Requiring Accounts

Oftentimes in reviews we will see people who are not registered at all with the site. This flusters me to a degree, because it is often the case, (I would say over 90% of the time) that these people only review albums they like, and thus, only 5 star ratings, or albums they loathe, and give 1 star reviews that usually are innapropriate.

Unfortunately, when they do review these albums, they often will completely skew the rankings. They don't appreciate the context of the site and how it is meant to be used. Requiring accounts before reivews are allowed might to help alleviate some of these issues, as if they are members they will be forced to deal directly with the people here should problems arise.

Otherwise people can alias forever giving only 5 and 1 star ratings that generally have no use to a music public.

M@x is working on making it mandatory to log in using your forum password before posting reviews. Should be in place soon.

I don't see how someone who's intent on love/hate reviews of the type you describe will be deterred by forcing them to get an account.  Won't they just sign up and then post the same reviews?  I guess it's possible some of the lazy out there will quit and go home when forced to create an account.