Re:Ask HN: What is the best rating system?
by LarryMade2 on Saturday September 06, 2014 @11:23AM
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I like how Amazon does it, with stars and comments. That way you can look at the stars given and then add in the grain of salt by the quality of the associated comment.
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Re:Ask HN: What is the best rating system?
by J_Darnley on Saturday September 06, 2014 @06:29PM
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Amazon also gives (or used to give) you a helpful tooltip of what they want each star to mean. I think they were: I love, I like it, It's okay, I don't like it, I hate it. I've started using it for 5-point scales and a with a slight adjustment for 10-point scales. If I would say one of those things about an item that is the rating I give.
Another good thing about Amazon's ratings is that you can see a breakdown of points. A 3-star item with 20 3-star reviews is likely to be quite different to an item with 10 1-star and 10 5-star reviews.
Although if I was a "professional" doing reviews, I would probably use a grade system of A-C and F.