MAL score is not relevant anymore PART 2

Rimzyy said:


Nux Taku spoiled me on several main characters deaths because of a THUMBNAIL so I do not appreciate him

3oTheGreat said:
Been using MAL to look at scores for a few years now, and I only just made an account a month or two ago. Not gonna lie, I unironically give IR a 10/10 and think it is hilarious that the show made it to #2. I think the people in this thread are all a little too serious about it though, and just a reminder that this is gonna get fixed at some point, and it's all in good fun.
Also, as a fan of Nux Taku it hurts a little to see that some of the comments of his fans here are a little toxic with what they are saying.

FlowersInTheRain said:

Those other shows didn’t actually make us climax so Ishuzoku Reviewers deserves a 10 for being a hentai in ecchi clothing.

Kitteh_328 said:
Whats happening here is definitely not cool because the good thing about MAL was always that it reflects how good an anime is and that its 100% trustable but now the credibility is gone

jal90 said:

I blame the trolls, dumbass. Do you defend trolls? Are you one? We can both play this game.

BlakexEkalb said:


Yes, but it still begs the question if MAL staff will keep allowing things like this to happen. Unlike fixing bots (which they still haven’t had much success with), I can assume lots of these are users as well.

Luthandorius said:
Have they not heard about fansubs? I swear ... kids nowadays ... a real pain to deal with. Instead of acting childish they should just enjoy their anime. Now they take their time to make bots (okay it probably is not that mucht ime with an automated bot) just to troll the score that eventuelly get corrected. As if Funimation cared about this. (As if any fans cared about funimation. I just download my stuff - as always. I'm even watching stuff not released on official/legal streaming sites yet. :D )

Funny thing is that this guy - never heard of him before - probably gets people that don't even care about this anime (or about anime at all) to do this - just because they follow him and do everything he wants for the lulz. Shows how easy a website is to manipulate. You could even get Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu to 1.xx I bet. :D

Sarteck said:

What reason do you have to believe that they're making bots?
Do you have any evidence? I don't mean direct evidence, but just something suggesting it.

Even the Admin has admitted it's legitimate users; I don't know why you seem to think otherwise.

As far as Nux (The YOuTuber), his channel is entirely about anime... So why the hell you'd think his fans "don't even care about anime at all" is another mystery to me.

helix69 said:
Most of the votes are legitimate. This is unironically the best anime I've ever seen, and there is a scandal raising awareness of it. There is nothing wrong with asking viewers to show their support for a fantastic anime. If you hate Interspecies reviewers, you're a puritan, plain and simple. The kind of people getting butthurt are the exact same sort of people who were against interracial marriage during the civil rights era.

ragdollomega said:

Sorry but having to watch 100 episodes of a series before it "gets good" is just terrible.

Manuchimso said:
ALL HAIL NUX TAKU!

Sarteck said:
What reason do you have to believe that they're making bots?
Do you have any evidence? I don't mean direct evidence, but just something suggesting it.

Even the Admin has admitted it's legitimate users; I don't know why you seem to think otherwise.

Luthandorius said:
Such huge and sudden change in scores is unusual. If not bots then at least trolls or multiple accounts made by one person without a bot. I doubt of his 1 million followers that many could be bothered to register and troll. Then again ... if only a few are doing it I guess it will have an impact on MAL shows where the usual amount of people scoring is lower. Even without making multiple accounts.

They are at least trolls. But if an admin said it is okay - then we'll have to live with it. Similar to Chihayafuru where some individuals didn't like the 3rd season and scored it lower. (And some claim it were bots but the votes did not get removed so they were legit and not against MAL rules.)

NotNuxPedigree said:

Don't know where you got the impression that most people from that anime channel haven't watched the show.
Nux's audience as an anime channel is largely the demographic that would watch this show. Even a the slightest passing glance at the channel would tell you that much.

deg said:
Current release date estimate for our first phase of the rating troll score plan is 3rd week of February. At this time, all scores on the website will be re-calculated to discount the contribution of troll scores, along with implementing some measures to reduce future vote manipulation. These measures will not be noticeable nor interfere with regular users, and will be further strengthened with time.

I'm sorry that we couldn't have this released during January. Please be patient for just a few more weeks. We're almost there.

https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=245618&show=4750#msg59023220

you should bookmark that thread already

FullyCharged said:
Except this time they're not bots.

And as long as 1 person = 1 account personally I do not think these votes should be removed.
1 account for 1 person ≠ troll.
That's how the scoring system works. 1 person = 1 vote.
Changing that would be score manipulating, not the opposite.

Sad to see the staff's stance is to manipulate the scores instead of just banning accounts not tied to real people or multi-accounts.

And no, nobody forces me to score more than 1 show. That's my choice and you have no say in it.

-Aincrad- said:

You are partly right, but most of these new accounts with 10/10 votes of this anime belong to people who haven't watched a single episode of this anime yet, and probably will not.

And unless these users actually become an active member, their rating should be removed.

Not like I'm against boosting the sh*t out of this anime temporarily , it would be really fun to see it actually breaking in the top 10 for a short time, but in long term, these are not valid ratings and should be removed.

GreenClock said:
What do you expect from the site who has the creator who isn't active with the community in forums?

GreenClock said:
They're still people regardless if they watched anime or not. If Mal actually removes their accounts this will just prove that the mods can't even follow their own rules.

grey5 said:
Just reset rating to preNux video and froze it for moths. I think this is the best way to solve the problem.

Immahnoob said:
So when will an anime fan be an anime fan in this situation? Only when Nux is taken to the gallows, am I right?

grey5 said:

What do you mean? Rating can be unfrozen after show end, and who want to rate it, rate it.

Immahnoob said:
And why should that happen in the first place? These people made first time accounts and rated their shows however they liked, what's your problem with that?

Or are you saying we should scrutinize everyone instead?

grey5 said:

Actually no. They rated because they want to screw rating system.

nekotan7 said:
imagine thinking that mal score was ever relevant. Many of the top anime are just there because they are known as sacred anime. I don't think FMAB deserves the #1 spot, i dropped it about halfway in after i got bored from it. Its score is only retained because the show has kept its high prestige throughout the years and people will rate it a 9 or 10 whether they like it or not because they know its considered one of the great anime that must be loved or else. The scoring system is pointless and I think its quite silly that the people running the site would waste so much time trying to decide what the scores should actually be and control it themselves. Sure they might combat trolls but in turn what happens? Really they are just controlling the numbers and determining what they think the actual score is themselves, rather than what the people voted for.

Sarteck said:
If I wanted something that represented reality, I would not be watching cartoons.