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Re: Zero rank from unused charts

albummaster — Sun, 24 May 2026 02:46:10 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 05/24/2026 06:46

mrmcrook wrote:

Just a query. I see that the albums in charts that haven't been used for 10 years aren't ranked. That's fine if users no longer visit the site. My question is that I was looking at the charts that have The Living Ends album White Noise in them. There's a user 'sheep21' who has the album in his overall Top 100, Top 100 of the 2000's, & Top albums of 2008. The 2008 chart was updated in 2020 so the ranking stands. The 2000's chart was last updated in 2013 and the ranking is logged. However the Top100 overall which was also updated in 2013 has the notice of having zero rank due to not being updated. And it's within these charts that the albums get a sizable numeral ranking. So just wondering, if a user has been logged into the site within the last ten years regardless of what chart they're modifying, shouldn't all charts for that user have a valid ranking. Just curious as I like to keep up with the play of how the site operates as it's my favorite and most visited site on the internet. You're doing a fine job. Best site ever for music and record collectors.

Thanks for the kind words and for picking up on that issue. Points in overall charts are decayed on a daily linear basis over ten years (until they reach zero). This is mainly because an overall chart created over a decade ago won't include any albums from the decade since the chart was last updated (extrapolate into the future and you can see the problem where, as more overall charts get created, the majority won't represent newer music and the aggregate charts will then be skewed towards older albums, so the algorithm helps to even things out).

Decade and year charts (like sheep21’s 2008 or 2000s charts) are treated as a different case because they cover a discrete period, so a 2008 chart is always going to be an accurate snapshot of 2008, no matter when it was built or last modified, so those points don't require the same decay. (The only minor exception here is if a year or decade chart was last updated *before* that specific time period actually ended. In those cases, we scale the points using the ratio of time completed within that period to keep the points fair).

Zero rank from unused charts

mrmcrook — Sat, 23 May 2026 22:05:05 GMT

Author: mrmcrook

Posted: 05/24/2026 02:05

Just a query. I see that the albums in charts that haven't been used for 10 years aren't ranked. That's fine if users no longer visit the site. My question is that I was looking at the charts that have The Living Ends album White Noise in them. There's a user 'sheep21' who has the album in his overall Top 100, Top 100 of the 2000's, & Top albums of 2008. The 2008 chart was updated in 2020 so the ranking stands. The 2000's chart was last updated in 2013 and the ranking is logged. However the Top100 overall which was also updated in 2013 has the notice of having zero rank due to not being updated. And it's within these charts that the albums get a sizable numeral ranking. So just wondering, if a user has been logged into the site within the last ten years regardless of what chart they're modifying, shouldn't all charts for that user have a valid ranking. Just curious as I like to keep up with the play of how the site operates as it's my favorite and most visited site on the internet. You're doing a fine job. Best site ever for music and record collectors.

Re: Minor annoyances/usability issues

albummaster — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:09:58 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 04/17/2026 15:09

Apologies, I'll check into and fix as soon as I can. EDIT: Now fixed (very sorry for problems)

Re: Minor annoyances/usability issues

bojolpif71 — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:29:48 GMT

Author: bojolpif71

Posted: 04/17/2026 14:29

Same thing for me

Re: Minor annoyances/usability issues

ForegroundNoise — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:12:58 GMT

Author: ForegroundNoise

Posted: 04/17/2026 14:12

Not sure if anyone else is experiencing, but I am met with a server error page when trying to access the My Charts tab:

Apologies, an error has occurred loading this page (500):

The server experienced an unexpected error. Please verify the address and try again.

Re: Minor annoyances/usability issues

Johnnyo — Mon, 6 Apr 2026 11:33:32 GMT

Author: Johnnyo

Posted: 04/06/2026 15:33

albummaster wrote:

Johnnyo wrote:

Just tried this and when i hit the save button, I get saving and it just buffers and doesn't remove the comment. This is also happening with rating tracks

Hi, which screen were you trying to rate tracks from? On one of the charts, or somewhere else? (deployed a fix for comment deletes in the background, so should be working now)

Thanks for fixing the quotes issue. I'll make the change to Sticky Fingers

Re: Minor annoyances/usability issues

Johnnyo — Mon, 6 Apr 2026 11:32:33 GMT

Author: Johnnyo

Posted: 04/06/2026 15:32

albummaster wrote:

Johnnyo wrote:

Just tried this and when i hit the save button, I get saving and it just buffers and doesn't remove the comment. This is also happening with rating tracks

Hi, which screen were you trying to rate tracks from? On one of the charts, or somewhere else? (deployed a fix for comment deletes in the background, so should be working now)

