[grey-area]

I’d say the quality is the most important metric.

I (and I think most poeple?) object to slop because it is objectively bad, not because it was generated.

And popularity is unrelated to quality.

[Antibabelic]

This is a contradiction. If most people objected to bad music, that would make popularity directly related to quality.

[grey-area]

Yes, most people was probably too hopeful.