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nielliesmons | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 "we can only create *meaningful* genres of competition where we agree on the overall ranking criteria." 

For sport: rules of the game
For market goods: price/quality
For Painting/Music/Movies: ????
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Leo Fernevak | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 For painting, music, movies etc, we have genres and subgenres. Within each subgenre we compare competing expressions.

A genre or subgenre is, at the end of the day, defined by its audience, who determine the genre rules by voting with their wallets, attention and passion.

For example, within the fantasy comic book genre, every new book competes with the existing books that have set the standards.

Within classical music, a new composition is compared to existing compositions.

Within metal music, a new album is compared to other metal albums within the niche.

Within movies, a new sci-fi movie competes with existing sci-fi movies.

The same applies to art. A new abstract painting is compared with existing abstract paintings within its subcategory.

If a genre does not exist we create it.