| The MAL feature I wish worked better and was extended is the 5 minute cool-off between making threads. |
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| I have a similar taste with my sister and our affinity is 88% so it seems to work in that case. It would be nice to know how the percentage is calculated though. |
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| I do. I find it useful to have an idea if I have comparable taste with someone else (50%+) then go through their list and steal some anime/manga rated 8+ for my PTW. I find it a tacky concept from the get go because it immediately assumes that you are using MAL's scoring system and not your own. It doesn't compare just the scores but the overall trend using the "Pearson correlation coefficient".@Theo1899 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearson_correlation_coefficient |
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| I personally don't pay much attention to the affinity, I thought it was calculated based on how many anime/mage you share and not from the scores you rated the show. |
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| affinity also shows the difference in mean scores at the very bottom of its results, so you can take that into account when comparing your taste with someone else's. also, find me the user who only scores from 1-5. most people still use some form of the 10 scale, even if they diverge from MAL's exact descriptions. |
| I don't even look at it when looking at someone's profile,that's how little I care about it.I tend to look at someone's fav list first and foremost.Even if I've already seen every nook and cranny of someone's profile,I still wouldn't look at the affinity part. I don't think by percentages and numbers. |
SummerynApr 20, 2020 6:22 AM
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| I like to check it out whenever someone sents me FR. It's actually a pretty good tool, one of the best you can find here, atleast in my opinion. |
Dameo said: The feature is mostly useless to me, because I am missing lots of the super-famous stuff that many people have watched, while also having watched a variety of obscure stuff.I find it a tacky concept from the get go because it immediately assumes that you are using MAL's scoring system and not your own. Also how does it calculate accurately when you may have different scores but end up with high affinity because a few are close enough? I don't trust this feature one bit. I trust it even less than MAL's automated recommendations. What do you think? But I've discovered how to use it, kinda. Basically, no compatibility score means that our tastes probably have very little in common. Small absolute value of compatibility score, even if it's positive, means that we probably only have a few things in common. Large absolute value of compatibility score, even if very negative, means that we probably have more things in common. |
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| Not much for a few months. I saw then the profile of a guy who had watched and liked totally different genres than me, we had almost nothing common in our tastes and in spite of both of us having watched a few hundred anime there were not a dozen that we shared in our lists and we had absolutely different scores for those too - and for some reason MAL thought we had a nearly 50% affinity. That made me wonder... |
IshitatesoApr 20, 2020 7:25 AM
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| I can see why it'd be important to some people who are looking for people with similar affinity so they can talk about anime they both enjoy or something. I can't care about it because I apparently have negative affinity with just about everyone. Or if I don't, it's because we barely cross the threshold of being able to have our affinity rated. Apparently, I have a 40% affinity with a fairly prominent AD regular. He doesn't watch ecchi at all. Over 1/3rd of my list is ecchi. Truly, an accurate representation of how similar our interests are when it comes to anime. |
ManabanApr 20, 2020 6:50 AM
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| Yeah, i actually care so much with anime affinity. I will immediately sent friend request to people with at least +20% affinity,, and will totally ignore people with negative affinity... |
 Try reading Spy x Family Manga ^_^ U will love it, i promise... |
SarthakMirji said: not really, its actually the other way for me, as i use anime affinity to look for a new friend, as i always check their affinity n will send friend request if they have at least +20% affinity to me.Well first off all.....you require FRIENDS with whom you can check your affinity with......brave of you to assume that i have any :) |
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| No. There are people I like on MAL that I have a really low affinity with whilst there are users I hate that have a pretty high affinity rating. It just roughly tells you if you have similar interests in anime, at the end of the day it’s their personality that matters. |
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Kosmonaut said: The MAL feature I wish worked better and was extended is the 5 minute cool-off between making threads. Now I wish there was a feature to auto-ignore someone's threads. |
SarthakMirji said: well, try to have some conversations before sending friend request... Like about what anime both of u like...lswarmruler said: not really, its actually the other way for me, as i use anime affinity to look for a new friend, as i always check their affinity n will send friend request if they have at least +20% affinity to me. i try to do the same....no one accepts :( |
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| It's ridiculous to claim it is less accurate than the automated recommendations. I get that you're trying to be edgy and all, but that's just 100% factually incorrect. The automated recs are always completely random, for affinity you have to put in a lot of effort in making your list and randoms completely arbitrary for it to not work and be random. If you just use the site normally, it will usually be pretty accurate the higher the affinity is. There used to be this site which would list you the people with highest affinity to you from the whole site and the top picks always had favorite lists that looked very similar to mine. But we're talking 70-80% affinity here, not 20%. |
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Ishitateso said: Not much for a few months. I saw then the profile of a guy who had watched and liked totally different genres than me, we had almost nothing common in our tastes and in spite of both of us having watched a few hundred anime there were not a dosen that we shared in our lists and we had absolutely different scores for those too - and for some reason MAL thought we had a nearly 50% affinity. That made me wonder... ikr? this has occurred for me several times as well. I never really understood this function. also if our ratings were similar for all the okay-ish or mediocre anime but we hated each others' favourites, then the affinity score makes even less sense and is essentially useless. |
