ehk2 wrote:The point is the ability to make use of the data.
I can make use of that data regardless of whether or not I'm ignoring their accounts. Ignoring the accounts only blocks them from affecting my PSI. Other than that, I can browse their ratings should I want to one day.
ehk2 wrote:If you don't want to use it or cannot appreciate the value of it, that's your point.
I don't need them to effect my PSI for me to value and/or utilize the information these users provide. I do see their value (apart from how they affect my PSI), but I can utilize that value even if those users are ignored. Why should I allow them to affect my PSI when I can block them from affecting my PSI while also utilizing their value should I decide to do so?
ehk2 wrote:But to assert that they disturb your calculations is really unfounded.
You are wrong. I gave an example above, and I've noticed other examples recently. For the Lego movie I linked, 3 of the 4 users who rated it were aggregate users. They rated it 99. So it's a PSI 99 for me now. To you, that may not qualify as disturbing my calculations, but to me it qualifies. Also, because those users are in my TCI, all their ratings like that will affect all my PSI. I don't want that.
ehk2 wrote:-but you have the ability to distinguish them.
If I don't ignore those 3 users then I look at my full PSI list, I'll see that Lego movie right at the top. It isn't a movie I want to see. It's only at the top of my list because of those 3 users. Knowing that, if I don't want to see it at the top of my PSI list every time I look at the list, then I have to either ignore the movie or hide it. I don't want to ignore a bunch of movies, and I don't want to have to hide a bunch of movies. The most practical solution is to ignore the users causing those PSI issues.
ehk2 wrote:Or maybe you are objecting by saying that you only want the ratings of real person accounts. Again your choice (but what is the difference between a one-person account and an aggregate one?).
If you look at the ratings of those 3 users, they are...questionable. I think the same is true for some of the others. I see no reason to let them influence my PSI when my PSI would be just fine if not better without them.
If the argument is "who cares if they affect your PSI?" then the answer is "I do." That's why I block them.