Thread 128174799

>under 18
>under 1000 ratings
>Fantano drone
>anime profile pic
>meme profile pic
>has 4chan references/memes on profile
>has unnecessary personal info like political beliefs, MBTI type, LGBT identity on profile
>has self deprecating jokes on profile (my taste is trash lol)
>has long pointless explanation of rating system on profile
>has a fuckton of 5 star ratings
>active on community forums
>low ratings mainly consist of memes like Nostalgia Critic, Unkle Adams, Your Favorite Martian, Tom MacDonald, etc.
>doesn't rate singles
>is a rockist
>is a poptimist
>exclusively listens to modern classical composers like Feldman, Xenakis and ignores essentials like Bach, Beethoven

>>128174799 (OP)
>knowing this much about the inner machinations of rym instead of just using it as a database
don't care retard

>>128174799 (OP)
What about this nigga?
https://rateyourmusic.com/~asadv

>>128174822
Following other users with good taste is a valuable way of discovering new music, this is a good way of filtering the worthless users

>>128174799 (OP)
for me its:
>uses RYM

>rating curve centered at 4.5 or 0.5
>actually uses the community forums
>has LGTBBQMAP+ identity/flags on profile
>has a disclaimer about listening to "problematic" artists on profile (bonus points if industrial/noise/power electronics/black metal)
>doesn't own any physical media at all not even their favorite projects
>types in all lowercase even in reviews

Avoid profiles like this!!!FACT!!!

>>128174799 (OP)
>>doesn't rate singles
What's wrong with this?

>>128174799 (OP)
This is literally 99% of RYM now, whereas it was like 15% at the time this copypasta was first posted

>>128174799 (OP)
>says something to the effect of "i listen to music i like"
i know how much of a scrooge it makes me sound like but it shows that you don't enjoy critically analyzing music at all (i.e. don't care about it that much)

>>128174955
I do intend to own the original pressing of every single of my top 20 albums eventually, but it's way too expensive to buy one, instead of a replica made several years later, also, some are much harder than others to buy/find, it's way easier to buy the original Collide With The Sky, than the 1972 pressing of Ziggy Stardust.

I don't rate singles either. I have a finite amount of time.

>>128174799 (OP)
I have under 1000 ratings, I don’t rate singles (I feel like there are a bunch of 5 star singles but I want to keep my 5 stars elite), and I probably have “rockist” taste, because rock is my favorite genre. Other than that I’m the goat.

>>128175003
>What's wrong with this?
there's a lot of good music that was only released as a single, duh
see: non-album singles, EDM, punk, pop, early-mid 20th century jazz and folk...

>>128174857
This.

>has a shitload of Beatles in 5.0
I don't even hate the beatles that much in fact they have some good stuff, but having 4+ 5.0 beatles albums is the ultimate signifier that you have no brain at all, you don't actually like music, you shouldn't be allowed to have a computer, and are most likely indian or something. I've never seen one of these people who has a whole stack of beatles in their fives and thought "wow this guy can really point me in the right direction of finding good stuff" it has always 100% consistently been bullshit
>>128175003
>>128175886
I mark singles that I buy under 'collection' and sometimes track rate them but never really rate the issues. just a bunch of needless bloat

>>128177201
You can tell people are music snobs pretending to like stuff, when their 10/10 is made up of >90% consensus acclaimed albums, but nearly all the artists in there only have 1/2 albums. People who rate Abbey Road, Tpab, Miseducation of Lauryn, Wish You Were Here/TDSOTM, Ziggy Stardust, A Love Supreme etc... a 10/10, giving 0 clue about what they actually like, but ranking all the less acclaimed albums by that artist way lower, if at all. I've seen this a lot, people who rate Ziggy Stardust a 10, but don't actually care about glam rock, and only have 1 other Bowie album in there, while not bothering to rate anything other than the 70s acclaimed stuff (+ Blackstar) it's clear they aren't fans, and feels fake as hell, they rate that way just to appear "cultured".

>>128177201
f off chud the beatles rule

>>128177576
paul+ringo are alright. the other 2 are looking up at us right now

>>128174854
What even is a "worthless user" to you, you numbnut?

>>128174799 (OP)
Only one of these I do is low ratings for meme albums

>>128174799 (OP)
>>exclusively listens to modern classical composers like Feldman, Xenakis and ignores essentials like Bach, Beethoven
True but it's also quite common that these avant-teens listen to 20th century classical and from the old ones it's usually Bach and only Bach.
It's funny that everybody talks about "acquired taste" only in the context of this kind of "radical" stuff, but not pleasant-sounding (yet masterfully crafted) music like Telemann or Mozart. That's as much of an acquired taste as anything atonal. These people prove it by being filtered by pleasant-sounding tonal music.

sorry but im just... not going to rate the singles!

>>128174799 (OP)
RYM usage itself is a red flag.
Any popular music is an even bigger red flag.
>>128178641
Bach cultists haven't listened to any other baroque music.

People who need to make some long-winded statement about how they don’t agree with “pRoBlEmAtiC aRtIsTS”
“Guyzzz I know I’m rating this highly but I just wanna say I don’t like _______ as a person! Am I moral yet?!? Strangers on the internet!?”

>>128180158
>Bach cultists haven't listened to any other baroque music.
It's usually like that, yes. I mean, I still think he's the greatest composer of all time, but I certainly don't worship him at the expense of all those other brilliant Baroque composers.

not my problem

>>128181061
Why?

>>128178285
uhm, users who match the description of the OP? That's the whole point of the thread.

>>128174799 (OP)
>tfw I have 491 5s out of 2,572 ratings
Granted I rate singles and music videos too, but I’m still insecure about it. I don’t like much music, but what I do like I love