A little mindfuck with ratings

[Axel7]

Not complaining since I don't really care as this is a website amongst others but...

Let's see, When I posted my music, some of em got a slight amount of attention, which is nice and all, downloads slowling piling up but neither review nore ratings...so I tried this tiny thing where I'd see what happened if I tried rating my own stuff...

weirdly enough the very next day, the songs that got the most views and downloads that I tried rating got really bad ratings whereas they were ignored before, and yet still get dled...why is that?

[HyperTrough]

Who knows? People on this site are stupid.

[SoulofT]

Many people rate other tracks "0" in order to get their songs at the top of the "highest rating" list. Especially if they are the same genre as you.
I personally would like to punch everyone who does that, but that's not possible so we'll just have to live with it ^^

[Axel7]

At 12/22/12 08:11 AM, SoulofT wrote: Many people rate other tracks "0" in order to get their songs at the top of the "highest rating" list. Especially if they are the same genre as you.
I personally would like to punch everyone who does that, but that's not possible so we'll just have to live with it ^^

true true, the other thing is, knowing that the array of music styles to cathegorize our stuff as is limited, sometimes I cathegorize stuff in DNB, but while knowing it's not...though, AGAIN, one of my most played songs...zero...2 out of the 3 revies I got were...not just harsh, but plain stupid...it's weird, like those two were basically telling me I didn';t make a song, at all, no harmonies, no set up, telling me to START studying structures and EVERYTHING ELSE...like what the fuck!?!?!? I know it's not DnB but shit man O_O

the worst part? I check out their shit, and it's garbage D:

AND!!!

some guys I actually give a constructive critisizm to, tell them it's a GREAT idea but needs variety and to tighten up the whole core of the drums,...he copies and pastes my review on to one of my songs D:

seriously What - the - fuck?!!??

[sorohanro]

Ratings, not relevant, not even in real world. That's why Nicki Minaj or Brittney Spears got more famous than Gretchen Parlato or for what matters, our NG sister, Hania.

Anyway, the "zero bomb" has it's own thread somewhere, but thanks to the redesign, nothing is in handy anymore...

[SoulofT]

Hahaha I see you've had a bad experience here :D

[sorohanro]

At 12/22/12 08:25 AM, Axel7 wrote: 2 out of the 3 revies I got were...not just harsh, but plain stupid...it's weird, like those two were basically telling me I didn';t make a song, at all, no harmonies, no set up, telling me to START studying structures and EVERYTHING ELSE...like what the fuck!?!?!? I know it's not DnB but shit man O_O

Well, just out of curiosity I was checking your D'n'B song and to your disappointment I have to agree with several points of the "stupid" review.
Also, I have to say, that the "stupid" review had a very decent language, not offensive in any way and trying to be constructive.

[Axel7]

At 12/22/12 10:13 AM, sorohanro wrote:

At 12/22/12 08:25 AM, Axel7 wrote: 2 out of the 3 revies I got were...not just harsh, but plain stupid...it's weird, like those two were basically telling me I didn';t make a song, at all, no harmonies, no set up, telling me to START studying structures and EVERYTHING ELSE...like what the fuck!?!?!? I know it's not DnB but shit man O_O

Well, just out of curiosity I was checking your D'n'B song and to your disappointment I have to agree with several points of the "stupid" review.
Also, I have to say, that the "stupid" review had a very decent language, not offensive in any way and trying to be constructive.

and I'm telling you it's a matter of taste, telling someone who makes something out of the ordinary (like a lot of us btw) that doesn't have a horrible quality that it's not a song, is insulting, decent (and well spelled) language or not. Especially when leaving with a fake positive note like "keep working, you'll get it"

What I'm saying is that CONSTRUCTIVE critisism would would from what something is made of...not completely shut it off, though...I guess trying to justify myself isn't helping to convince anyone.

