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Re:Show HN: I built a modern Goodreads alternative by 7bit on Sunday March 02, 2025 @12:52PM (#43232989)
Black Panther has a rating of 96% at Rotten Tomatoes. So whatever the scale is, nothing is really meaningful. I've been in the cinema with about 60 other people and a friend. statistically one of us should have enjoyed it but we both found the movie shit. So no, 10 stars is not more meaningful as 5 stars. 2-4 should be enough to still be wrong about taste once in a while.
Re:Show HN: I built a modern Goodreads alternative by gamblor956 on Sunday March 02, 2025 @03:55PM (#43234968)
96% means that 96% of critics liked the movie enough to recommend it.

It also means that 4% of critics did not recommend the movie. In a theater of 60 people, you and your friend would fit into that 4%. So there's nothing wrong with RottenTomatoes.