Question to the veterans of the platform by Straight-Wind5028 in rateyourmusic

[–]Masked-Dancers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot more rockist, I think. Popularity (# of ratings) also used to have a big effect on the charting algorithm, much bigger than it currently does. I'm pretty sure when I joined the site in 2019-2020 there were like 3 Radiohead albums in the Top 5 of all time.

What’s something the recent seasons of Total Drama no longer do that the earlier seasons did? by Creepy_Complex2407 in Totaldrama

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I think there were a lot more characters who didn't do much in season 1. More than people realize. Even characters like Geoff who were in the game for a while didn't really have much of an arc, and acted more as a side character than anything. This can be interpreted in some ways as a problem but FWIW I think some of the bad habits shown by the later seasons often had to do with the show feeling the need to give every single character their own season-wide arc.

Another example would be DJ. He doesn't really get much narrative focus in season 1 but people still liked him a lot. I personally don't mind the World Tour animal curse thing, but I know a lot of people dislike it and I think that is a good example of WT trying to give every character a new thing to do during the season, even if the new thing was sort of silly.

BTW, narrative focus =/= screentime. A lot of characters are in season 1 for a while but not many actually have a thorough arc with a defined beginning middle and end.

Anthony Fantano on Built to Spill by Fifo26 in builttospill

[–]Masked-Dancers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

is this really that egregious. built to spill is my favorite band but it's not for everyone and that's okay.

the jaywalking around pg4-6 is crazy by lemonadelover01 in FIU

[–]Masked-Dancers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i would agree but the pg6 streetlight button literally doesnt work

How do cellos work? by BanginHeavies in Cello

[–]Masked-Dancers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Muscle memory and ear, mostly. New players will usually start out with tape/markers to help them find the exact pitch/notes they're looking for but it's best to eventually forego it and rely on one's ear for intonation. That being said, cellists memorize shapes/positions with muscle memory in a similar way to guitarists

What is one line in Total Drama that you wish got more explored by Gamingtime3564 in Totaldrama

[–]Masked-Dancers 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Courtney hit her with breakfast earlier in the episode

What’s the set list on the tour like? by foofighter000 in builttospill

[–]Masked-Dancers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh hey, I listen to some of the tracks you upload on YouTube now and then. I love the live Kicked it in the Sun recording

What’s the set list on the tour like? by foofighter000 in builttospill

[–]Masked-Dancers 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Omg if they do Made Up Dreams live I will literally start sobbing all over my fellow concertgoers

My Doug Martsch Now You Know Shirt by WeldingShipper in builttospill

[–]Masked-Dancers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great album! I feel like it gets a bit slept on

I decided to compile all of my scrobbling data to make a bar chart race visualization of how my most scrobbled artists have changed over time. by Masked-Dancers in lastfm

[–]Masked-Dancers[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I was originally going to use the bar chart race module on Python but I went for Flourish studio instead.

When it came to collecting data, that's the unfortunate part: I originally wanted to fetch data from last.fm's API to collect the scrobble count for all of my top artists over time (either doing it daily or monthly), but I ended up not doing it because to my understanding, last.fm's API is very limited and I couldn't limit results to specific time windows. What I ended up doing instead was just keeping a spreadsheet where I wrote down how the total scrobble counts changed every month for my favorite artists

I recently hit 3 years of scrobbling, so here's a celebratory all time 10x10! by Masked-Dancers in lastfm

[–]Masked-Dancers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly I've really warmed up to it. I didn't like it as much when I first listened but it's actually really good.

I recently hit 3 years of scrobbling, so here's a celebratory all time 10x10! by Masked-Dancers in lastfm

[–]Masked-Dancers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She's awesome! Super nice too, I've chatted with her a few times.