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Music just isn't good anymore (mander.xyz)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
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[–] 3 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Notable that this is only popular music. You might be surprised to find you follow the same trend if asked to rate Taylor Swift compared to Modest Mouse or something.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    I don't think I fully understand what you mean by this, can you clarify?

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

    They are operating under the assumption that the "best music of your life" that you're talking about does not have significant overlap with current top hits. If that assumption holds true then you may well follow the trend shown when asked to rate hit music.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

    Gotcha gotcha gotcha. Yes, I agree; these always filter towards the average, which is definitionally your primarily pop music listener and thus the subject group becomes that artist set

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    They beat me to it haha! People into jazz, classical, world music, progressive metal, etc would certainly rate things vastly differently from people who listen to pop music alone. These studies only target the averagest of persons.

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