The race may already be lost, but still.

Meme about 5-Star Product ratings. Text: This scheme doesn't help anyone: Very bad, Bad, Almost ok, ok, Good. Use this instead: Bad, Some Issues, ok, Good, Exceptionall
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[–] 35 points 1 year ago (10 children)

what about using thumbs up/down and computing a five-star rating from the average?

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    this system can skew the average towards negative

    say someone found a hair in their soup but otherwise the experience was amazing - even if they're peak karen they'd still probably give something like 3 stars, but if faced with a binary choice they'd probably pick the negative option

    unless you mean up/down vote per each quality like atmosphere, food, hygine, service etc then that'd preserve the nuance imo

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    alternatively it skews the average towards positive: shit i found a hair in my soup! that indicates bad hygiene it the service was so good and i don’t want the wait staff to suffer! i’d probably go 3 stars but this is a thumbs down

    it all comes out in the wash: 1 hair in 1 soup, doesn’t matter… many hairs in many soups, place deserves a 0 not a 3

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Now i don't know if i should upvote fpor thinking outside the box or downvote for the faults in it. Maybe if we had 3 options? But then, what if the idea only has one fault and more positives? Maybe 5 options...?

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    compromise: you need to write a 1000 word review at at least a 12th grade level and we use automated sentiment analysis to set the score.

    still only as thumbs up or down though.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    You just described the entirety of my career on ePinions back in the day. I made bank off of that stupid website even though commenters with short attention spans constantly complained I was too verbose. Many dumb early 2000s computer parts were paid for via that avenue.

    I made the top 100 at one point. I still have the hat they sent me someplace.

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