Hi AM. I can't remember. Let's wait until I try a rating again and if it happens again I'll let you know straight away

Re: Minor annoyances/usability issues

albummaster — Sun, 5 Apr 2026 04:23:09 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 04/05/2026 08:23

Johnnyo wrote:

Just tried this and when i hit the save button, I get saving and it just buffers and doesn't remove the comment. This is also happening with rating tracks

Hi, which screen were you trying to rate tracks from? On one of the charts, or somewhere else? (deployed a fix for comment deletes in the background, so should be working now)

Re: Minor annoyances/usability issues

Johnnyo — Sun, 5 Apr 2026 04:17:45 GMT

Author: Johnnyo

Posted: 04/05/2026 08:17

albummaster wrote:

Johnnyo wrote:

Hi. I mistakenly entered a comment about Brown Sugar on the Sticky Fingers comments section.

When I've done this in the past I have simply gone to the text, deleted it, saved it and it's removed from the comments

Just tried this and when i hit the save button, I get saving and it just buffers and doesn't remove the comment. This is also happening with rating tracks

Not sure what's going on TBH

Not urgent though. whenever you get a chance

Hi, apologies for those problems (a fix is pending for comment deletes, probably deploy tomorrow) and I'll check into the issue with track ratings and add a fix if needed.

Cheers AM. Much appreciated

Re: Minor annoyances/usability issues

albummaster — Sat, 4 Apr 2026 14:37:09 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 04/04/2026 18:37

Johnnyo wrote:

Hi, apologies for those problems (a fix is pending for comment deletes, probably deploy tomorrow) and I'll check into the issue with track ratings and add a fix if needed.

Re: Minor annoyances/usability issues

Johnnyo — Sat, 4 Apr 2026 04:37:20 GMT

Author: Johnnyo

Posted: 04/04/2026 08:37

Hi. I mistakenly entered a comment about Brown Sugar on the Sticky Fingers comments section.

When I've done this in the past I have simply gone to the text, deleted it, saved it and it's removed from the comments

Just tried this and when i hit the save button, I get saving and it just buffers and doesn't remove the comment. This is also happening with rating tracks

Not sure what's going on TBH

Not urgent though. whenever you get a chance

Re: Minor annoyances/usability issues

albummaster — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:33:02 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 03/31/2026 15:33

Just checking into now... (seems to work for me but will check logs)

Re: Minor annoyances/usability issues

Romanelli — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:55:36 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 03/31/2026 14:55

Unable to react to forum posts...

Re: Minor annoyances/usability issues

albummaster — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:48:13 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 03/30/2026 13:48

ForegroundNoise wrote:

not at all a priority, but noticed this is still a minor bug when looking at a profile's ratings/listened section

Just deployed a small fix, hopefully a bit better...

Re: Minor annoyances/usability issues

ForegroundNoise — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 07:15:36 GMT

Author: ForegroundNoise

Posted: 03/30/2026 11:15

ForegroundNoise wrote:

Noticed a minor bug where the sorting arrows on the "composition" tables below a chart can't be set to by number of albums (only by year)

not at all a priority, but noticed this is still a minor bug when looking at a profile's ratings/listened section

Re: Minor annoyances/usability issues

AAL2014 — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 19:00:04 GMT

Author: AAL2014

Posted: 03/27/2026 23:00

Things seem to be working a lot better today, thank you!

Re: Minor annoyances/usability issues

albummaster — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 06:41:09 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 03/27/2026 10:41

ForegroundNoise wrote:

getting the same issue unfortunately!

Sorry again for ongoing issues, noticed overnight that the site had been up and down. Tearing my hair out trying to get to bottom of it, but basically bots on different level in the background drowning all server resources. Development has been put on pause for the past three days dealing with them. Not sure where AI will get its info from after it kills the web but tempted to pull the plug if it continues.

Re: Minor annoyances/usability issues

ForegroundNoise — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 05:59:35 GMT

Author: ForegroundNoise

Posted: 03/27/2026 09:59

getting the same issue unfortunately!

Re: Minor annoyances/usability issues

albummaster — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:59:49 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 03/26/2026 17:59

Tweaking things in the background, hopefully make some kind of difference...

Re: Minor annoyances/usability issues

AAL2014 — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:39:11 GMT

Author: AAL2014

Posted: 03/26/2026 16:39

Basically any album or artist page fails to properly load and then sends me to the charts page. I’ve been able to add albums to their necessary charts but not go to their actual individual pages to rate the tracks etc.

Thanks again for any input.