Percentage Tagging

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Leader: RustyBlood
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Created on: 26 Apr 2009
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This is a proposed idea to the last.fm administration. The idea is to display the tags for artists/bands by percentage. For example: 92% hard rock, 6% rock, 2% metal.

This is a proposed idea to the last.fm administration. The idea is to display the tags for artists/bands by percentage. For example: 92% hard rock, 6% rock, 2% metal.

It would be a compromise between the tag clouds that were on the homepage in the old last.fm interface and the new 'tag line' used now. Some people used to consider the tag cloud as some sort of guidance as to how this band/artist sounds like. The new last.fm interface only shows a line in which the most popular tags are used. This line does not indicate how much more a tag is popular than the other. Percentage tagging would give a better indication.

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Review: Psycroptic - Ob(Servant) by RustyBlood | 5 Oct 2009

Weekly Top Artists

Overall Unique to this Group

1	Kreator	6
2	Megadeth	5
3	Agalloch	5
4	In Flames	5
5	Rise Against	4
6	Anathema	4
7	Opeth	4
8	Iced Earth	4
9	Eminem	4
10	Black Sabbath	4

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BenOnUserstyles

50% Metalcore 50% Deathcore

February 2010
qlacs

With this kind of system it would be easier to find a band in a defined genre.

December 2009
qlacs

One pie chart for genres and another for country. Personnal tags would be ignored for charts.

December 2009
Foln

definitely NOT a good idea. this would create even more confusion with fusion genres. also language/country tags would completly destroy everything.

December 2009
longpoke

crap idea.

December 2009
qlacs

it's a very good idea but first the tags should be fixed: all silly and nonsense tags should be removed

August 2009
sterma_albatros

Good idea

June 2009
ZOMBIEPOET

Very good idea... I wonder why they haven't done this before, it would be a good guide.

June 2009
bgtaM

I totally agree with the idea, i liked a lot the old system and the thing you propose is great.

June 2009
RustyBlood

Where has it been done? what's it called?

May 2009
szary_

Absolutely yes.

May 2009
r333

:0 sounds like a great idea

May 2009
herege666

Without doubt ... should enhance this idea. Thus, it increases the similarities of the bands. Go get from the influences of the band that is being heard at that time.

May 2009
RustyBlood

Thanks everyone for supporting the idea. Please spread the word.

May 2009
wsnellbaker2

This is a really good. I wonder why they didn't do this to start with?

May 2009
Melodictallic

Good idea!...lets resolve the tags issue, cause it is certainly giving me a headache with all the disputes, arguments and the misleading.

May 2009
RhysTerk

Good idea :)

April 2009