The Toxic Ranking System of StarMaker: How It Really Works

🎙️ The Toxic Ranking System of StarMaker: How It Really Works

When you first join StarMaker, it’s easy to admire the users who hold the #1 ranking — believing they must have incredible talent or huge fanbases. But beneath the surface, there’s a manipulative, exhausting system that rewards cheating over talent, leaving genuine users frustrated and disillusioned.

📌 How People Cheat the Ranking System

I’ll be honest. Like many others, I was curious — and maybe a little jealous — about how some people consistently stayed at the top. Then I discovered the method:

• Create a side (fake) account.

• Use that side account to repeatedly play and click on your own songs.

• Every play adds points to your ranking.

• Repeat this for hours every single day to stay at #1.

It sounds simple, but the reality is toxic.

⏳ The Cost of This Method

What seems like a clever shortcut is actually:

• A massive waste of time.
  To stay at #1, you literally have to spend full days just clicking your own song over and over.

• A drain on your life.
  You miss out on other activities — whether it’s playing PUBG Mobile, socializing, or simply resting — because the second you stop clicking, someone else’s fake accounts could overtake you.

• Unfair to others.
  Genuine users who play fairly have no chance of ranking if they’re up against people using multiple side accounts.

• Mentally exhausting.
  Constantly stressing over your rank for meaningless points can lead to serious boredom, burnout, and frustration.

⚠️ Why This Is a Problem for StarMaker

Instead of rewarding real talent, StarMaker’s ranking system encourages artificial inflation through side accounts. The app either ignores this on purpose to inflate engagement numbers for advertisers, or lacks proper moderation tools.

This harms the community in several ways:

• Discourages genuine singers

• Turns a fun app into a joyless chore

• Creates a dishonest, manipulative culture

• Wastes people’s time for zero real reward

🛑 My Final Decision

After wasting full days doing this — missing out on other hobbies, losing in-game rewards on PUBG, and feeling mentally drained — I quit StarMaker.

It simply wasn’t worth sacrificing my time, energy, and peace of mind for a meaningless digital rank.

📣 Message to Other Users

If you’ve felt the same way:

• You’re not alone.

• There’s no true reward for chasing these ranks.

• Real talent doesn’t need to be proved on a rigged scoreboard.

Focus on platforms that value honest creativity and fair engagement. Your time and mental health matter far more than a rank artificially propped up by click loops.