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How a score gets made

The Wednesday meeting, the dissent, and why a 7 is not an insult.

Mira Chen · Sep 1, 2026 · 6 min read

A score on this desk is a number attached to a name and a stack of hours. Staff filings go through Wednesday. Someone states the number, someone else is required to disagree if the room is too quiet, and the published score is the one we can defend in a thread.

Community filings do not need the meeting. They need receipts: hours, platform, a verdict a stranger can use. We do not average staff and member scores into a fake consensus. They sit beside each other.

Bands, so nobody has to guess: 9 and up is essential. 8 is strong. 7 is worth your time. 6 is troubled. Below that, we say so plainly. If you file your own audit, use the same bands. The argument gets better when the scale is shared.

  1. 1Play long enough to be wrong once.
  2. 2Write the verdict before the pros.
  3. 3Name the dissent, even if it is yours.
  4. 4Publish the hours. Hide nothing that moved the number.