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]]> Missing Ratings Thread As a continuation of a thread from the old forum, I'd like to post any incidents here where a review is missing a rating. I'll continue to post here if more missing ratings are found, unless the moderators would prefer for seperate threads to be created with each newly-located incident.

Just one missing rating to start with:

Touché Amoré - Stage Four

While the review is short, the reviewer does breifly descibe the music. Furthermore, a similarly short review for the act's previous album, 'Is Survived By' has already been rated.

]]> Thu, 30 Jul 2020 13:29:24 +0000 https://allmedianetwork.helprace.com/i126-missing-ratings-thread https://allmedianetwork.helprace.com/i126-missing-ratings-thread Matski Matski As a continuation of a thread from the old forum, I'd like to post any incidents here where a review is missing a rating. I'll continue to post here if more missing ratings are found, unless the moderators would prefer for seperate threads to be created with each newly-located incident.

Just one missing rating to start with:

Touché Amoré - Stage Four

While the review is short, the reviewer does breifly descibe the music. Furthermore, a similarly short review for the act's previous album, 'Is Survived By' has already been rated.

]]> Missing Ratings Thread As a continuation of a thread from the old forum, I'd like to post any incidents here where a review is missing a rating. I'll continue to post here if more missing ratings are found, unless the moderators would prefer for seperate threads to be created with each newly-located incident.

Just one missing rating to start with:

Touché Amoré - Stage Four

While the review is short, the reviewer does breifly descibe the music. Furthermore, a similarly short review for the act's previous album, 'Is Survived By' has already been rated.

]]> Thu, 30 Jul 2020 13:29:24 +0000 https://allmedianetwork.helprace.com/i126-missing-ratings-thread https://allmedianetwork.helprace.com/i126-missing-ratings-thread Matski Matski As a continuation of a thread from the old forum, I'd like to post any incidents here where a review is missing a rating. I'll continue to post here if more missing ratings are found, unless the moderators would prefer for seperate threads to be created with each newly-located incident.

Just one missing rating to start with:

Touché Amoré - Stage Four

While the review is short, the reviewer does breifly descibe the music. Furthermore, a similarly short review for the act's previous album, 'Is Survived By' has already been rated.

]]> Missing Ratings Thread As a continuation of a thread from the old forum, I'd like to post any incidents here where a review is missing a rating. I'll continue to post here if more missing ratings are found, unless the moderators would prefer for seperate threads to be created with each newly-located incident.

Just one missing rating to start with:

Touché Amoré - Stage Four

While the review is short, the reviewer does breifly descibe the music. Furthermore, a similarly short review for the act's previous album, 'Is Survived By' has already been rated.

]]> Thu, 30 Jul 2020 13:29:24 +0000 https://allmedianetwork.helprace.com/i126-missing-ratings-thread https://allmedianetwork.helprace.com/i126-missing-ratings-thread Matski Matski As a continuation of a thread from the old forum, I'd like to post any incidents here where a review is missing a rating. I'll continue to post here if more missing ratings are found, unless the moderators would prefer for seperate threads to be created with each newly-located incident.

Just one missing rating to start with:

Touché Amoré - Stage Four

While the review is short, the reviewer does breifly descibe the music. Furthermore, a similarly short review for the act's previous album, 'Is Survived By' has already been rated.

]]> Missing Ratings Thread As a continuation of a thread from the old forum, I'd like to post any incidents here where a review is missing a rating. I'll continue to post here if more missing ratings are found, unless the moderators would prefer for seperate threads to be created with each newly-located incident.

Just one missing rating to start with:

Touché Amoré - Stage Four

While the review is short, the reviewer does breifly descibe the music. Furthermore, a similarly short review for the act's previous album, 'Is Survived By' has already been rated.

]]> Thu, 30 Jul 2020 13:29:24 +0000 https://allmedianetwork.helprace.com/i126-missing-ratings-thread https://allmedianetwork.helprace.com/i126-missing-ratings-thread Matski Matski As a continuation of a thread from the old forum, I'd like to post any incidents here where a review is missing a rating. I'll continue to post here if more missing ratings are found, unless the moderators would prefer for seperate threads to be created with each newly-located incident.

Just one missing rating to start with:

Touché Amoré - Stage Four

While the review is short, the reviewer does breifly descibe the music. Furthermore, a similarly short review for the act's previous album, 'Is Survived By' has already been rated.

