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Re: Users creating accounts only to boost Angels & Airwaves

albummaster — Sun, 9 Oct 2016 04:06:10 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 10/09/2016 08:06

thanks for reporting, these have now been dealt with.

Re: Users creating accounts only to boost Angels & Airwaves

Anonymous — Sat, 8 Oct 2016 22:29:28 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/09/2016 02:29

I think those accounts also are suspicious:
ShesAStar
SpringTunings
whynickdrake
Radioslang
CrookedBushy
WayAhead
I-Empire on first place

Re: Users creating accounts only to boost Angels & Airwaves

albummaster — Sun, 2 Oct 2016 05:58:39 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 10/02/2016 09:58

Apologies for delay, had a bit of a hectic week away from BEA. Now dealt with these accounts...

Re: Users creating accounts only to boost Angels & Airwaves

Anonymous — Sat, 1 Oct 2016 20:48:37 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/02/2016 00:48

Well, kinda strange those accounts are still active. Or maybe not, because they only rated A&A albums

Re: Users creating accounts only to boost Angels & Airwaves

albummaster — Thu, 22 Sep 2016 06:37:42 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 09/22/2016 10:37

Code:

Overall rank / Ratings (last 2 weeks) / Total ratings / % new ratings added
The Dream Walker - Angels & Airwaves 1,634 14 26 1.1667
Love: Part II - Angels & Airwaves 1,867 13 27 0.9286
AIM - M.I.A. (UK) 35,379 5 12 0.7143
Skeleton Tree - Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds 4,054 39 96 0.6842
Schmilco - Wilco 23,284 10 33 0.4348
Love - Angels & Airwaves 1,405 13 43 0.4333
I-Empire - Angels & Airwaves 885 13 45 0.4063
Preoccupations - Preoccupations 18,101 6 22 0.3750
We Don't Need To Whisper - Angels & Airwaves 1,169 13 48 0.3714

Just been building some algorithms to try and better identify this kind of activity. The table above shows the top 9 items where the number of new ratings added in the last couple of weeks as a percentage of the existing ratings for these albums is unusually high (i.e. it tries to catch items that previously had a low volume of ratings that have a sudden glut of activity). No surprise the aforementioned list of Angels & Airwaves albums in this list. Next step is to go through the accounts that have rated this item and take the necessary action against any accounts that have been gaming.

Re: Users creating accounts only to boost Angels & Airwaves

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 16:58:59 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/21/2016 20:58

Oh pathetic.

Re: Users creating accounts only to boost Angels & Airwaves

arthur237 — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 10:30:46 GMT

Author: arthur237

Posted: 09/21/2016 14:30

I have noticed this happening a couple of times. If you look at the ratings on the album quebec by Ween, especially the early ratings, you will see some rating manipulation

Re: Users creating accounts only to boost Angels & Airwaves

Patman360 — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 20:09:53 GMT

Author: Patman360

Posted: 09/21/2016 00:09

dividesbyzero wrote:

who the fuck are angels & airwaves

Some sort of Blink-182 spin-off I believe.

Re: Users creating accounts only to boost Angels & Airwaves

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 15:40:13 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/20/2016 19:40

who the fuck are angels & airwaves

Re: Users creating accounts only to boost Angels & Airwaves

Norman Bates — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 14:10:09 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 09/20/2016 18:10

You have to admire the dedication though.

Re: Users creating accounts only to boost Angels & Airwaves

Patman360 — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 08:59:28 GMT

Author: Patman360

Posted: 09/20/2016 12:59

albummaster wrote:

Agree, looks like some kind of gaming going on. Unusual to see so many ratings on less popular items that normally have a low volume of ratings. Looks like there's at least ten accounts at work here. IP addresses are different so not sure if it's one person gaming the site, or lots of people in cahoots.

The IP addresses are coming up as areas generally close together aswell so this would appear as some sort of gaming, especially looking at how most of the accounts mentioned have rated nothing but Angels & Airwaves albums and have them at the top of their charts, as well as the close timing between the ratings.

Re: Users creating accounts only to boost Angels & Airwaves

Anonymous — Mon, 19 Sep 2016 22:17:13 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/20/2016 02:17

Yes, I noticed that too.
All the charts have the same album on the top "I-Empire".
And like 18 "users" gave this a 100 out of 100.
I think it's pretty suspicious, because when I last checked this album it wasn't even on the top 2000 and now it's on the top 1000 and still growing. 🤔

Re: Users creating accounts only to boost Angels & Airwaves

albummaster — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 10:43:33 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 09/15/2016 14:43

Agree, looks like some kind of gaming going on. Unusual to see so many ratings on less popular items that normally have a low volume of ratings. Looks like there's at least ten accounts at work here. IP addresses are different so not sure if it's one person gaming the site, or lots of people in cahoots.

TerriblePlace
markrollins
stalecrowd
SpringTunings
MikeAlmond
SunshineString
DaveIsGone
TomIsMine
Mark9753
YoureMyWonderwal
Andheneverdid
Rainallover

Need to do some further work to investigate what's going on...

Re: Users creating accounts only to boost Angels & Airwaves

craola — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 01:41:31 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 09/15/2016 05:41

whoa that's whack. i admire the commitment though. if it wasn't for the fact that this was a 2006 release, i'd be wondering if it wasn't the band superficially inflating scores for the press factor, but 2006.... whack man.

Users creating accounts only to boost Angels & Airwaves

Kamens — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 01:14:37 GMT

Author: Kamens

Posted: 09/15/2016 05:14

http://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?a=29043
http://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?a=72741
http://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?a=9837

Compare comments, ratings, account names, and account creation dates. Not sure if these are bots, or an obnoxious conceited effort by fans to artificially boost AvA's artist and album rankings. Is there anything that can be done about this?