Are you a harsh rater?

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Message Jow P beers 7343 º places 487 º 07:34 Fri 3/31/2017 I’m very middle of the road and non-confrontational in my rates much like my personality. I tend to rate high however my bell curve is steep and i have very view mid to high 4’s and few on low end as well making it look like most the beers i had are closer to middle. I’ve gotten a little harsher over the years so some of my higher rates are from early on. i wish i utilized the full spectrum of 1-5 more but its kind of too late at this point.
Message CLevar places 23 º 07:58 Fri 3/31/2017 Yes
Message Ibrew2or3 P beers 10533 º places 353 º 09:15 Fri 3/31/2017 Originally posted by Leighton The best quick check on a user’s level of harshness is probably the Average score given Average score rated Comparison I think this gets skewed as you start rating more and more beer with very few ratings. That might be the case for me. I’m seeking out beer I’m pretty sure I’ll really like which works out to scores above 4. The last beer I rated earned a 4.2. It looks like I’ll be the only one to rate it and it’s weighted average is 3.2. Delta = 1.0, pretty big.

Message after4ever P admin beers 8025 º places 322 º 09:19 Fri 3/31/2017 Yeah, my scores have always been just below or right at the average score given. So I’m neither harsh nor generous. The only exception is with really small, new breweries. If they’re bad, I’ll only rate one beer from them, even if I try everything they’re pouring, and I try not to go under 2.5 for it if I can.
Message GoufCustom beers 3017 º places 128 º 09:58 Fri 3/31/2017 >> Do you think you’re a harsh rater? Yes and no. I rate it like it is. If it is good , it is good. If it’s bad, I will say it loud but I won’t exaggerate. >> Would you increase all your scores if you could? I would re-rate a few beers I thought I dodn’t give it a objective judging the first time around. In gerenal, though, I am content with what I’ve rated. >> Do you think the site algorithm should correct for harsher or more generous raters? I am satisified with RB’s scoring mechanism, with more ratings on a beer it’s score will be evenly represented, so there’s no need for that.
Message bartlebier beers 4526 º places 177 º 09:58 Fri 3/31/2017 I probably subconsciously try and stay clear IRL of raters who rarely "dish out" 4.0+. See the miserable boozer index on my profile here. Puritan scoring = a moral defect. Is my harsh meta-take on this. Harsh or generous judging aside: chronologically listed in a fetish XLS, all those 2.7-3.8s piled up in a grey stack read as if you’ve been wasting away your drinking life waiting for a 4,0+ to come along, only to die an anhedonic joyvirgin who wouldn’t know how to communicate beerbliss rapture if it drowned you in Orval. (Full disclosure: haven’t rated Orval as it would be a 4.8-5.0 and require a full essay)
Message blipp beers 14843 º places 219 º 10:09 Fri 3/31/2017 Originally posted by Leighton The best quick check on a user’s level of harshness is probably the Average score given Average score rated Comparison People can, of course, be both harsh and generous raters. I recall a power user here responding to accusations of homerism by pointing to this metric, when really all they had done was balanced a large number of generous scores for local beers with an equally large number of bad scores for pale lagers and other similar garbage.

Message bartlebier beers 4526 º places 177 º 10:11 Fri 3/31/2017 Originally posted by Leighton The best quick check on a user’s level of harshness is probably the Average score given Average score rated Comparison May I introduce my personal system for rater harshness: Ratebeer Miserable Boozer/Bastard Index (MBI): = amount of beers rated 3.9 or higher / Total Amount of Beers rated (in %) Works like pH levels. If your MBI drops below 10%, start asking yourself some serious questions whether you still like drinking beer, are consciously seeking out quality or poor new stuff, or just like voicing disappointment with your (drinking) life in general. Advanced MBI (AMBI): beers rated 4.0 or higher / Total beers rated My MBI is: 538 / 3779 = 14%, pretty rosycheeked, happy-go-lucky AMBI: 385 / 3779 = just 10%, a moral wake-up call.
Message StefanSD beers 2449 º places 57 º 10:14 Fri 3/31/2017 I seldom use harsh words, even if the beer sucks.
Message Frank beers 4561 º places 92 º 10:26 Fri 3/31/2017 I have changed many times over the years. Right now, I feel like I’m being pretty generous w/ 3+ scores. For a while, if I detected any sort of flavor flaw even if it was minor, I was busting everything down to below 2.7. I tend to be more critical of stuff that is released at a super premium price. If you are asking people to spend enough to buy a case of craft beer for a single bottle and that beer tastes even very slightly of cardboard or day old coffee, fuck that beer.