]]> Missing Ratings Thread As a continuation of a thread from the old forum, I'd like to post any incidents here where a review is missing a rating. I'll continue to post here if more missing ratings are found, unless the moderators would prefer for seperate threads to be created with each newly-located incident.

Just one missing rating to start with:

Touché Amoré - Stage Four

While the review is short, the reviewer does breifly descibe the music. Furthermore, a similarly short review for the act's previous album, 'Is Survived By' has already been rated.

]]> Thu, 30 Jul 2020 13:29:24 +0000 https://allmedianetwork.helprace.com/i126-missing-ratings-thread https://allmedianetwork.helprace.com/i126-missing-ratings-thread Matski Matski As a continuation of a thread from the old forum, I'd like to post any incidents here where a review is missing a rating. I'll continue to post here if more missing ratings are found, unless the moderators would prefer for seperate threads to be created with each newly-located incident.

Just one missing rating to start with:

Touché Amoré - Stage Four

While the review is short, the reviewer does breifly descibe the music. Furthermore, a similarly short review for the act's previous album, 'Is Survived By' has already been rated.

]]> Missing Ratings Thread As a continuation of a thread from the old forum, I'd like to post any incidents here where a review is missing a rating. I'll continue to post here if more missing ratings are found, unless the moderators would prefer for seperate threads to be created with each newly-located incident.

Just one missing rating to start with:

Touché Amoré - Stage Four

While the review is short, the reviewer does breifly descibe the music. Furthermore, a similarly short review for the act's previous album, 'Is Survived By' has already been rated.

]]> Thu, 30 Jul 2020 13:29:24 +0000 https://allmedianetwork.helprace.com/i126-missing-ratings-thread https://allmedianetwork.helprace.com/i126-missing-ratings-thread Matski Matski As a continuation of a thread from the old forum, I'd like to post any incidents here where a review is missing a rating. I'll continue to post here if more missing ratings are found, unless the moderators would prefer for seperate threads to be created with each newly-located incident.

Just one missing rating to start with:

Touché Amoré - Stage Four

While the review is short, the reviewer does breifly descibe the music. Furthermore, a similarly short review for the act's previous album, 'Is Survived By' has already been rated.

]]> Missing Ratings Thread As a continuation of a thread from the old forum, I'd like to post any incidents here where a review is missing a rating. I'll continue to post here if more missing ratings are found, unless the moderators would prefer for seperate threads to be created with each newly-located incident.

Just one missing rating to start with:

Touché Amoré - Stage Four

While the review is short, the reviewer does breifly descibe the music. Furthermore, a similarly short review for the act's previous album, 'Is Survived By' has already been rated.

]]> Thu, 30 Jul 2020 13:29:24 +0000 https://allmedianetwork.helprace.com/i126-missing-ratings-thread https://allmedianetwork.helprace.com/i126-missing-ratings-thread Matski Matski As a continuation of a thread from the old forum, I'd like to post any incidents here where a review is missing a rating. I'll continue to post here if more missing ratings are found, unless the moderators would prefer for seperate threads to be created with each newly-located incident.

Just one missing rating to start with:

Touché Amoré - Stage Four

While the review is short, the reviewer does breifly descibe the music. Furthermore, a similarly short review for the act's previous album, 'Is Survived By' has already been rated.

]]> Missing Ratings Thread As a continuation of a thread from the old forum, I'd like to post any incidents here where a review is missing a rating. I'll continue to post here if more missing ratings are found, unless the moderators would prefer for seperate threads to be created with each newly-located incident.

Just one missing rating to start with:

Touché Amoré - Stage Four

While the review is short, the reviewer does breifly descibe the music. Furthermore, a similarly short review for the act's previous album, 'Is Survived By' has already been rated.

]]> Thu, 30 Jul 2020 13:29:24 +0000 https://allmedianetwork.helprace.com/i126-missing-ratings-thread https://allmedianetwork.helprace.com/i126-missing-ratings-thread Matski Matski As a continuation of a thread from the old forum, I'd like to post any incidents here where a review is missing a rating. I'll continue to post here if more missing ratings are found, unless the moderators would prefer for seperate threads to be created with each newly-located incident.

Just one missing rating to start with:

Touché Amoré - Stage Four

While the review is short, the reviewer does breifly descibe the music. Furthermore, a similarly short review for the act's previous album, 'Is Survived By' has already been rated.

