Spotify playing SAME ADS dispite disliking them

[dillybar5543]

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Free/Premium

Country

Device

(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)

Operating System

(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)

My Question or Issue

Same ad dispite disliking. Stupid chase bank nobody wants to listen to "Maybe she lost it at this" Disgusting and inappropriate. THE DISLIKE BUTTON SHOULD TAKE AWAY THAT AD. The fact spotify keeps playin that ad makes me feel like it's on purpose "Oh you don't like this ad?" We will play it MORE!! It is the ONLY ad i get now!!!!! 

[Susan_GP]

Hi @dillybar5543,

Thanks for reaching out to the Community and welcome!

The availability of ads tailored to your specific interests varies between countries, so if you keep seeing the same one, we'd suggest disabling Tailored ads in your account privacy settings.

If this doesn't help, you can report the ad by leaving all the requested info in this thread. That way we can forward the details to the right team.

If you have any questions or need anything else, the Community is here for you.

[kixstar]

Why do I keep hearing certain advertisements even after I mark it offensive? When I get advertisements for certain content that I find disturbing (true crime films, for example) I will click the thumbs down button and mark that my reason for doing so is that I find the content to be offensive. Yet, even if I do this multiple times, I will still receive this advertisement over and over. I understand that I have free Spotify and this means ads, and that I can't always control them. Does the 'this content is offensive' button not actually do anything? If so, why is it there in the first place?

[StevenTuchten]

I agree I dislike political ads and they keep playing them no matter what reason I put stop playing them if someone dislikes them.

[jpaulmccloskey]

All the advertising I see is political and there is a thumbs up and down button but they don’t work. Need to get rid of all the political advertising or put on both sides not just one. 

[Myname21]

Me too. I think they play ads you down vote to get you to subscribe. I’ve switched to pandora but I have a huge playlist on Spotify.

[ainabells]

I gave a thumbs down on a specific advertisement about a podcast about scary stories but it's been continuously showing up for the past hour. How can I make this work? I selected the option that I find it unpleasant but it's still showing up -- and it's the only advertisement showing up. This is really getting annoying.

[ALS213]

Same here, they keep playing this stupid annoying ad over and over. 

[DullDemon47]

I wouldn't be surprised if the like and dislike buttons are swapped. Disliking an ad being "Oh, you want more of this kind of ad" and Liking ad being "Oh, you don't like this kind of ad".

If someone dislikes an ad, then the ad should stop playing and be replaced by something different.

If an ad is liked, it's ok to keep playing it.

[tbedford]

I keep getting gambling ads, and use downvote on both web player and mobile to try discourage these. It does nothing and I continue to get the same vile ads. I've selected all of "irrelevant", "offensive", "unpleasant" etc. and nothing has an effect for several days now.