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?
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. _________________ follow me on the bandcamp.
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.
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. 🤔
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. _________________
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
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