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Dameo said: I don't trust this feature one bit. I trust it even less than MAL's automated recommendations. What do you think? wait wait I just noticed this, trying to imply that the site's most wonky feature is worse than this to solidify how bad you think affinity is just seems like it's top-meme My list is over 1/3rds ecchi. It's both my most watched and highest scored genre by weighted score. It is fairly obvious what my recs should be like, it dominates my list and garners the highest ratings. and ayyyy lmao https://prnt.sc/s2qiqv Autorecs are bullshit. Affinity isn't great but autorecs are just straight-up beyond common sense. |
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Dameo said: I think you are being edgy because of the attitude of your questions. They aren't open ended with a genuine search for an answer, they are provocative where you try to push your own conclusion.Pullman said: It's ridiculous to claim it is less accurate than the automated recommendations. I get that you're trying to be edgy and all, but that's just 100% factually incorrect. The automated recs are always completely random, for affinity you have to put in a lot of effort in making your list and randoms completely arbitrary for it to not work and be random. If you just use the site normally, it will usually be pretty accurate the higher the affinity is. There used to be this site which would list you the people with highest affinity to you from the whole site and the top picks always had favorite lists that looked very similar to mine. But we're talking 70-80% affinity here, not 20%. Where am I trying to be edge? I don't understand why you are throwing buzzwords. Informative post otherwise but you discredit yourself by accusing others of some weird American trends that I don't understand. I'm open minded tho so I'll take your opinion. |
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| Not really. Over the course of the years I've found myself having lower affinity percentages with users where I see that our tastes are relatively similar, than with users where I see our tastes are way more different. Also I barely find any user with whom I have an affinity over 40%, so it's not like is something I will care a lot about. |
| I pay no attention to it because people are too dumb to read the one word descriptions of the scores. |
Dameo said: I didn't say you were being violent, mean or offensive. I agreed with Pullman since I think your threads are being edgy because of their provocative/divisive approach. zal said: You are being edgy because of the attitude of your questions. They aren't open ended with a genuine search for an answer, they are provocative where you try to push your own conclusion. I'm just sharing my opinion and asking questions to get other peoples opinions. Sorry if I come off as offending, but I'm not trying to be. And I still don't get how am I being edgy? I'm not saying mean things or trying to be violent. Perhaps @Pullman thinks they are edgy for another reason but that's for him to expand on. |
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| I would if it made any damn sense. Every time I think I get how it works it turns out I don't. |
| “In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.” -Friedrich Nietzsche Aggregate scoring is bad for the anime fandom |
YossaRedMage said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearson_correlation_coefficientI would if it made any damn sense. Every time I think I get how it works it turns out I don't. This is the formula and you can even calculate the affinity on your own with Excel by copying the scores of the anime you have in common with the other user. |
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| I don't trust the majority of recommendations. As far as that feature "Affinity", could you send me a link. |
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SarthakMirji said: nah, ur fine. At least u still have positive affinity to me.lswarmruler said: well, try to have some conversations before sending friend request... Like about what anime both of u like... lswarmruler said: well, try to have some conversations before sending friend request... Like about what anime both of u like... roger that :)....we definitely have completely opposite taste tbh xD |
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| no bec nearly everyone has like negative affinity w me rip my feelings :') |
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| I don't because I don't rate lots of my dropped stuff... |
| I like the affinity feature. It's fun to see someone who's seen a lot of same shows so I can compare our scores! |
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Dameo said: If you use another system you are stupid AF, 1 to 10 is one of the best scales (besides that it's te one that the MAL uses). Being unable to adapt is pretty sad.assumes that you are using MAL's scoring system and not your own. I sadly had to adapt to the 1 - 5 scale in other places... |
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Sakeyano said: I like the affinity feature. It's fun to see someone who's seen a lot of same shows so I can compare our scores! omg we have a 39.9 affinity that's the highest I've seen someone match w me |
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rosyeclipse said: Sakeyano said: I like the affinity feature. It's fun to see someone who's seen a lot of same shows so I can compare our scores! omg we have a 39.9 affinity that's the highest I've seen someone match w me wow yeah that's pretty high o.o your taste in anime is pretty good :) |
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o no I can assure you its as bad as they come but thanks! |
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| if you have a good affinity with someone then it's date a live! |
| It's a unique feature, I don't see the reason in hating on it. In general the more features the better. Then you can consider what its trying to accomplish; a way to allow people to find others interested in the same anime, doesn't seem so bad to me. As for the way people rate anime... You should be rating based on Mal's specifications, regardless of your opinion (Which is fine to have). Your interpretation of how anime should be rated doesn't belong in the database, anyone who thinks so has a wicked sense of entitlement. |
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| I like using the feature quite often, when i'm browsing through someones profile and im interested enough i'll click it. Its good because youre able to quickly see what anime they've seen that you havent and vise versa and the anime that you both have watched. Then in the anime you share the scores are right next to each other so you can compare peoples scores quickly to yours. I'm surprised reading through this thread how little you guys use this feature, as I think its great. |
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