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The problem with User ratings systems.
12 years ago
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A little pet peeve of mine is people that don't understand how ratings go for things like products or books or games and such. Ratings systems like: Numerical Star systems, out of 10, out of 50, out of 100, and what have you.
People have a habit of rating something at 100% while at the same time pointing out their gripes with said "perfect" thing(s). It causes me to roll my eyes so hard I go all walleyed for a bit. @_@
One does not rate something 5 out of 5 stars, 10/10, 50/50, 100/100 and then go on to say what they "Didn't" like about said "perfect" thing or service. If a person has a gripe about something, it is no longer a 100% thing. One should not say, "I give it a 10 out of 10... BUUUUUUUT..." there are no buts in a "perfect" score, unless it is a score based off of Butts.
One interesting thing I have seen is the habit of many Americans to either rate something as perfect or horrible without any middle ground like "okay" or "Meh" or people viewing a middle ground response as somehow a "bad" review.
People have a habit of rating something at 100% while at the same time pointing out their gripes with said "perfect" thing(s). It causes me to roll my eyes so hard I go all walleyed for a bit. @_@
One does not rate something 5 out of 5 stars, 10/10, 50/50, 100/100 and then go on to say what they "Didn't" like about said "perfect" thing or service. If a person has a gripe about something, it is no longer a 100% thing. One should not say, "I give it a 10 out of 10... BUUUUUUUT..." there are no buts in a "perfect" score, unless it is a score based off of Butts.
One interesting thing I have seen is the habit of many Americans to either rate something as perfect or horrible without any middle ground like "okay" or "Meh" or people viewing a middle ground response as somehow a "bad" review.
Defuret
~defuret
Americans? Dude it's the same the world over. UK and Canada, in my experience.
AxleFurret
~axlefurret
OP
I'm just going by what I see from my own country. Perhaps it is a western thing? Do a lot of European countries give trophies to kids teams that have lost a game?
Defuret
~defuret
Dunno about Europe, but participation awards and winless competitions seem very common in Canada, especially at the primary school level.
AxleFurret
~axlefurret
OP
Huh, I did not know that. I had thought the "every loser is a winner" thing was purely American. It would be interesting to see where and when that all started.
