Inappropriate Ratings

Argonaught wrote: Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:  Ah the old, rate my favorite new album 5 stars & every other 2014 highly rated album 1 star, cunning plan.  I have said this time and again: (1) New members should not be allowed to leave extreme ratings (1 and 5) in the first 3 to 6 months. Once in a while, some people will be joining for reasons that are not most conducive for the success of PA.    (2) And/or require that any extreme rating be accompanied by a review, explaining the decision. I would even extend this requirement to old-timers as well. If you feel passionate enough to call something "a chef-d'oeuvre" or a "piece of trash", you should be able to muster enough energy to add a few words to help peopl understand.  (3) Limit the overall number of 1- and 5-star ratings to 10% each of the overall number of ratings. In other words, if someone has left 100 ratings, only 10 of them may be 1-star and ten - 5-star. The world is not black and white.

The problem with that is no one will ever want to join as a new member. Part of the attraction to the site for new members is the ability to rate and review their favorite albums. Take away the ability to give 5 stars for new members, the site will die.

New members should not be allowed to rate 2000 albums in a week. I have seen members who have been here less than a month and have rated 3000 albums.

Argonaught wrote: ^ Really? Not a single soul? How do you know?

I don't for sure, but I do know that's what attracted me to the site in the first place. And what makes you so sure that I'm wrong? I do agree, however, that 5 and 1 star reviews should require a review. Perhaps, that alone, would be sufficient.

I think that everyone has the right to rate an album with whatever his/her rating happens to be. What I detest, is, there is no PROOF, whether the procrastinator has indeed listened to the album or not.
What I mean is, if I was a 'bored wonderer', surfing the net for something to do, and I happened across this site by random search, maybe I'd just plonk on random ratings for whatever 'sh*t' is on offer, then disappear into the ether......
We have to accept this sort of behaviour, and move on.....
Heck, I rate many albums as a 5 star masterpiece, maybe against all religion, but, believe me, I carefully consider what the album in question does for me, how it figures into the progression and development of music, and more so, how much it moves me. I do understand that, for instance, Twelfth Night's debut means diddly squat to most Proggers, however, what I hear is an update and modernisation of the old 'traditional' Prog.
I don't know what more to say......

Edited by Tom Ozric - December 02 2014 at 00:18

http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=47301

http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=53391

Ragnarson is quite obviously a huge fan of Phoenix Again. But not much else, apparently.

Deleted all his ratings and I've sent him a PM.

Rogue rating on the new Steven Wilson album: http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=47434

onedropper wrote: http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=53391 Ragnarson is quite obviously a huge fan of Phoenix Again. But not much else, apparently.

Back at it again here it seems:

http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=53391

As well as likely having a brother, alter-ego, super-hero secret identity or multiple-personality disorder:

http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=53832

Cheers, Dave, sorry it had to come to that.

One of the bands on the receiving end of his `wrath' contacted me and was a little confused and upset about it.