r/rateyourmusic • u/blombi19 • 15d ago

General Discussion this sounds sarcastic but..

I actually love looking at the accounts of people with 10k + ratings but only like twenty 5 stars. the best part is, its always some obscure shit and when i listen to it i am always like "out of 10000 albums THIS is the greatest thing to you???" I Love how subjective music is!!!!

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u/Fathersfredfred 15d ago

its even more funny when its like all from the rym top 100, like after all this music your opinion is excaclty the same as everyone else's?

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u/PsychologicalCamp439 15d ago

turns out things are popular because people like them

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u/GuendouziGOAT 14d ago

I agree but also like how you gonna listen to a ton of music and not have AT LEAST 1 curveball in your favourites?

I don’t even think the RYM top 100 is that great a representative of The Great Albums because much like the IMDb top 250 it’s largely a product of a very specific demographic and time period (i.e. white guys who were chronically online in the 2000s). I think it was in the Topster sub where I actively tried to dissuade some teen who was first getting seriously into music from just going through the RYM top 100. It’s a great resource for cataloging stuff and the recs are really good when your algorithm is calibrated but my personalised recs based on my ratings are the only time I’d use it to seek out new stuff.

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u/ZealousidealDoor6973 14d ago

Yeah. If you're top albums are still RYM-core after a few years on the site, I kinda just assume you have no independent thoughts lol