]]> Firewall Security Alert During the last weeks, loading Allmusic.com pages on my local macs causes an Alert in firewall logs (CheckPoint Quantum Spark 1550, last firmware) about Bot activities:

Scanning locally for malware has no results and the alert only appears when accessing allmusic.com ! As i could not explain that Google DNS is asked for a malware site url it seems appropriate to report that.

kind regards,

-- Guenther Albrecht

]]> Wed, 31 May 2023 12:34:45 +0000 https://allmedianetwork.helprace.com/i1603-firewall-security-alert https://allmedianetwork.helprace.com/i1603-firewall-security-alert Günther Albrecht Günther Albrecht During the last weeks, loading Allmusic.com pages on my local macs causes an Alert in firewall logs (CheckPoint Quantum Spark 1550, last firmware) about Bot activities:

Scanning locally for malware has no results and the alert only appears when accessing allmusic.com ! As i could not explain that Google DNS is asked for a malware site url it seems appropriate to report that.

kind regards,

--
Guenther Albrecht

]]> Firewall Security Alert During the last weeks, loading Allmusic.com pages on my local macs causes an Alert in firewall logs (CheckPoint Quantum Spark 1550, last firmware) about Bot activities:

Scanning locally for malware has no results and the alert only appears when accessing allmusic.com ! As i could not explain that Google DNS is asked for a malware site url it seems appropriate to report that.

kind regards,

-- Guenther Albrecht

]]> Wed, 31 May 2023 12:34:45 +0000 https://allmedianetwork.helprace.com/i1603-firewall-security-alert https://allmedianetwork.helprace.com/i1603-firewall-security-alert Günther Albrecht Günther Albrecht During the last weeks, loading Allmusic.com pages on my local macs causes an Alert in firewall logs (CheckPoint Quantum Spark 1550, last firmware) about Bot activities:

Scanning locally for malware has no results and the alert only appears when accessing allmusic.com ! As i could not explain that Google DNS is asked for a malware site url it seems appropriate to report that.

kind regards,

--
Guenther Albrecht

]]> Firewall Security Alert During the last weeks, loading Allmusic.com pages on my local macs causes an Alert in firewall logs (CheckPoint Quantum Spark 1550, last firmware) about Bot activities:

Scanning locally for malware has no results and the alert only appears when accessing allmusic.com ! As i could not explain that Google DNS is asked for a malware site url it seems appropriate to report that.

kind regards,

-- Guenther Albrecht

]]> Wed, 31 May 2023 12:34:45 +0000 https://allmedianetwork.helprace.com/i1603-firewall-security-alert https://allmedianetwork.helprace.com/i1603-firewall-security-alert Günther Albrecht Günther Albrecht During the last weeks, loading Allmusic.com pages on my local macs causes an Alert in firewall logs (CheckPoint Quantum Spark 1550, last firmware) about Bot activities:

Scanning locally for malware has no results and the alert only appears when accessing allmusic.com ! As i could not explain that Google DNS is asked for a malware site url it seems appropriate to report that.

kind regards,

--
Guenther Albrecht

]]> Firewall Security Alert During the last weeks, loading Allmusic.com pages on my local macs causes an Alert in firewall logs (CheckPoint Quantum Spark 1550, last firmware) about Bot activities:

Scanning locally for malware has no results and the alert only appears when accessing allmusic.com ! As i could not explain that Google DNS is asked for a malware site url it seems appropriate to report that.

kind regards,

-- Guenther Albrecht

]]> Wed, 31 May 2023 12:34:45 +0000 https://allmedianetwork.helprace.com/i1603-firewall-security-alert https://allmedianetwork.helprace.com/i1603-firewall-security-alert Günther Albrecht Günther Albrecht During the last weeks, loading Allmusic.com pages on my local macs causes an Alert in firewall logs (CheckPoint Quantum Spark 1550, last firmware) about Bot activities:

Scanning locally for malware has no results and the alert only appears when accessing allmusic.com ! As i could not explain that Google DNS is asked for a malware site url it seems appropriate to report that.

kind regards,

--
Guenther Albrecht

]]> AllMusic: Ads cover content and make submitting corrections impossible! Seriously, after almost 400 complaints in as many years about this very thing, WTAF? Do you idiots just not care or are you that lazy.

