Album Rating: 1.0

I took MAT 308 differential sputnik last semester

your credentials are invalid

Album Rating: 3.0

Tmobotron, that has to be one of the most illogical (serious[?]) posts of such length that I've ever read on this site.

Album Rating: 1.5

Basically he wants 0.0 and 0.5 back. The rest was just idk.

Album Rating: 1.0

Nah, didn't mean that. I mean that because 1 is the lowest rating, albums don't really end up with a universal rating much lower than this. Even an album like BMTH - Suicide Silence Cut Up, which seems universally hated is at a 1.8. Take into consideration some white knighting fanboys on here and you've got yourself a really shitty rating.



Your point that the 1 is the mode but that doesn't matter because it has nothing to do with the average on here is wrong.

Album Rating: 1.5

Yeah but people here are stupid, they don't want math. They scoff at math-users. And you stress too much over a matter of scale. There is not too much difference between a scale of 0-5 and one of 1-5. People will know when an album just dropped out of some talentless hack's ass. That's the beauty of a community site.

Album Rating: 1.0

Right I get that, I'm not saying it discredits the average rating or anything. But Aso is saying that a 2.1 is way different from a 0.5. And that's true, but there probably wouldn't ever be an album that's rated extremely close to a 1 after so many votes just because no one can ever vote below 1 to balance out the votes above 1 and especially the fanboys rating it 5. That doesn't mean an album should never be rated a 1 or a 0.5.

Album Rating: 3.0

I got exactly what you meant, man. *sighs* Give me 5 mins or so, lol.

You're putting far too much thought into this

Why the fuck is this discussion regarding ratings still going. It's irrelevant.

Album Rating: 3.0

Tmobotron. Bro. Your logic is faulty to the extreme. As Deviant says, way too much thought is going into this so I will limit myself to only pointing out a few things here.



There are currently 171 votes. 61 does not make up the majority of 171. Therefore, 1 would not represent the majority of users. I'd like to think that the sputnik average rating is calculated as the type of "average" rating it is for a reason.



Okay, you brought up a "universally hated album" already - 1.8. Look at the average rating of another one of these - Lulu (I'll save you time it's 1.4). That has much more votes than this does. This proves that you can indeed get very close to a 1.



2.2 much more accurately represents the average score than a 1 or a 0.5. Period.



Also:



You talk about "fanboys" who are giving out these phantom 5s. What about the "haters" who give it a 1?



If someone rated an album a 1, the overall rating could never be a 5, because the highest anyone can rate it is 5, and nothing can ever bring the average back up to a 5. You aren't taking into consideration people who would give this album a 5.5 or a 6 if they could.



etc.

Album Rating: 1.5

You're putting far too much thought into this [2]

Album Rating: 3.0

Don't worry. I'm done. I just felt it would be rude not to give a reply after all that even though no one ever asked him "to elaborate" in the first place.

Album Rating: 1.5

Guilt is such a powerful motivator.

Album Rating: 1.0

Well okay, so no number exactly represents a majority of the users, but it still makes sense for so many users to be represented by a low review which explains the reasoning. An album that has so much weight in 1 ratings should probably have a low review to explain them.



Should Lulu then be rated a 1.5? Is a 0.5 still not a legitimate rating for that? I'm not trying to claim a 0.5 better represents the average rating, that's obviously not true. Just that a 0.5 review is completely legitimate under these circumstances and they do represent a large amount of the user base's opinion. A discrepancy between a review score and an average score doesn't automatically mean that review is inaccurate.

Album Rating: 2.5

Album Rating: 3.0

^ I'm officially blind

the last page and a half of this thread is some of the most ridiculous bullshit I have ever seen on sputnik. just...just wow.

SputMathematics is now a certifiable course in all public schools across the globe, children!

Can't we all get along and enjoy this album together? : )