Splendid review, Shelby! Thank you for your contribution and participation. Keep it up, please!
"I had to deduct a few points because, as a Springsteen fan, the music is a little too familiar."
Yo, Planet Lord (my new moniker for you. Cap'n doesn't justly honor your godly achievement)!
If I correctly understand the nBP Liberal Arts rating principle, judges are rating reviews not the reviewed subject. So IMO, Shelby shouldn't be penalized because you're not thrilled by the music in Springsteen's song.
Furthermore, I think that rating citizens' reviews is a bad idea -- has the potential for ego-wounding and engendering resentment and bad feelings.
Reply: Actually, the reviews are intended for the subject, in this case the song, so that the best rated songs can be ranked by the highest rated - V3 (mere, flawed, mortal being)
Thank you for the explanation. However, I still think that rating reviews is a bad idea. You award a review a favorable rating, then I give the same review a negative rating -- essentially challenging and refuting your opinion and questioning your taste and judgement . . . not to mention possibly offending the reviewer. What is the point?
To me, rating reviews is counterproductive to building and nurturing a community; nBP citizens need more encouragement (more "trophies") to stimulate their participation in nBP forums (which need all the help they can get, I think).
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