ArsMoriendi: Why Don't Some Frequent Users Rate Albums?

ArsMoriendi 01.30.16	I'm talkin' about you someguest and altertide0!
Sinternet 01.30.16	maybe they have better things to do than go and rate every album they've ever heard
torts 01.30.16	because they're all nerds
adr 01.30.16	why do u care tho anyway altertide0 asked to remove his ratings cuz he was getting shit from butthurt users from what i remember
ArsMoriendi 01.30.16	The question popped into my head so, I made a list about it. Nothing more really.
Valkyrion 01.30.16	cuz bans and too much shitposting prob also not everyone cares
ZombicidalMan 01.30.16	rating is a waste of time and literally means nothing due to the constant changing of individual opinion. everyone would have to change their ratings as well as add new ones...
torts 01.30.16	also wanna point out, if you're a user on www.sputnikmusic.com, you don't have anything better to do. that arguement is null and void
Jots 01.30.16	because rateyourmusic exists
ZombicidalMan 01.30.16	except looking up new artists and albums is something better to do still contained on sputnik. your argument is ridiculous
torts 01.30.16	but why rate on rym instead? this site has a much better rating system.
Space Jester 01.30.16	I don't really care to put a number on the things I like. Too much hassle and it kind of cheapens the experience for me.
Jots 01.30.16	"except looking up new artists and albums is something better to do still contained on sputnik. your argument is ridiculous" except RYM has an infinitely better database "this site has a much better rating system." false in every possible sense
Cygnatti 01.30.16	"rating is a waste of time and literally means nothing due to the constant changing of individual opinion. everyone would have to change their ratings as well as add new ones..." it's not a complete waste of time, you can store information about music in ratings. songs/albums i've completely forgotten yet gave a 4.0-4.5 become unforgotten. you can't always store every album that you've liked in your music files, sometimes you need to be reminded. it's only a waste of time if you take your ratings hardcore at face value (this alb is really a 3.65/5). that's why livingthrowing decided to rate only in whole numbers because of the annoying leeway.
adr 01.30.16	yea go write your reviews on rym instead staff JohnnyOnTheSpot
altertide0 01.30.16	basically what adr and JohnnyOnTheSpot said. never got banned btw
Jots 01.30.16	"yea go write your reviews on rym instead staff JohnnyOnTheSpot" hey i never said i liked RYM more, I just see the appeal of the site for people interesting in cataloguing their ratings
JamieTwort 01.30.16	I've only rated stuff that's come out since I got my ratings wiped (by request) cos rating new releases seemed like a good way to start anew. I got my ratings wiped cos they were a mess and I didn't want to go through and change a load of them. My main ratings are on RYM now but even on there I've still not rated anywhere near everything I've heard.
Snake. 01.30.16	ars do you have a life outside of this website jw
ArsMoriendi 01.30.16	To be honest, if it wasn't for the rating system on here, I wouldn't have even signed up for Sputnik. I was rating albums on here 6 months before I ever posted my first comment.
Mystletainn 01.30.16	It's because they're scared people will make fun of their music taste, duh.
Cygnatti 01.30.16	"but why rate on rym instead? this site has a much better rating system." absolutely not. at the very minimum, rym has literally everything sput has when it comes to rating (except the pie chart, if you're so inclined) AND has a 0.5/5 option.
ZombicidalMan 01.30.16	rating as a book marking system is great and smart, but Ars worded this list like it's detrimental to the website when people abuse or ignore the rating system.
BlacKapes 01.30.16	i had like 400 ratings and they were wiped for fuck knows why so i stopped doing it, big waste of time
Titan 01.30.16	I, for one, enjoy marking my territory
adr 01.30.16	0.5 is irrelevant when u have 1.0 tbh honestly it's for horrible albums not to be your common rating like for so many 2edgy rym users but w/e
Lord(e)Po)))ts 01.30.16	"I'm talkin' about you someguest " "maybe they have better things to do than go and rate every album they've ever heard" lol
ArsMoriendi 01.30.16	"ars do you have a life outside of this website jw" Probably more of one than you ;) but duh. This list is generating great comments, so I'm not sure why you're complaining. " Ars worded this list like it's detrimental to the website when people abuse or ignore the rating system." I wouldn't say I think it's detrimental, I mean it's trivial whether or not they do it, I was just curious since rating albums is a big part of the website.
Lord(e)Po)))ts 01.30.16	adr why are you the most bitter motherfucker of all time
YakNips 01.30.16	ars bless your heart your lists are still as pointless and arbitrary as ever you beautiful jewish fuck
Lord(e)Po)))ts 01.30.16	just like your music yak
YakNips 01.30.16	agreed listen to my new album
beefshoes 01.30.16	I just found out that I have a brazil nut allergy, and my fucking cheek skin is peeling and bleeding. If I rate an album, will it stop?
Friday13th 01.30.16	I try to keep my collection on sput and rym consistent. I am such a dumbass haha
PappyMason 01.30.16	Thanks for letting us know.
laughingman22 01.30.16	I rate albums only when I feel that they are so good I need to do something honor there presence. hit em with a 3.5/5 good job mate.
oltnabrick 01.30.16	rateyourmusic.com/~oltnabrick1 add me
oltnabrick 01.30.16	https://rateyourmusic.com/~oltnabrick1 ^ add me here ^
oltnabrick 01.30.16	i listen to david bowie https://rateyourmusic.com/~oltnabrick1 add me here to see what scores i gave his albums!
crossparallel 01.30.16	Used to despise ratings, because a number felt utterly inadequate in describing the experience of hearing an album. After finding out some amazing albums looking at other people's ratings though, it dawned on me that rating can be a social thing too, no different from saying "hey, I dig this, check it out!" [This is also why I prefer "social" Sputnik to RYM.] Accordingly, in the last few months I've been filling in my ratings with some albums I enjoy. Still can't be bothered to give negative ratings though. Anyway, went through saying all this to add: WTF, Scatology really has no review! Someone do this asap or you'll have to put up with my jumbled thoughts on it instead.
BlacKapes 01.30.16	my kidnapper said he'd kill me if i rated a lot of albums (help)
alienobserver 01.30.16	you should rate a lot of albums then
rhinocerosmilk 01.30.16	I'm lazy
BlacKapes 01.30.16	agreed
oltnabrick 01.30.16	disagree
oisincoleman64 01.31.16	I've rated pretty much every album I've heard so far, if I don't it annoys me
Krvst 01.31.16	Cos I'm lazy
Zig 01.31.16	9 is perfect.
ArsMoriendi 01.31.16	I sure hope it is, because "Lovin' You" is one of the best song I've ever heard.
SharkTooth 01.31.16	ehhhh, not a fan of Lovin' You but whatevs
Lord(e)Po)))ts 01.31.16	"agreed listen to my new album" i will once its stopped trending i dont want to advocate the hype purely out of spite of course but ill still 4 it and come to your thread and say something about boner-bitches
basikchanL 01.31.16	bc rym exists b
Sevengill 01.31.16	I went through a Minnie Riperton playlist on YouTube a couple weeks back. What a range she had.
ArsMoriendi 02.02.16	Yeah Perfect Angel was fucking great. 4.5/5