# CritiqueBrainz **URL:** https://community.metabrainz.org/c/critiquebrainz/17.md [Latest](https://community.metabrainz.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.metabrainz.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.metabrainz.org/tags.md) --- ## [Welcome to the CritiqueBrainz category](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/welcome-to-the-critiquebrainz-category/226134)
**Author:** [@Deleted\_Editor\_1240840](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Deleted_Editor_1240840)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2017, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/welcome-to-the-critiquebrainz-category/226134 "2017-03-09T13:29:16Z")
Hi! Welcome to the CritiqueBrainz category on the MetaBrainz Community. In case you don't know, CritiqueBrainz is a repository for Creative Commons licensed reviews of music, events, and other things. Bugs should be … --- ## [Add sharing to other places other than twitter](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/add-sharing-to-other-places-other-than-twitter/813994)
**Author:** [@Goldmaster](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Goldmaster)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2026, 1:03am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/add-sharing-to-other-places-other-than-twitter/813994 "2026-01-06T01:03:18Z")
I have found out that there is the ability to share a review to social media. However, it seems as if there is only twitter, which people are slowly leaving for the likes of Bluesky and Mastodon. I am aware of online too… --- ## [What happens to the reviews belonging to merged duplicated entities (artists, events, release groups, etc)](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/what-happens-to-the-reviews-belonging-to-merged-duplicated-entities-artists-events-release-groups-etc/728485)
**Author:** [@xeitor](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/xeitor)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2024, 1:53am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/what-happens-to-the-reviews-belonging-to-merged-duplicated-entities-artists-events-release-groups-etc/728485 "2024-12-10T01:53:18Z")
hi there, I’ve been exploring MetaBrainz projects for a while now, mostly listenbrainz and critiquebrainz, and I was wondering what happens to the reviews from entities that got merged because of being duplicated. Is th… --- ## [Weird UI overlay bug on Firefox](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/weird-ui-overlay-bug-on-firefox/693808)
**Author:** [@pygospa](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/pygospa)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/weird-ui-overlay-bug-on-firefox/693808 "2024-05-02T16:00:39Z")
Hey, I’ve visited the CritiqueBrainz for the first time and realized some weird overlays over the titles of the work that is critiqued; thus illegible. Browser is Mozilla Firefox 125.0.3, running on an Arch Linux (K… --- ## [Should we allow truncated 'read more at \[link\]' reviews?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/should-we-allow-truncated-read-more-at-link-reviews/691382)
**Author:** [@aerozol](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/aerozol)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2024, 11:58am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/should-we-allow-truncated-read-more-at-link-reviews/691382 "2024-04-20T11:58:09Z")
Recently a CritiqueBrainz user has been posting truncated reviews, with a ‘read more’ link to a external website containing the full review. There is no reason to believe that this has been done in bad faith (be kind!) b… --- ## [RSS feed of reviews?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/rss-feed-of-reviews/664302)
**Author:** [@boysmithers](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/boysmithers)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/rss-feed-of-reviews/664302 "2023-11-09T15:50:16Z")
Hello, just wondering if there is any way to create an RSS feed (or something similar) of the new reviews page: Reviews - CritiqueBrainz Just to read about some completely random music that someone on Brainz has listene… --- ## [Reason for commercial licensing backdooor exception for MetaBrainz Foundation](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/reason-for-commercial-licensing-backdooor-exception-for-metabrainz-foundation/634023)
**Author:** [@Fabi2](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Fabi2)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2023, 8:12am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/reason-for-commercial-licensing-backdooor-exception-for-metabrainz-foundation/634023 "2023-04-24T08:12:42Z")
Sorry that my first critique is one to this forum. On the project front page is written, “CritiqueBrainz is a repository for Creative Commons licensed music and book reviews.” But, when you want to write a review you h… --- ## [Why Keep Making it More Difficult to Leave Reviews?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/why-keep-making-it-more-difficult-to-leave-reviews/596513)
**Author:** [@sound.and.vision](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/sound.and.vision)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2022, 9:24pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/why-keep-making-it-more-difficult-to-leave-reviews/596513 "2022-08-29T21:24:11Z")
The recent update states: \[MBS-11146\] – Add “Reviews” tab for CritiqueBrainz The submitter of this ticket that this should try and help encourage more reviews, but if anything it’s just been made more difficult. Now … --- ## [New Feature: Reviews are now available for BookBrainz's Edition Groups!](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/new-feature-reviews-are-now-available-for-bookbrainzs-edition-groups/595053)
**Author:** [@anshgoyal31](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/anshgoyal31)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/new-feature-reviews-are-now-available-for-bookbrainzs-edition-groups/595053 "2022-08-16T15:45:43Z")
Hi everyone! I participated in this year’s GSoC program to introduce a new feature to allow CritiqueBrainz to review BookBrainz entities. Today, we released a part of this feature to all the users :smile: You can now r… --- ## [Update the Popular Reviews](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/update-the-popular-reviews/595403)
**Author:** [@sound.and.vision](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/sound.and.vision)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/update-the-popular-reviews/595403 "2022-08-01T15:08:51Z")
Firstly, it’s a bit of a shame that @alastairp 's test review is showing up on the front page (d’oh), but also it feels like the same carousel of reviews show on this page. My suggestion is to try and randomize the s… --- ## [Where should CritiqueBrainz go in the future?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/where-should-critiquebrainz-go-in-the-future/370158)
