The Torture Chamber

Trollheart · 11-18-2015, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Terrapin_Station

??? At least as stated, that makes no sense to me. I always listen without preconceptions. I try to do the same for most things. For me, I don't like writing reviews unless I've listened to something at least, say, four or five times over a week or two. Even if I've known an album for a long time, I wouldn't be comfortable writing a review without listening to it a couple times over 2-3 days right before I write the review. Doing that regularly online, which I've done in the past with both music and films, it winds up feeling like a chore, like a job I'm not being paid for, rather than something enjoyable.

I don't understand why that makes no sense to you. I'll break it down.

Frownland (I think) recced MMM to me. Now, under my system, I listen to it, realise I like it, write about it. In your proposed system, I DON'T listen to it (or pretend I have) and say I hate it. In your system, since I've never actually listened to it, just said I did, I never find out how great the album is, much to my surprise. So listening to the album makes more sense than not doing so.

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Originally Posted by Terrapin_Station

??? In what you quoted, I just said, "What if we just let people write reviews if they like writing reviews, and not worry about it otherwise?" That would be an alternative.

And what would be the point of that? What would they have to say? Why would they even want to take part if they're not going to give their opinion, say what they thought of it?

Like I said, and you seem stuck on this, you don't have to do a full review. A few lines is all that's required. If you don't want to do that, then I don't know what to tell you, because the alternative makes no sense at all to me.