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    Posted: March 28 2012 at 17:56
As an experiment I tried it

1 star rating took it down from 4.72 to 4.68


with a review it would go down from 4.68 to 4.14


Dang! I cant get rid of my 1 star rating now. I will have to get this album unless someone can delete my rating.
Oh well thats how it works when you rate with or without a review
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Originally posted by Todd

Perhaps only albums with a certain number of reviews (maybe even Reviewer/Collab reviews to avoid that kind of spam) should be considered for that list. I don't know if that's possible, but it seems like that would help this sort of thing.

I agree but how do you police every case? This one is obvious of course but there must be others.


Its annoying cos the same guy might try it again and wreck our system

 
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Post Options Post Options   Quote AtomicCrimsonRush Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 28 2012 at 18:03
I just checked too and if I reviewed it it would be off the top 100

Thats a massive drop in ratings. Maybe i should get hold of it LOL... I know it would be junk as its a bad tribute band. Anyhoo move along.


EDIT: Okay it is available for download believe it or not so will listen and review today... should prove interesting listening....




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Post Options Post Options   Quote TheGazzardian Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 28 2012 at 18:16
Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush

I just checked too and if I reviewed it it would be off the top 100

Thats a massive drop in ratings. Maybe i should get hold of it LOL... I know it would be junk as its a bad tribute band. Anyhoo move along.


EDIT: Okay it is available for download believe it or not so will listen and review today... should prove interesting listening....



I think this is the reason Collaborator ratings are weighted so high, so that when we do check out this "rising stars" and review them, their ratings even out the abuse quicker.

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Ah I just saw that the Yes tribute album exists already here!


Just delete the other album and all those ratings will go so problem solved - it will frustrate the multi user too and he might give up! 

btw listening to it now and it really is mediocre.... worth about 2 stars though as I like some of the singing...
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Post Options Post Options   Quote Epignosis Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 28 2012 at 18:48
To speak only of the top 100 on the front page is short-sighted.  All other charts are affected by this manipulation.  I know I've bought albums by saying, "Wow, I remember this had a 4.17 on the X genre page!  And it's only $10!  I'm having it!"

I appreciate the admin team for looking into it and brainstorming possible solutions.  Thumbs Up  Hopefully I'll have an idea or three, but I'm not as tech savvy as they. 
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Post Options Post Options   Quote Dean Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 28 2012 at 18:48
Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush

As an experiment I tried it

1 star rating took it down from 4.72 to 4.68


with a review it would go down from 4.68 to 4.14


Dang! I cant get rid of my 1 star rating now. I will have to get this album unless someone can delete my rating.
Oh well thats how it works when you rate with or without a review
Please use a spreadsheet if you want to play around with numbers, don't use the live database.
 
Also remember two things: 
  1. a review is worth 10 ratings, a collaborator review is worth 20 ratings;
  2. deliberate rating manipulation is bad regardless of who does it and for whatever reason.


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Post Options Post Options   Quote AtomicCrimsonRush Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 28 2012 at 19:06
Originally posted by Dean

Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush

As an experiment I tried it

1 star rating took it down from 4.72 to 4.68


with a review it would go down from 4.68 to 4.14


Dang! I cant get rid of my 1 star rating now. I will have to get this album unless someone can delete my rating.
Oh well thats how it works when you rate with or without a review
Please use a spreadsheet if you want to play around with numbers, don't use the live database.
 
Also remember two things: 
  1. a review is worth 10 ratings, a collaborator review is worth 20 ratings;
  2. deliberate rating manipulation is bad regardless of who does it and for whatever reason.

Yeah I know, I though I could remove it. My bad. 

And the Yes tribute album exists already - same exact songs, year of release and artists but diff cover

It might be just as well to delete the other as its a pain. I heard it just now and its bad. Writing a review but its not worth much.

This one could easily go





Edited by AtomicCrimsonRush - March 28 2012 at 19:16
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Post Options Post Options   Quote Logan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 28 2012 at 19:48
It's quite something to see how much he has manipulated the list.  Just with Various Artists, he managed to bring four album into the top 100 (two of those into the top 50), and 10 total into the top 200.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote octopus-4 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 28 2012 at 23:24
Todd's idea (if technically feasible) sounds good: exclude from the top-anything albums with ratings only or allow them only after a certain number of proper reviews.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote Logan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 29 2012 at 00:48
One might set it up so that ratings without reviews have no effect on album ranking (but still affect average rating), but don't know how hard that would be to do.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote DamoXt7942 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 29 2012 at 00:57
Maybe we'll find hyperplasia of cheesy reviews or something ... Thumbs Down
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Post Options Post Options   Quote Logan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 29 2012 at 01:20
Possibly, but it could help to lessen ranking manipulation. Of course we could do away with ranked lists and even ratings altogether (not saying we should).
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Post Options Post Options   Quote Snow Dog Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 29 2012 at 03:50
Originally posted by Dean

Originally posted by Snow Dog

Originally posted by Dean

If it were that easy we would have done it by now.
 
Hopefully his success in breaking the site (and the rating-only system) will result in some practical tools for dealing with it (that at the moment we don't have).

My preferred choice would be beating the sh*t out of him.Evil Smile
I think he lives 500km north-west of Rio - let us know how you get on.Approve
 

I wouldn't personally administer the beating. I do errors, omissions and MP3 uploads. No, I would send our crack PA retribution team( S. America division)
Coldness doth get away with the badness.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote octopus-4 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 29 2012 at 04:24
Originally posted by Snow Dog

Originally posted by Dean

Originally posted by Snow Dog

Originally posted by Dean

If it were that easy we would have done it by now.
 
Hopefully his success in breaking the site (and the rating-only system) will result in some practical tools for dealing with it (that at the moment we don't have).

My preferred choice would be beating the sh*t out of him.Evil Smile
I think he lives 500km north-west of Rio - let us know how you get on.Approve
 

I wouldn't personally administer the beating. I do errors, omissions and MP3 uploads. No, I would send our crack PA retribution team( S. America division)
A friend of mine is a former full-contact brasilian champion and lives in that area. Can I ask him? Ouch
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Post Options Post Options   Quote gen77c Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 29 2012 at 14:11
I have a friend in Rio but he's a comic book geek so I don't think he'd be much help.... your friend sounds much better suited for the job, octopus
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Post Options Post Options   Quote AtomicCrimsonRush Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 01 2012 at 00:26
I reviewed both the YES tribute albums that are identical and at least now they are off the top 100 list. But those albums were not very good and worth 2 stars for about 3 decent trax! Loved Judie Tzuke's songs though - she sounded great!

Various Artists (Tributes) Wonderous album cover



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Post Options Post Options   Quote octopus-4 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 01 2012 at 16:33
I have just reviewed Jon Anderson's "Angel's Embrace". I have rated it two stars and I have noticed that this is more or less how all the reviewers have rated it, so I've been surprised to see that it's rating is 3.44, so I went to see "all the ratings" and can you guess......?

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Post Options Post Options   Quote Ivan_Melgar_M Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 01 2012 at 20:53
I believe we should stop ratings without reviews at least for a while.

I believe his shouldn't exist and this manipulation proves it.

Maybe allow ratings without reviews but on a separate list that doesn't count for the top 100 list.

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Or maybe allow ratings without reviews only to members.

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