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And since we're entirely volunteer – with no office, salaries, or paid staff – administrative costs are less than 2% of revenues! So far, we've distributed over $2 million to support music education for children – hundreds of grants in all 50 states, with more on the way.
I'd also motion for the ability to exclude based on certain criteria. Like for me personally, I would want to exclude any user who has used more than X amount of 0s, or user who's average show rating is below 2, etc.
I don't have as much free time these days so it's nice to be able to get to the end of a tour and look at the Top Rated shows of the tour/year and start with those when I get a hankering for listening to some new phish
And I also don't know that I ever would have gotten as hooked as I did without the all-time Top rated list -- sure, the ranking system will never be perfect for everyone and there will be some bad actors, but I don't think anyone would try and tell me with a straight face that the top 50 shows isn't a list of verified barn-burners, even if their personal favorite is excluded from that list or they think some of them are overrated.
I'm so grateful for all the folks who have contributed to this project. Being a data nerd and music nerd, the song histories, ratings, forums, stats, etc have all genuinely changed my life for the better.