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I remember this being from Politics and the English Language (https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwel...):

“ Dying metaphors. A newly invented metaphor assists thought by evoking a visual image, while on the other hand a metaphor which is technically ‘dead’ (e. g. iron resolution) has in effect reverted to being an ordinary word and can generally be used without loss of vividness. But in between these two classes there is a huge dump of worn-out metaphors which have lost all evocative power and are merely used because they save people the trouble of inventing phrases for themselves.”

Had the same thought! Perhaps he should hold a randomized trial instead -- for every review draw from [1, 6] and add that many reviewers. Although he'd also have to keep his "pinging" behavior consistent...