Comment on Music just isn't good anymore
vithigar@lemmy.ca 2 weeks agoThey 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 how true then you may well follow the trend shown when asked to rate hit music.
Vespair@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Gotcha gotcha gotcha. Yes, I agree; these always filter towards the average, which is definitionally your primarily pop music listener
stoly@lemmy.world 2 weeks 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.