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> star ratings on Amazon Products and Yelp Locations have the exact same distribution Source?

• minimaxir 10y ago
  Glad you asked! http://minimaxir.com/2017/01/amazon-spark/ http://minimaxir.com/2017/01/amazon-spark/ http://minimaxir.com/2014/09/one-star-five-stars/ http://minimaxir.com/2014/09/one-star-five-stars/
  • e12e 10y ago
    I actually thought Randy Farmer touched on this in his Google talk on "Building Web Reputation Systems" - but maybe I saw it somewhere else, years ago. Like this: http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2006/08/using_5star_rat.html http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2006/08/using_5star_rat.html At any rate I thought it was common knowledge that 5-point ratings have issues - especially as a "social rating system"?
    • minimaxir 10y ago
      Unfortunately, as other comments on this HN submission demonstrate, the 5-star system is sacrosanct and any change, even those made a decade later, is bad.