Twelve kinds of taste
Which one are you?
Rate five things you know, from any shelf. Your archetype shows up in about a minute, and gets sharper with every log.
Rate five things you know, from any shelf. Your archetype shows up in about a minute, and gets sharper with every log.
@lena.lofi · 62 logs · 8 followers · 11 following
Formalist · contemplative · interior · thin setting
Demo account. Albums in full, no shuffle, headphones on the bus. Films are what I watch between records.
They fall for how a thing is made. A cut, a sentence, a mix, a level layout: when the execution is exact they will follow it anywhere, plot or no plot.
Where it goes wrong: You can mistake polish for meaning, and miss the rough thing that is actually alive.
The charts and numbers behind this are under Taste.
The five this Bud would hand you first.
What the sentences on the overview are made of.
Among 649 curators with a profile.
Solid mark is what they love; hollow is what they avoid. Tonal darkness barely moves their ratings.
How far this Bud leans on each of the fourteen dimensions compared with everyone else, strongest first.
This month they were in a generous mood. From 27 logs in the last thirty days.
Year in review:2026
Empty. Add things from their pages.
Profile built from 62 rated titles.
One of the best things I have listened to this year. Cool and controlled, which makes the few swells hit harder.
Mostly about the craft.
Luka Mavretić at the top of their game with Being Related to John Malkovich. Polished and serious, the real thing. It lives inside its characters' heads, and that is where it shines. I will be thinking about it for weeks.
Mostly about the performances.
One of the best things I have listened to this year. It asks a lot and gives back more. The darkness is earned, not worn for effect.
Side two is a single held breath. Nobody has made a stranger, warmer record about drowning.
Mostly about the craft, the story.
Rating key: ★★★★★ loved, ★★½ mixed.
Further out is a stronger lean than other Buds.
Each spoke is one dimension; further out means a stronger lean that way than other Buds. A big shape is a strong, unusual taste; a small one is close to the middle of everyone.
One row a medium, half a star a bar; the dashed line is the mean. Kinder to books than films? It shows here.
One bar per star rating, one row per medium. Where the bars pile up is your habit; the dashed line is your average for that medium.
The two directions taste varies most along. Archetypes cluster; Lena is ringed, and people they follow are outlined.
Every Bud, placed so that people with similar leans sit near each other. The two axes are the directions taste varies most along, found from all profiles. Neighbors are worth a look.
Above the line, kinder than the crowd; below it, harsher.
Each dot is a title: your stars up, the audience's average across. Dots above the line are where you were kinder than the crowd, below it harsher. A wide spread means you do not follow consensus.
Needs ratings across at least two years, with three or more in each.
Year by year, on the four strongest dimensions.
One line per dimension, one point per year: the average character of what you loved that year. A line that climbs means your favorites moved toward that pole.
