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Rankings & Curation

Beyond a simple archive, Media has two tools for deeper organisation: a rankings system for tracking your personal tier lists over time, and a curation view for building editorial layouts.

Rankings​

Rankings let you track how specific media fits into your personal hierarchy — a "Best Films of 2024" list, a "Favourite Books" tier list, or any other ranking schema you define.

Creating a ranking type​

From the Media section, create a new ranking type by giving it a name (e.g., "All-Time Favourites," "2025 Films"). Each type has its own history and chart.

Adding a ranking entry​

For each ranking type, add entries with:

  • Media item — which film, book, game, or album
  • Tier — A through F (letter-grade style)
  • Numeric value — an optional score or rank position
  • Season tag — a label for the time period (e.g., "Winter 2024," "Post-surgery recovery")
  • Notes — why this placement, what changed

Viewing ranking history​

Each ranking type shows an area chart of how entries have moved over time. If you revisit and re-rank the same item months later, the chart shows the progression. Useful for seeing how your taste shifts as time passes.

Deleting ranking types​

Delete a ranking type to remove it and all its history. Individual entries can be removed without affecting the rest of the ranking.

Curation​

The Curation tab is an editorial tool for building visual layouts — called Bento Boxes — from your media entries. A bento box is a custom arrangement of media cards in a grid, useful for creating "best of" collections, themed lists, or highlighted groupings to display on your public profile.

Curation is a freeform layout tool. Add media entries, arrange them, and publish the layout. The output is a visual editorial card collection rather than a ranked list.

Common questions​

Do I need to use Rankings? No — Rankings are optional. Most users will find ratings and tags sufficient for organising their archive. Rankings are most useful if you actively compare media against each other and want to track how your opinions evolve.

What's the difference between a ranking tier and a rating? A rating (0–10) is attached to the media entry itself and doesn't change. A ranking tier is a placement within a specific ranking type at a specific point in time — so you can have a film rated 8/10 that currently sits in your A-tier list but moved up from B-tier after a rewatch.

Can I have multiple ranking types for the same media type? Yes — you might have "Best Films Ever" and "Best Films of 2025" as separate ranking types, both containing films.