Inappropriate Ratings

Still strange, but I'll leave it then. 

K then

WOW!  That's a lot of 1 star ratings!

Edited by Second Life Syndrome - July 23 2013 at 14:28

WOW! That's a hell of a lot of illegally downloaded (stolen) albums

Edited by Dean - July 23 2013 at 16:08

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stollen

I've seen this topic before discussed here but I would like to lend my thinking as well to the rating system. Unless someone can justify, with a written review, a rating given, I can't see why a rating should be allowed as it allows for abuse. I understand that there are many who are not fluent with the use of the English language and that, for me, is the only reason why rating only, here on PA, should possibly exist. A serious rating should only really count, in my opinion, if a lot of thought has gone into that rating here and if a "rater" is not prepared to put thought into a review then why should it count toward an album's score here or anywhere else. It is way too easy perhaps just to dislike an album for whatever reason, real or imagined, and to just put a score down. Perfection in anything is an ideal that should be the goal of anything - including PA. Unless doors for abuse are shut down abuse will exist - it's the way of things unfortunately. This site is profoundly important to those who love prog rock and to music lovers in general and I would say that a lot of "store" goes into what we say here on PA relating to albums and to artists and we can in fact have a large say relating to sales and acceptance of an artist. <p>

I did some ratings when the quick rating feature came out, and asw it as a means merely to list some of my personal favourite albums.  The way an album ranks is not really important to me.  That said, I'd quite like to see ratings have a 0 weighted value so they don't count towards the average rating score while keeping the ability to make ratings only.

Not everyone enjoys writing reviews even if they could.  Some like to use ratings to show what they like, and/or as a means to make personal lists, and don't care about how it affects the ranking or general rating.  I sometimes like to see members ratings merely to get a better idea of their tastes in music, and if I know that they have similar tastes, then as a means to look into their faves that I haven't heard as I can expect to like those too.  I can think of some personally trusted mostly ratings-only people whose ratings helped me to discover great-for-me music.

Logan wrote: I did some ratings when the quick rating feature came out, and asw it as a means merely to list some of my personal favourite albums.  The way an album ranks is not really important to me.  That said, I'd quite like to see ratings have a 0 weighted value so they don't count towards the average rating score while keeping the ability to make ratings only. Not everyone enjoys writing reviews even if they could.  Some like to use ratings to show what they like, and/or as a means to make personal lists, and don't care about how it affects the ranking or general rating.  I sometimes like to see members ratings merely to get a better idea of their tastes in music, and if I know that they have similar tastes, then as a means to look into their faves that I haven't heard as I can expect to like those too.  I can think of some personally trusted mostly ratings-only people whose ratings helped me to discover great-for-me music.

Another manipulator............

http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=48888