'Hating' songs in ListenBrainz is a very useful function. It allows users to track their music dislikes, and gives very valuable data points for recommendation engines and other analysis.

From https://community.metabrainz.org/t/do-you-mark-songs-you-dont-like-as-hated/641299 it is clear that many people do not use it, partly due to the terminology. 'Hate' is a very strong word - many people would say they don't 'hate' any music. I suspect if we changed the terminology then people would use this function more.

Option 1, change the 'hate' function to something like:

• Dislike
• Pass
• Ehh
• ?
  Option 2, change both 'love' and 'hate' functions to something like:
• Like / Dislike
• More / Less
• ?

For Option 2 we could consider changing the icons as well. A up + down arrow combo is something people are used to, and would probably be more comfortable clicking without much thought. The heart icons have strong connotations also.