Perpetual Most Popular Album
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Topic: Perpetual Most Popular Album
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Subject: Perpetual Most Popular Album
Date Posted: August 09 2021 at 14:59
| I don't know if this an error, but for over a year (about 30% of the time) Serge Fiore- Seul Ensemble is the most popular album of the last 24 hours. It is currently is the most popular album. Big Big Train's new release can only hold the most popular album for a day? Can something be done? Don't get me wrong, I like Seul Ensemble. It's a good album, however, I'd like to check out "most popular album last 24 hours for new releases....like I used to. Please ignore my complaint if you guys feel there is no merit to my gripe. |
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Posted By: Cboi Sandlin
Date Posted: August 09 2021 at 16:01
| That seems weird, you’d think if an album was gonna hold that place for that long it’d be Yes or Pink Floyd. It has to be some sorta glitch |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: August 09 2021 at 16:37
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Serge Fiori is a good socialist. This is all part of the plan, comrades. ------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: August 09 2021 at 17:10
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Yeah i've noticed that too. I would guess that someone is clicking on that album several hundred times a day. It's easy to do if you want a band to rank at the top of the list of recently viewed bands and likewise with albums. However i would imagine that if someone was clicking on an album then the band too would rank on the list quite high. Might be a glitch. 
-------------  https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: August 09 2021 at 20:05
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Sounds like some bot action to me. Definitely out of my scope. I'll take this back to the cave and see if there is anything we can do about it. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: DamoXt7942
Date Posted: August 10 2021 at 17:07
Kinda weirdness. No obvious evidence has been caught via Admin Panel or so.  Follow-up needed. ------------- http://www.facebook.com/damoxt7942" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 11 2021 at 00:55
new popular album, not the perpetual one anymore  , a Mostly Autumn album. Oh well...
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Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: August 25 2021 at 01:54
| After a brief eclipse, Serge Fiore- Seul Ensemble is back as the most popular album again. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 25 2021 at 02:01
I don't know the artist, does he have a following? Is the album good or interesting?
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omphaloskepsis wrote:Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: August 25 2021 at 02:09
I'd recommend it for people who like Prog-Folk or the Canadian band Harmonium.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 25 2021 at 02:15
ok. so it's not odd to be there, like Asia's debut once, now that was very funny.
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Posted By: DamoXt7942
Date Posted: August 25 2021 at 02:55
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It's weird but some Bots have clicked thsi album page frequently without breath (!) as Ian (Tapfret) says ... Anyone could try it on http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=21367" rel="nofollow - the album ?  ------------- http://www.facebook.com/damoxt7942" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 25 2021 at 02:58
when I click on it (most popular album) I get a threat message warning from my antivirus
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Posted By: DamoXt7942
Date Posted: August 25 2021 at 03:07
^ Oh you are kinda real bot.  ------------- http://www.facebook.com/damoxt7942" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 25 2021 at 03:09
or maybe that album page is infected with something or my laptop is getting crappy
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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: August 25 2021 at 10:15
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: August 25 2021 at 10:36
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Sounds like the site owner needs to look into blocking specific bots. Obviously you would want the search engine crawlers to continue to access the site, but a targeted one on a specific album sounds like somebody has too much time on their hands. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: August 25 2021 at 10:39
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The more i see that album on the home page the LESS i want to check it out Now i'm confident i'll listen to EVERY album ever made EXCEPT that one ------------- https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: August 25 2021 at 12:16
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I'd be tempted to remove it from the site and re-add it it so it gets a different album number and see if that throws the bot off. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: August 26 2021 at 14:22
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^That's a brilliant idea. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: August 26 2021 at 15:30
Which anti-virus are you using?
The problem with that is there are already reviews for that album that would disappear with the album. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow"> https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 26 2021 at 15:36
it's irrelevant, the whole thing is just funny.
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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: August 26 2021 at 19:00
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If it was irrelevant I wouldn't ask. Which anti-virus and what is the message you are receiving? Please. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow"> https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 27 2021 at 03:22
I use Avast and when I click on the most popular album, they say it's infected with "URL:Phishing". I don't even know what that is TBH.
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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: August 29 2021 at 22:58
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^Thanks. Something phishy is definitely afoot. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow"> https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 08 2021 at 00:12
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MOST POPULAR ALBUM (last 24h) weirdness is back for the last 4-5 days, it's an Ayreon EP. I don't know what's so fascinating about that EP.
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Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: November 08 2021 at 07:23
Temple of the Cat LOL I knew it! There's a cat behind this mystery!!! ------------- https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: November 11 2021 at 04:24
 When I click the "image" it says:
------------- Bez pierdolenia sygnał zerwie, to w realia wychodź w hełmie! |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 11 2021 at 04:26
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^ I thought there was something wrong with my internet, page not loading right or something because there was no cover there. So it's the same for everyone.
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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: November 11 2021 at 08:01
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There is a perfectly logical explanation for this. Update to follow. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow"> https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: November 11 2021 at 10:06
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So here is the scoop. An album was added to an extremely popular artist. The album was just a remaster with no additional material and therefore not eligible for a new entry. The album went to a temporary repository where it existed without and artist to link to. That is why we were seeing it as a dead link. The problem with the "Most Popular Album Last 24 hour" feature is that it is self-perpetuating. It's the largest cover on the front page so it generates even more clicks. Including, I would imagine, more bot clicks. Even the dead link will generate bot clicks. The album has now been deleted. There is no more MPAL24 cover or dead link on the front page. So once a different album has a higher number of views than the now deleted album, we should see a new cover up front. Edit: I see it's already happened. We are back to buon vecchio Dream Theater. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow"> https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 09 2022 at 05:08
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same album in the "most popular album last 24 h" for close to two weeks. Could be right or the glitch is back again.
But I for one do not know. |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: January 09 2022 at 08:01
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It was fun to see Osanna's Landscape of Life as the most popular album for several days. I would imagine that's the most attention the album has EVER received ------------- https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |