Yubanme: New Rating System Is The Shit

apert 02.01.13	may as well just have percentages if your gonna do this
Chortles 02.01.13	fuck
MikeC26 02.01.13	fuck man, percentages would be cool too
Ignimbrite 02.01.13	Yeah, this needs to transfer to the userbase.
FearThyEvil 02.01.13	It's fucking retarded to have the .1 increments on a .5 scale. I honestly hate it and like many said, it's too pitchfork like.
YankeeDudel 02.01.13	i think we should go the extra mile. I might not be sure whether to rate something a 3.8 or 3.83
Chortles 02.01.13	lol
Chortles 02.01.13	why even rate with numbers lets just use various combinations of greek letters
demigod! 02.01.13	numbers are 2 pleb
Curse. 02.01.13	who gives a shit
kingsoby1 02.01.13	need to check out 4
Trebor. 02.01.13	3 is a 5 you wanker
Polyethylene 02.01.13	I'd be all good with .25 increments but people are gonna get so lame and pedantic with this .1 thing Well I know I will
Chortles 02.01.13	.25 would be a better change agreed
FearThyEvil 02.01.13	Doing the .1 increment makes it so much harder to rank albums and I find it pointless. I really enjoy what we have now and don't see the need to change it. However, rating albums way before their out should be fixed. I understand theirs leaks but people rate months beforehand.
apert 02.01.13	i agree too many ratings is annoying, i mean deciding if something is 3.8 or 3.9 would be really annoying
ncguitar 02.01.13	I wish we could use irrational numbers as ratings.
Trebor. 02.01.13	Might as well throw pi in the mix I'll give Nevermind a 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286 208998628034825342117067982148086513282306647093844609550582231725359408128481 117450284102701938521105559644622948954930381964428810975665933446128475648233 786783165271201909145648566923460348610454326648213393607260249141273724587006 606315588174881520920962829254091715364367892590360011330530548820466521384146 951941511609433057270365759591953092186117381932611793105118548074462379962749 567351885752724891227938183011949129833673362440656643086021394946395224737190 702179860943702770539217176293176752384674818467669405132000568127145263560827 785771342757789609173637178721468440901224953430146549585371050792279689258923 542019956112129021960864034418159813629774771309960518707211349999998372978049 951059731732816096318595024459455346908302642522308253344685035261931188171010 003137838752886587533208381420617177669147303598253490428755468731159562863882 353787593751957781857780532171226806613001927876611195909216420198938095257201 065485863278865936153381827968230301952035301852968995773622599413891249721775 283479131515574857242454150695950829533116861727855889075098381754637464939319 255060400927701671139009848824012858361603563707660104710181942955596198946767 837449448255379774726847104047534646208046684259069491293313677028989152104752 162056966024058038150193511253382430035587640247496473263914199272604269922796 782354781636009341721641219924586315030286182974555706749838505494588586926995 690927210797509302955321165344987202755960236480665499119881834797753566369807 out of 5
FearThyEvil 02.01.13	I just feel it'll fuck over ratings for albums/bands because with that system you'll hardly ever see 4.5's or 5's being handed out. Instead it'll be like 4.2 4.7 and shit. The .5 is one reason I enjoyed this site.
Curse. 02.01.13	shoulda gone the other way, only have 1,2,3,4,5. Then people could bitch more
Spec 02.01.13	lololol
ncguitar 02.01.13	I'll give new Circa Survive 4e/3
Chortles 02.01.13	couldn't agree more
Trebor. 02.01.13	I hate sites like netflix that don't offer a .5 increment, like damn this movie is good but it's not a 4/5 and I feel bad giving it a 3 cuz that's like 6/10 damn
zxlkho 02.01.13	fuck the new rating system sputnik has become pitchfork
FearThyEvil 02.01.13	Doesn't IMDB also not do .5 increments? I'm not sure.
Curse. 02.01.13	it should be shit/ehh/jizz
FearThyEvil 02.01.13	I know but I'm just wondering.
Trebor. 02.01.13	IMDB is out of ten which is the same thing as doing out of 5 with .5 increments
Chortles 02.01.13	whoa sputnikmath
Trebor. 02.01.13	It's weird that on this site the lowest you can give something is a 2/10 like damn that's not even that low
YankeeDudel 02.01.13	Should be .25 increments like someone said. I can see that but what is the difference between a 3.4 and 3.5 I mean thats just stupid.
apert 02.01.13	i wouldn't mind a 20 point scale, but anymore and it just a struggle deciding what deserves what
Trebor. 02.01.13	Yeah the titles that go with ratings is dumb, cuz you end up with a bunch of users rating every classic album 5 cuz it says classic and they're dumb and follow orders no matter what
Chortles 02.01.13	agreed .1 is dumb
Calc 02.01.13	more pressing matters could have been addressed.
Polyethylene 02.01.13	Going from 9 possible ratings for an album to 41? Presuming the lowest rating is still a 1
zxlkho 02.01.13	fuck numbers
Trebor. 02.01.13	I give the new rating system a 3.6/5
Chortles 02.01.13	i mean i understand that but idk
Polyethylene 02.01.13	How often will albums actually get 5s anymore, if a 4.7 or 4.8 looks more "sane" and "objective"
Trebor. 02.01.13	I won't change any of my 5s just because 4.9 or 4.8 exist that's just silly
Chortles 02.01.13	bumped down to 4.9 cuz not perfect srry
YankeeDudel 02.01.13	I think with .25 increments there are alot of albums in the 3.0-4.5 range that could use that little difference to separate some of them, but .1 really is just too much.
Trebor. 02.01.13	Like Pitchfork gave The Moon & Antarctica a 9.8/10 like what the fuck are you kidding me how retarded
FearThyEvil 02.01.13	How often will albums actually get 5s anymore, if a 4.7 or 4.8 looks more "sane" and "objective" Exactly why I feel like if this happens it'll be annoying.
Chortles 02.01.13	agreed yankee i understand the "this is not a 4 but it's not a 4.5 either" feel. .25 actually makes sense for that
apert 02.01.13	pitchfork give loads of shit ratings
XGX 02.01.13	there's a thin line between real perfection and perfection (i guess) :S
Polyethylene 02.01.13	@Pest yeah all of my 5s have at least one song I'm not in love with, or a lyric/riff that doesn't do it for me I hope we get to give 0.1s to albums
YankeeDudel 02.01.13	pest there is no difference between a 3.6 and 3.7 that is so lame. A 3.5, 3.75, and 4 makes a little sense though.
YankeeDudel 02.01.13	Poly thats a dumb statement too. Just because an album has one lyric/riff you dont 100% love that means they shouldnt get a 5 but get a 4.9? How fuckin daft of you.
Chortles 02.01.13	well yeah. it's about the feel that's why numbers r dumb to represent music anyway but whatever
Trebor. 02.01.13	There's supposed to be some breathing room between ratings anyway
Polyethylene 02.01.13	@Yankee No I'm not going to be an idiot like that, a 5 is just gonna seem overly generous now that four different ratings between a 4.5 and a 5 are going to exist. I'm sticking by my suggestion of .25 increments
FearThyEvil 02.01.13	My main point is why change the rating system anyway when nobody on this site has bitched about it to begin with?
apert 02.01.13	.25 would be good, anymore is just too much
YankeeDudel 02.01.13	yea lets start a .25 petition and change the world
Chortles 02.01.13	yes plz
zxlkho 02.01.13	how about we leave it alone how about that
apert 02.01.13	Sputnik must progress, like a good band
bloc 02.01.13	Kind of wish the site did this experiment way earlier.
Polyethylene 02.01.13	Yeah we're set in our ways now like shitty old people
ZilbelPing 02.01.13	I don't even rate albums anymore so
Relinquished 02.01.13	it's fine the way it is. people are gonna get way more anal on rating albums it'll be stupid.
Aids 02.01.13	I know everyone wants this to transfer to the userbase, and I do too, but I don't think it is going to happen. I think the reason they are doing this is so that they can test out the idea of a more detailed rating scheme among staff writers, in the hopes of revamping the look of the main page, specifically the featured and staff reviews sections.
Chortles 02.01.13	it's ok rosa i know i'm being annoying
Aids 02.01.13	they're goin pitchfork on us mark my words
ZilbelPing 02.01.13	GRAB UR TORCHES N PITCHFORKZ
wabbit 02.01.13	I don't understand why people give a fuck about ratings. I guess cause I have the taste of god I don't feel the need.
ZilbelPing 02.01.13	"I give this album a 4.9 because riffs hard but it doesn't convey emotion like jane doe or la dispute"
lucasjcockcroft 02.01.13	I would never rate anything a 5 ever again
Chortles 02.01.13	gay
JokineAugustus 02.01.13	I would have only 1 album at a 5.
Winesburgohio 02.01.13	It would be cool for those albums that aren't quite 5's but are comfortably better than most of your 4.5's as well anyone else know what i'm talking about?
Hyperion1001 02.01.13	rating albums is pointless anyways so who cares about the increments
slipnslide 02.01.13	y u ban me?
Polyethylene 02.01.13	@Wines yep, the dastardly higher-than-a-4.5-but-not-quite-a-5 albums of the world (Angel Dust, Merriweather, Mezzanine)
JohnnyoftheWell 02.01.13	I really don't think it's that nessecary, it just make users more ratings-obsessed (not good) and make ratings harder to decide and constantly changed by .1 in whatever direction
bloc 02.02.13	"I would never rate anything a 5 ever again " Same
KILL 02.02.13	hyp knows
TheFonz123 02.02.13	I actually like this idea.