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That's because the riders have always dumbed down the 5-star system into a binary "one-star-or-no-star" system since the inception of Uber. Uber thus had no cho
by Slartie 7y ago
That's because the riders have always dumbed down the 5-star system into a binary "one-star-or-no-star" system since the inception of Uber. Uber thus had no choice than to set the cutoff at this number.
- dragonwriter 7y agoUber had the choice to drop the 5-star system and replace it with a thumbs up/thumbs-down system, or a minus/check/plus system, or a “click this if your ride sucked” system. Uber had lots of other choices, too.
- JohnFen 7y agoThat would be much better. At least it would be obvious to everyone what the rating means.
- Slartie 7y agoTrue, and I would like any of those better than the idiocy that is the 5-star system. But the "no choice" statement was directed at where they set the cutoff in their existing system. With their lie of a rating system, they have to set the cutoff at that point, or they would either not even ban the worst offenders or end up with no drivers at all.
- dllthomas 7y agoThey don't have to use a simple average.