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Re:Almost 40% of U.S. Consumers Trust Online Reviews Less Th... by rhino369 on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @02:30PM (#26319363)
This is a problem with nearly every online rating place. 4.0 means TOTAL GARBAGE and 5.0 means it didn't burn by house down. Totally useless.
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Re:Almost 40% of U.S. Consumers Trust Online Reviews Less Th... by briffle on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @02:46PM (#26319603)
I gave an honest review of some $30 bluetooth headphones. I gave it a 3 star, and listed my complaints. The company reached out to me, offered to send me 2 more, for free, of their newer and better model, if I just adjusted my review to all stars. That was when I stopped believing them.
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Re:Almost 40% of U.S. Consumers Trust Online Reviews Less Th... by troydavis on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @03:06PM (#26319884)
This is so common that I considered creating a browser extension to convert/normalize the the min and max values on a page into a 5-star rating. When the lowest rating of items on the page is 4.2, 4.2 would displayed as 1.
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Re:Almost 40% of U.S. Consumers Trust Online Reviews Less Th... by vpmpaul on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @03:10PM (#26319937)
That is actually a really cool idea. Probably a lot more work than it sounds like.
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