Everything is covered by ads, especially the fixed bottom footer, which covers the Google captcha.

]]> Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:57:16 +0000 https://allmedianetwork.helprace.com/i2487-allmusic-ads-cover-content-and-make-submitting-corrections-impossible https://allmedianetwork.helprace.com/i2487-allmusic-ads-cover-content-and-make-submitting-corrections-impossible Nox Arcana Nox Arcana Seriously, after almost 400 complaints in as many years about this very thing, WTAF? Do you idiots just not care or are you that lazy.

Everything is covered by ads, especially the fixed bottom footer, which covers the Google captcha.

]]> AllMusic: Ads cover content and make submitting corrections impossible! Seriously, after almost 400 complaints in as many years about this very thing, WTAF? Do you idiots just not care or are you that lazy.

Everything is covered by ads, especially the fixed bottom footer, which covers the Google captcha.

]]> Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:57:16 +0000 https://allmedianetwork.helprace.com/i2487-allmusic-ads-cover-content-and-make-submitting-corrections-impossible https://allmedianetwork.helprace.com/i2487-allmusic-ads-cover-content-and-make-submitting-corrections-impossible Nox Arcana Nox Arcana Seriously, after almost 400 complaints in as many years about this very thing, WTAF? Do you idiots just not care or are you that lazy.

Everything is covered by ads, especially the fixed bottom footer, which covers the Google captcha.

]]> A spammy reviewer is actively making your site worse TL;DR: A certain AllMusic user's spammy reviews (41200+ reviews in <4 years) have made AllMusic a less useful, more hostile place to visit. This post requests that some sort of mitigating action be taken.

(Feel free to reach out if you want the specific username, but I'm sure you're already aware of this person. Hint: they review a lot of metal acts.)

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A certain AllMusic user has posted over 41200 reviews since November 9, 2019—that is, nearly 30 reviews a day for 3.8 years. With few exceptions, the reviews are content-free and negative/dismissive. Almost none of them demonstrate even[_cuted_]

]]> Thu, 07 Sep 2023 00:08:23 +0000 https://allmedianetwork.helprace.com/i1734-a-spammy-reviewer-is-actively-making-your-site-worse https://allmedianetwork.helprace.com/i1734-a-spammy-reviewer-is-actively-making-your-site-worse Mouse Mouse TL;DR: A certain AllMusic user's spammy reviews (41200+ reviews in <4 years) have made AllMusic a less useful, more hostile place to visit. This post requests that some sort of mitigating action be taken.

(Feel free to reach out if you want the specific username, but I'm sure you're already aware of this person. Hint: they review a lot of metal acts.)

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A certain AllMusic user has posted over 41200 reviews since November 9, 2019—that is, nearly 30 reviews a day for 3.8 years. With few exceptions, the reviews are content-free and negative/dismissive. Almost none of them demonstrate even a cursory engagement with the album they're supposed to be reviewing. Instead, they generally follow one of a set of obvious templates, coupled with a seemingly arbitrary rating. Some of the most common templates include:

The band's [YEAR] album, [ALBUM_NAME],
- isn't any different from the rest of their discography.
- is continuation of their usual style.
- is a (rehash|replica) of their (past|previous) (works|discography).
- is a (rehash|replica) of the (past|previous) (one|two|three|...).
- is a replica of their debut.
- is indistinguishable from their previous efforts.
- (continues|shows) the band's compositional stubbornness.
- shows their little relevance among their niche.

Roughly 13300 (>30%) of their reviews follow the above pattern.

[COUNTRY]'s [ARTIST_NAME] are a clone of [ARTIST_1], [ARTIST_2], ..., and [ARTIST_N], as shown by their [YYYY] (album|debut|EP), [ALBUM_NAME].

About 4200 (>10%) of their reviews follow that pattern.

In several thousand other cases, this user's reviews dispense entirely with the pretense of being a review. A random sampling from a few pages of the "Album Reviews" section of their profile, with accompanying star ratings:

- "Their first EP." (1 star)
- "Their second EP." (1 star)
- "A stop-gap EP." (1 star)
- "Their only album before disbanding." (1.5 stars)
- "One of its albums." (3 stars)
- "Self-explanatory." (1 star)
- "Fourth EP" (1 star)
- "A cash-in compilation." (1 star)
- "An early-years compilation." (1.5 stars)

Please notice those star ratings. Over 37000 (~90%) of this user's 41200+ reviews are rated two stars or fewer. Often this user makes their way through a band's whole catalog, burdening each release with an excessively negative rating that, as I've hope I've managed to establish, is based on nothing.

