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A different way of rating songs

by kazona

After years of having music on my computer, I have finally taken up the task of rating the songs I listen to. However, it wasn't long before I realized that the whole system of rating them based on how good songs are, is fundamentally flawed. Consider this, if you will. By the logic of this system, giving a song 1 star out of 5 would mean that, in my opinion, it's a really bad song. So chances...

After years of having music on my computer, I have finally taken up the task of rating the songs I listen to. However, it wasn't long before I realized that the whole system of rating them based on how good songs are, is fundamentally flawed. 
 
Consider this, if you will. By the logic of this system, giving a song 1 star out of 5 would mean that, in my opinion, it's a really bad song. So chances are, that I will delete that song (why keep something I hate). Simply put, there is no real point in even giving those songs a rating, since they will be deleted anyway.
 
So instead, I decided to rate songs differently. I'm not going to rate my music according to how good I think a song is, but rather I am going to do so based on how often I think I'll be listening to that song again. For instance, while song A and song B might both be excellent songs, if I am likely to listen to B more often, I will gave that song a higher rating than A. 
 
Just thought I'd throw that out there, to maybe give people an easier way of rating their music.