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Re:Ask HN: How much does it cost to run Hacker News? by DrBazza on Thursday December 29, 2022 @06:17AM (#34171534)
There's a Dilbert (rather than an xkcd for that).

When everything is described by a superlative, really, it's just 'average'.

Sites like Trip Advisor or Amazon, or anything with a rating system. The "average" person nearly always puts 4 or 5 stars for average products or establishments.

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Re:Ask HN: How much does it cost to run Hacker News? by hackernewds on Thursday December 29, 2022 @06:27AM (#34171590)
The actual ratings matter less than the relative percentile. that being said, Amazon ratings (or most other similarly dependent site's) are not a simple straight average.
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Re:Ask HN: How much does it cost to run Hacker News? by em500 on Thursday December 29, 2022 @06:42AM (#34171677)
I heard that on Uber and AirBnB, 4 (out of 5) stars is understood as bad.

When I worked at a large non-American internet company, I know there were some internal discussions on how to deal with different cultural interpretations of numerical ratings (still unresolved AFAIK).

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