I'm not sure what this user's deal is, but whatever their intent, the result is that they're making your site a less useful, less welcoming place to visit. Their valueless, mean-spirited reviews show up as the highlighted review in User Reviews sections across your site, sitting right alongside AllMusic's official (and generally far more thoughtful) reviews—and in cases where AllMusic hasn't supplied an official review, the reviews stand as the only review of a given release.

I've used and enjoyed the AllMusic Guide for something like twenty years at this point. I (and I'm sure many AllMusic users) would really appreciate it if you could do something about this issue. I have to believe this kind of low-quality, artist-bashing spam cannot be what AllMusic had in mind when they implemented user reviews.

]]> A spammy reviewer is actively making your site worse TL;DR: A certain AllMusic user's spammy reviews (41200+ reviews in <4 years) have made AllMusic a less useful, more hostile place to visit. This post requests that some sort of mitigating action be taken.

(Feel free to reach out if you want the specific username, but I'm sure you're already aware of this person. Hint: they review a lot of metal acts.)

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A certain AllMusic user has posted over 41200 reviews since November 9, 2019—that is, nearly 30 reviews a day for 3.8 years. With few exceptions, the reviews are content-free and negative/dismissive. Almost none of them demonstrate even[_cuted_]

]]> Thu, 07 Sep 2023 00:08:23 +0000 https://allmedianetwork.helprace.com/i1734-a-spammy-reviewer-is-actively-making-your-site-worse https://allmedianetwork.helprace.com/i1734-a-spammy-reviewer-is-actively-making-your-site-worse Mouse Mouse TL;DR: A certain AllMusic user's spammy reviews (41200+ reviews in <4 years) have made AllMusic a less useful, more hostile place to visit. This post requests that some sort of mitigating action be taken.

(Feel free to reach out if you want the specific username, but I'm sure you're already aware of this person. Hint: they review a lot of metal acts.)

---

A certain AllMusic user has posted over 41200 reviews since November 9, 2019—that is, nearly 30 reviews a day for 3.8 years. With few exceptions, the reviews are content-free and negative/dismissive. Almost none of them demonstrate even a cursory engagement with the album they're supposed to be reviewing. Instead, they generally follow one of a set of obvious templates, coupled with a seemingly arbitrary rating. Some of the most common templates include:

The band's [YEAR] album, [ALBUM_NAME],
- isn't any different from the rest of their discography.
- is continuation of their usual style.
- is a (rehash|replica) of their (past|previous) (works|discography).
- is a (rehash|replica) of the (past|previous) (one|two|three|...).
- is a replica of their debut.
- is indistinguishable from their previous efforts.
- (continues|shows) the band's compositional stubbornness.
- shows their little relevance among their niche.

Roughly 13300 (>30%) of their reviews follow the above pattern.

[COUNTRY]'s [ARTIST_NAME] are a clone of [ARTIST_1], [ARTIST_2], ..., and [ARTIST_N], as shown by their [YYYY] (album|debut|EP), [ALBUM_NAME].

About 4200 (>10%) of their reviews follow that pattern.

In several thousand other cases, this user's reviews dispense entirely with the pretense of being a review. A random sampling from a few pages of the "Album Reviews" section of their profile, with accompanying star ratings:

- "Their first EP." (1 star)
- "Their second EP." (1 star)
- "A stop-gap EP." (1 star)
- "Their only album before disbanding." (1.5 stars)
- "One of its albums." (3 stars)
- "Self-explanatory." (1 star)
- "Fourth EP" (1 star)
- "A cash-in compilation." (1 star)
- "An early-years compilation." (1.5 stars)

Please notice those star ratings. Over 37000 (~90%) of this user's 41200+ reviews are rated two stars or fewer. Often this user makes their way through a band's whole catalog, burdening each release with an excessively negative rating that, as I've hope I've managed to establish, is based on nothing.

