How do you determine good or bad taste in anime?

@LoveYourSmile Are you implying that I have no taste because I watch a lot of different anime without trying to categorize it?

@RobertBobert I did not say anything about you personally in my original response, merely shared my broad vision on the subject. You asked for elaboration, you got it. I understand it might sound unpleasant, or you may disagree, so feel free to completely disregard it. I personally doubt even existence of a taste (bad or good, doesn't matter) in case of such an non selective consumption pattern, unless it's someone's job to torture themselves by watching sick amount of lowkey material.

@LoveYourSmile Can you give me an example of this kind of thinking?

@LostSpectre So, you don’t take seriously people who seriously operate and argue with such concepts?

@SuperAdventure I follow the approach of Roger Ebert, who said that films should be judged primarily by how well they satisfy their target audience and follow the rules and needs of the genre. For example, American Pie is a great comedy because it sets many of the big trends in its genre and is great for the target audience of cheesy teen comedies. Although the film itself is quite cheesy and vulgar with humor of the “lol, they are virgins” level.

@RobertBobert Well that's basically where I'm coming from. You should have pointed out that I basically answered your thread wrong- I assumed you wanted to know how to decide if an anime was done in bad taste; rather than rating other viewers' tastes.
The whole idea of rating the tastes of others is self-centering, makes the entire anime experience about oneself rather than about the media (which was my approach)

I don't believe in such a concept. You can justify why you enjoy a piece of art from any perspective. I may not always understand however, it is still a valid point of view.

@BilboBaggins365 In what sense “justify”, could you please clarify?

@RobertBobert All art, I think can be enjoyed. I mean there is some modern art out there I think is garbage, and probably is just there to money launder however, if someone comes and says yeah I actually like it, and gives frankly any reason, how could I deny them? I can only disagree, however, I have no right to say to that person, you can't enjoy this, unless it involves actually hurting or infringing on someone IRL.

@BilboBaggins365 That is, if conventional porn or erotica is made with high quality, with full passion and compliance with the laws, you have no problems with this?

@RobertBobert Are you asking me if porn can be appreciated in an artistic sense, rather than just I am horny? Sorry just a bit confused by this comment. I mean I would say yeah it could be. Most porn usually is just made with eroticism in mind however, I have found stuff within porn/erotica that did have good narratives, character moments or even tackle interesting issues, mainly in VNs, or manga. Rare however, it's there.

And again, that's just me. My point is I can't really judge someone for enjoying works that I don't get, or can't understand liking. We can have debates and I can give my point of view however, that is it. Largely I don't like snobs, because of their tendency to go after the person with "bad taste" and I just find that frankly kinda juvenile. It's interesting honestly to hear why some people might enjoy stuff I don't care for. I am not going to judge them, simply because I don't understand it.