One factor that is used to calculate your scout rating is accuracy. Accuracy is displayed as a percentage and signifies how closely you are scoring in comparison to the public average.
There is much confusion and frustration amongst scouts in regards to how to score a track. Understandably many scouts would prefer to score based on their own personal opinions.
However, as stated in the official FAQ – the scoring criteria is officially as follows;
Evaluating how close you rate each track compared with the average score of all other people who have rated that track. The better you are at judging this, the higher your rating will rise
We recommend you try not to bring personal bias into your scoring and try to rate a track objectively based on how you feel everyone else will (on average) score. If you wish to score a track based on your own opinion, be aware that this could have a negative effect on your accuracy and earning potential.
For more information on approximate accuracy requirements for specific star ratings see our ‘Stars’ entry in the Buzzwords section.
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i don’t get this me. it’s like a guessing-game.
Hi, to be honest, this is a bit of BS.
This leads people to guess what other people will think, and it makes the scouts score against what they actually think.
This eventually distorts the charts & ratings, so I think that the comparison to the other scouts opinion should have less weight.
If somebody stays in the + – 85% he / she represents already a healthy proportion of the major opinion, and he / she should be eligible for a higher no of stars.
Better to get a real opinion > eventually that is what people want to listen / that´s how the real stars are found…
Just my 0.02, rgds Lucas
“We recommend you try not to bring personal bias into your scoring and try to rate a track objectively based on how you feel everyone else will (on average) score. If you wish to score a track based on your own opinion, be aware that this could have a negative effect on your accuracy and earning potential.”
This totally defeats the point of the “Spread” which they have just brought out. the 2 are incompatible.
#1 you rate the track on how well you liked it. if you are going to do that then you will need to allow us to review songs from a genre that we like. No point in having a metal head review an RnB “classic” they would have no idea on if people would like it, only the groups of people that listen to that genre anyway would like it.
#2 you rate the track on how you think other people would like it, means you just get a biased review as the people who listen to that genre would rate it highly but the metal heads wouldnt. all in all you still get the average statistics that you are trying to avoid