[Axel7]

would build* ... not would would..lol

[Axel7]

At 12/22/12 10:41 AM, Corbetto wrote: I reckon that most reviewers on this website are helpful but some reviewers really do annoy me with their idiocy.
It's even worse when their english is so poor it's hard to understand what they are trying to say.

and thing is, you are right, a lot ARE helpful, for instence one did tell me to reqork on the "graininess"...basically, of another song I made, and I fully agree with that, 100%, I couldn't play that shit too loud or the slight cool but messed up grain would fuck a man's ears x_x

all im saying, and re enforcing, is that telling someone politely that their stuff is shit, and giving a completely and utterly vague review doesn't help, anyone, EVER, or at all, because guess what? we are always and constantly working on those same things...and then we try to build something new.

[dem0lecule]

At 12/22/12 07:26 AM, HyperTrough wrote: Who knows? People on this site are stupid.

Include you, right?

To OP: dude, those stupid review of yours are really decent. People give you the right scores and they have pointed out what were wrong with your music. In fact I would embrace the feedback they gave rather than the scores. The review scores don't matter, unless it's voting score, but I don't think right now you don't deserve much for having high scores on either both.

Learn to take feedback, or you can never improve your skills.

[Axel7]

At 12/22/12 11:39 AM, dem0lecule wrote:

At 12/22/12 07:26 AM, HyperTrough wrote: Who knows? People on this site are stupid.

Include you, right?

To OP: dude, those stupid review of yours are really decent. People give you the right scores and they have pointed out what were wrong with your music. In fact I would embrace the feedback they gave rather than the scores. The review scores don't matter, unless it's voting score, but I don't think right now you don't deserve much for having high scores on either both.

Learn to take feedback, or you can never improve your skills.

okay...ONE - MORE - TIME

I DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THE SCORES...but I am new, so I was curious, I thought stuff always started at 0

and about the other thing you said, read the rest of what I said a comment above yours please.

[samulis]

At 12/22/12 11:39 AM, dem0lecule wrote:

At 12/22/12 07:26 AM, HyperTrough wrote: Who knows? People on this site are stupid.

Include you, right?

To OP: dude, those stupid review of yours are really decent. People give you the right scores and they have pointed out what were wrong with your music. In fact I would embrace the feedback they gave rather than the scores. The review scores don't matter, unless it's voting score, but I don't think right now you don't deserve much for having high scores on either both.

Learn to take feedback, or you can never improve your skills.

Ya, don't even look the scores. The only way to tell if a song is good or not is to compare the downloads to the plays. If you have over 1:10 ratio (downloads:views), you are doing well; 1:5, you are on fire. The only issue with this method is if your audio is streamed somewhere else, which counts as a download, so it isn't always the truth.

[Axel7]

but most of the time I do have a 1 to 10 ratio D:

[dem0lecule]

At 12/22/12 11:45 AM, Axel7 wrote:
okay...ONE - MORE - TIME

I DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THE SCORES...but I am new, so I was curious, I thought stuff always started at 0

and about the other thing you said, read the rest of what I said a comment above yours please.

If you don't give a shit or two about the score, you wouldn't post this thread, right? And you are right, stuff always starts at 0. Also I have read your shits, all you do is keep complaining even though people already gave you answers, smuck.

At 12/22/12 11:46 AM, samulis wrote:
Ya, don't even look the scores. The only way to tell if a song is good or not is to compare the downloads to the plays. If you have over 1:10 ratio (downloads:views), you are doing well; 1:5, you are on fire. The only issue with this method is if your audio is streamed somewhere else, which counts as a download, so it isn't always the truth.

One time I got like 20 listens/ 1 download. It was quite bad for me. But I will be honest, voting scores do affect and control the popularity of your song greatly. :( Sad...

[Back-From-Purgatory]

At 12/22/12 08:41 AM, sorohanro wrote: Ratings, not relevant, not even in real world. That's why Nicki Minaj or Brittney Spears got more famous than Gretchen Parlato or for what matters, our NG sister, Hania.

Anyway, the "zero bomb" has it's own thread somewhere, but thanks to the redesign, nothing is in handy anymore...

This.