**Author:** [@ferbncode](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/ferbncode)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2021, 3:14am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/where-should-critiquebrainz-go-in-the-future/370158 "2021-03-08T03:14:30Z")
CritiqueBrainz has been stuck for sometime and we decided in the Mini Summit that we would focus on adding stuff that increases CB’s user engagement. This involves increasing community interaction and adding more “social… --- ## [On the future of CritiqueBrainz](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/on-the-future-of-critiquebrainz/493955)
**Author:** [@alastairp](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/alastairp)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/on-the-future-of-critiquebrainz/493955 "2020-10-09T15:45:43Z")
Hi everyone, You may have noticed that there hasn’t been much development activity on CritiqueBrainz lately. Unfortunately, the focus of the MetaBrainz team has been on other projects recently, and for a few years now w… --- ## [Review aggregation](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/review-aggregation/228640)
**Author:** [@Deleted\_Editor\_1240840](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Deleted_Editor_1240840)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/review-aggregation/228640 "2017-03-14T20:28:22Z")
Today someone suggested me an idea for a potential extension of existing CritiqueBrainz functionality... One way we could make CritiqueBrainz more useful and interesting is by providing reviews for music, places, and o… --- ## [Track ratings?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/track-ratings/484427)
**Author:** [@jtpavlock](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/jtpavlock)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/track-ratings/484427 "2020-07-04T14:44:51Z")
Any plans to add track ratings to reviews? I’m imagining a future where media players could sync their ratings for albums/tracks to and from critiquebrainz --- ## [Automatic Spotify Mapping](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/automatic-spotify-mapping/422968)
**Author:** [@silentbird](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/silentbird)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2019, 2:24am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/automatic-spotify-mapping/422968 "2019-04-04T02:24:22Z")
If I’m not mistaken, Spotify mappings must be matched manually. But some releases already have Spotify links, but they are not detected by CB to be used as mapping for release groups. When there are no conflicting Spotif… --- ## [Style guide: linking](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/style-guide-linking/418103)
**Author:** [@ZoeB](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/ZoeB)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/style-guide-linking/418103 "2019-02-23T15:15:36Z")
Hi! The style guide doesn’t mention links. Is there any preferred way of linking to other albums, artists, specific tracks, etc? I’d imagine linking to the full MusicBrainz URL is preferred? I just wanted to check th… --- ## [Code Readibility](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/code-readibility/415847)
**Author:** [@fannyvieiira](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/fannyvieiira)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/code-readibility/415847 "2019-02-09T14:45:07Z")
Hi, i’m joining the critiquebrainz community. My goal is to delve into the code, because i would like to participate in the gsoc this year. I’ve gone deeper and studied a lot of the code and some things caught my attent… --- ## [Need help merging two duplicate CritiqueBrainz accounts](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/need-help-merging-two-duplicate-critiquebrainz-accounts/414786)
**Author:** [@jwheel](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/jwheel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2019, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/need-help-merging-two-duplicate-critiquebrainz-accounts/414786 "2019-01-28T12:24:22Z")
Hi! A while ago, my MusicBrainz username was changed. I noticed recently that my CritiqueBrainz account was not migrated to my current username. I have two accounts as jflory and jflory7 in CritiqueBrainz. jflory is my c… --- ## [Review imports](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/review-imports/412416)
**Author:** [@silentbird](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/silentbird)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2019, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/review-imports/412416 "2019-01-08T21:18:18Z")
Right now as a review repo, CB has user-written reviews and reviews imported from the BBC. Is there an option for trusted users (maybe with peer-voting to verify license) to import reviews from other sources licensed und… --- ## [New features on beta.critiquebrainz.org!](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/new-features-on-beta-critiquebrainz-org/386200)
**Author:** [@iliekcomputers](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/iliekcomputers)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/new-features-on-beta-critiquebrainz-org/386200 "2018-06-16T16:19:06Z")
Hi! You may remember me from the CB Roadmap we posted a month or two ago. First things first, a month ago, I deployed https://beta.critiquebrainz.org as a platform to test out new features on production CB data. This i… --- ## [Registering desktop or mobile application in CritiqueBrainz](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/registering-desktop-or-mobile-application-in-critiquebrainz/381483)
**Author:** [@algerd](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/algerd)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/registering-desktop-or-mobile-application-in-critiquebrainz/381483 "2018-05-21T16:47:54Z")
Tell me please how can I register desktop or mobile application in the CritiqueBrainz and implement the authorization process? In the docs https://critiquebrainz.readthedocs.io/api/oauth2.html it is only possible for web… --- ## [Unable to log in](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/unable-to-log-in/334462)
**Author:** [@brotagonist](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/brotagonist)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2017, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/unable-to-log-in/334462 "2017-10-04T17:26:31Z")
I tried logging in to CritiqueBrainz a couple of weeks ago and succeeded. Today, I have tried numerous times and each time, I get this message: The session is unavailable because no secret key was set. Set the secret\_ke… --- ## [Rating system in CritiqueBrainz](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/rating-system-in-critiquebrainz/226343)
**Author:** [@Deleted\_Editor\_1240840](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Deleted_Editor_1240840)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2017, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/rating-system-in-critiquebrainz/226343 "2017-03-12T21:13:52Z")
Since the early days of CritiqueBrainz people were asking to be able to put a rating on their reviews. You can just write a number in the text, but that’s not going to be used anywhere in the UI. Original proposal (https…