's since said that he's a little disappointed with Obama, but he certainly hasn't had anything nice to say about Romney, so far as I know.

Does the American Honky-Tonk Bar Association endorse Romney?

1) Give a "free" service to democrat constituents
2) Annoy them with republican political ads and charge them to upgrade to ad free version
3) Profit

I got a couple of Romney ads listening to an old-school punk station I created. Someone dropped the ball there.

Listening to Pandora now
The free version
I haven't had an ad come on in two hours
I'm becoming concerned
What are they building up to?!

"Garth Brooks owned Central Park that night." In May of 1998, the New York Fire Department officially announced the final attendee numbers at 980,000. This made the concert the largest ever held in Central Park.

New York City?

Ikam: I got a couple of Romney ads listening to an old-school punk station I created. Someone dropped the ball there.


Ha, maybe not -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Ramone#Politics

Fabric_Man: Listening to Pandora now
The free version
I haven't had an ad come on in two hours
I'm becoming concerned
What are they building up to?!

They're going to send Romney around to your house directly to sing 'God Bless America' on your front lawn until you finally crack.

b0rg9: Ikam: I got a couple of Romney ads listening to an old-school punk station I created. Someone dropped the ball there.


Ha, maybe not -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Ramone#Politics

Heh. I didn't know that about him. Oh well, the 70's were rough on a lot of people, it isn't surprising a few of them got damaged ;)

Kanemano: "Garth Brooks owned Central Park that night." In May of 1998, the New York Fire Department officially announced the final attendee numbers at 980,000. This made the concert the largest ever held in Central Park.

New York City?

New York City?

St_Francis_P: Harris said she loves Pandora but that political ads may convince her to upgrade to an ad-free version of the service.

Which I assume costs money. Seems like their plan worked.

Well, doesn't that depend on whether she upgrades to the ad-free version Pandora supplies, or one of the many similar competing services that didn't piss her off?

Mugato: It's among the latest in a series of increasingly sophisticated tactics that campaigns are using to target narrow groups of voters online

There's nothing "sophisticated" about it, you farking bottom feeder.

Pandora said the email sharing feature simply gives listeners what they want. "Sometimes, a listener wants to learn more about a product that's being advertised on Pandora, whether it's a car, a movie, or a political candidate," said Sean Duggan, Pandora's vice president of advertising, in an emailed statement.

No they don't you scumbag marketing weasel.

By the way if anyone here is in advertising or marketing... kill yourself.

No, no, no it's just a little thought. I'm just trying to plant seeds. Maybe one day, they'll take root - I don't know. You try, you do what you can. Kill yourself.

Seriously though, if you are, do.

Aaah, no really, there's no rationalisation for what you do and you are Satan's little helpers. Okay - kill yourself - seriously. You are the ruiner of all things good, seriously. No this is not a joke, you're going, "there's going to be a joke coming," there's no farking joke coming. You are Satan's spawn filling the world with bile and garbage. You are farked and you are farking us. Kill yourself. It's the only way to save your farking soul, kill yourself.

Teufelaffe: Mugato: It's among the latest in a series of increasingly sophisticated tactics that campaigns are using to target narrow groups of voters online

There's nothing "sophisticated" about it, you farking bottom feeder.

Pandora said the email sharing feature simply gives listeners what they want. "Sometimes, a listener wants to learn more about a product that's being advertised on Pandora, whether it's a car, a movie, or a political candidate," said Sean Duggan, Pandora's vice president of advertising, in an emailed statement.

No they don't you scumbag marketing weasel.

CSB time:

About 15 years ago I got to sit in on an exec conference call where they were talking about having the phone support personnel at the end of every call mention "special offers exclusive to our members" and then transfer the customer to a third party marketing line who would then try to sell them shiat. When most of the customer support and tech guys on the call pointed out this was a terrifyingly bad idea and our customers would likely hate it, the marketing director actually said:

"Our members will be happy that we're giving them the opportunity to buy something."

Marketing people live on an entirely different plane of reality. We should firebomb that reality and make sure there are no survivors.

Anyone sitting near him should have had the right... nay, the DUTY to biatch slap him up side the head with whatever heavy object was available at the time.

Romney will sell his vessel 'till the river runs dry

I am just annoyed that I pay for Hulu plus and still get farkin mittens ads. (no cable just the hulu and netflix ) What part of me watching Misfits, Being Human, Buffy and Supernatural screams REPUBLICAN! ok other than they all deal with made up beings the the religion thing but I doubt it is that meta

clkeagle: b0rg9: Garth Brooks is a Democrat. Silly Pandora.

And people who listen to him on Pandora were probably voting for Romney anyway. Once again, the Romney campaign is demonstrating its laser-like focus on the conservative base and incompetence at capturing the moderate vote.

/not that it matters anyway. Romney can't win without Florida, which he lost as soon as he selected Ryan.

I keep hearing that and I probably missed something but why is Ryan toxic to Florida voters? Something to do with his medicare "reform" attempts I assume?

I for one would LOVE it if some of R-money's folks got my email address. My wife has a Pandora account, if it helps!

HEY GUYS! Its in my profile! For free! Go ahead and send me your campaign missives!

(I haven't had this good a laugh at my SPAM filter in ages. I can't wait!)

insertsnarkyusername: I keep hearing that and I probably missed something but why is Ryan toxic to Florida voters? Something to do with his medicare "reform" attempts I assume?

Bingo. His Path To Prosperity^TM essentially balances the budget by privatizing Social Security and turning Medicare into a voucher program. Which isn't designed to keep up with rises in health care costs, so it will go from "much worse than the current system" today to "won't pay for you to sit in a waiting room for thirty seconds" in ten years.

Those two programs are pretty high up on the list of Florida priorities. Pretty much the only parts of the Florida base they won't lose are the Israel worshippers and the good old-fashioned Southern racists, which aren't going to be nearly enough to carry the state.

Assuming the Obama campaign can do what it needs to do, the presidential race was finished yesterday at 9AM EST. The only question now is what will happen on Capitol Hill.

Cool, I'll stick with Last.FM then.