List manipulation?

 

There are the individuals who try to push their favourites a little further up the rankings by giving them 5 stars, and their nearest competitors 1 star. Such people tend to give ratings only, as they find it too difficult to write a coherent review of an album they have not heard. They are probably unaware of the minimal impact their ratings only will have, and are basically harmless. That said, a simple count of the 1 and 5 star ratings for said album is corrupted slightly too, but for an album with fewer ratings this can be more relevant. I don't think there' is too much we can do about such visitors. M@x has decided to make it easier to post ratings only, and this will be one of the effects of that decision.

 

Then we have the concerted hyping of bands and albums by the artists or well meaning friends, agents, whatever. Most of our regular visitors are able to smell a rat when they come across such attempts, and take the reviews with the large pinch of salt they warrant. Those concerned think they have beaten the system, and congratulate themselves on a job well done. Behind the scenes, the admin team use the tools at our disposal (the obvious ones and others we'll keep to ourselves) to identify such efforts, and where appropriate, we take action. We tend to do this quietly and without publicity. We appreciate the input form the site members pointing us towards potential hype attacks, but please understand that we may not comment openly on any action taken.

 

 

collab rating with review percentage? - is it 20?

regular rating with review percentage? is it 3?

 

rating only collab?

rating only regular?

 

thx