{"id":6308,"date":"2024-01-04T13:48:39","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T20:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/?p=6308"},"modified":"2024-01-04T15:20:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T22:20:40","slug":"cher-scholarin-out-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/2024\/01\/cher-scholarin-out-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Cher Scholarin Out in the World"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>So I noticed a few things at the end of last year while Cher Scholarin.<\/p>\n

One was when I was coming home from a family reunion in Cleveland, (where my parents now live), and I was using Spotify logged in as Mr. Cher Scholar to locate Cher’s new Christmas album.\u00a0 I noticed that the Cher Scholar playlists were coming up kind of high. (See left.)<\/p>\n

But then I thought maybe that’s because Mr. Cher Scholar might have played those playlists once before and he was getting a personal shuffle. It’s hard to be scientifically objective in the universe of algorithms.<\/p>\n

Results are definitely not consistent. You don’t even get the same major categories searching via phone app versus phone browser or desktop app.<\/p>\n

I also visited the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this visit to Cleveland. Julie had gone earlier in the year and saw the electronic board of fan votes. At that time (May, 2023) Cher was in the #8 position and Britney Spears was the next female #10. She sent me a picture.<\/p>\n

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Cher was at #4 by the time I visited in November and shockingly Cher was not only the highest-ranking woman but still the only woman (solo or in a band) in the top twenty! Britney Spears was the next female listed at #21. Unbelievable.<\/p>\n

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But you can chalk all of this up to the kinds of people who visit the Hall of Fame (it’s not a cheap ticket). It’s also\u00a0 not a pristine sample of everyone’s views by any means. It’s just a sample of the views of people who have the money and interest to travel to Cleveland and visit the RnR HoF.<\/p>\n

I myself dutifully voted for Cher, as did Mr. Cher Scholar but I think that was probably just unspoken peer pressure. I don’t think he honestly cares a whit about Rock and Roll Hall of Fame artists.<\/p>\n\n\t\t