I'm not sure what this user's deal is, but whatever their intent, the result is that they're making your site a less useful, less welcoming place to visit. Their valueless, mean-spirited reviews show up as the highlighted review in User Reviews sections across your site, sitting right alongside AllMusic's official (and generally far more thoughtful) reviews—and in cases where AllMusic hasn't supplied an official review, the reviews stand as the only review of a given release.

I've used and enjoyed the AllMusic Guide for something like twenty years at this point. I (and I'm sure many AllMusic users) would really appreciate it if you could do something about this issue. I have to believe this kind of low-quality, artist-bashing spam cannot be what AllMusic had in mind when they implemented user reviews.

]]> A spammy reviewer is actively making your site worse TL;DR: A certain AllMusic user's spammy reviews (41200+ reviews in <4 years) have made AllMusic a less useful, more hostile place to visit. This post requests that some sort of mitigating action be taken.

(Feel free to reach out if you want the specific username, but I'm sure you're already aware of this person. Hint: they review a lot of metal acts.)

---

A certain AllMusic user has posted over 41200 reviews since November 9, 2019—that is, nearly 30 reviews a day for 3.8 years. With few exceptions, the reviews are content-free and negative/dismissive. Almost none of them demonstrate even[_cuted_]

]]> Thu, 07 Sep 2023 00:08:23 +0000 https://allmedianetwork.helprace.com/i1734-a-spammy-reviewer-is-actively-making-your-site-worse https://allmedianetwork.helprace.com/i1734-a-spammy-reviewer-is-actively-making-your-site-worse Mouse Mouse TL;DR: A certain AllMusic user's spammy reviews (41200+ reviews in <4 years) have made AllMusic a less useful, more hostile place to visit. This post requests that some sort of mitigating action be taken.

(Feel free to reach out if you want the specific username, but I'm sure you're already aware of this person. Hint: they review a lot of metal acts.)

---

A certain AllMusic user has posted over 41200 reviews since November 9, 2019—that is, nearly 30 reviews a day for 3.8 years. With few exceptions, the reviews are content-free and negative/dismissive. Almost none of them demonstrate even a cursory engagement with the album they're supposed to be reviewing. Instead, they generally follow one of a set of obvious templates, coupled with a seemingly arbitrary rating. Some of the most common templates include:

The band's [YEAR] album, [ALBUM_NAME],
- isn't any different from the rest of their discography.
- is continuation of their usual style.
- is a (rehash|replica) of their (past|previous) (works|discography).
- is a (rehash|replica) of the (past|previous) (one|two|three|...).
- is a replica of their debut.
- is indistinguishable from their previous efforts.
- (continues|shows) the band's compositional stubbornness.
- shows their little relevance among their niche.

Roughly 13300 (>30%) of their reviews follow the above pattern.

[COUNTRY]'s [ARTIST_NAME] are a clone of [ARTIST_1], [ARTIST_2], ..., and [ARTIST_N], as shown by their [YYYY] (album|debut|EP), [ALBUM_NAME].

About 4200 (>10%) of their reviews follow that pattern.

In several thousand other cases, this user's reviews dispense entirely with the pretense of being a review. A random sampling from a few pages of the "Album Reviews" section of their profile, with accompanying star ratings:

- "Their first EP." (1 star)
- "Their second EP." (1 star)
- "A stop-gap EP." (1 star)
- "Their only album before disbanding." (1.5 stars)
- "One of its albums." (3 stars)
- "Self-explanatory." (1 star)
- "Fourth EP" (1 star)
- "A cash-in compilation." (1 star)
- "An early-years compilation." (1.5 stars)

Please notice those star ratings. Over 37000 (~90%) of this user's 41200+ reviews are rated two stars or fewer. Often this user makes their way through a band's whole catalog, burdening each release with an excessively negative rating that, as I've hope I've managed to establish, is based on nothing.

I'm not sure what this user's deal is, but whatever their intent, the result is that they're making your site a less useful, less welcoming place to visit. Their valueless, mean-spirited reviews show up as the highlighted review in User Reviews sections across your site, sitting right alongside AllMusic's official (and generally far more thoughtful) reviews—and in cases where AllMusic hasn't supplied an official review, the reviews stand as the only review of a given release.

I've used and enjoyed the AllMusic Guide for something like twenty years at this point. I (and I'm sure many AllMusic users) would really appreciate it if you could do something about this issue. I have to believe this kind of low-quality, artist-bashing spam cannot be what AllMusic had in mind when they implemented user reviews.

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