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Not exactly. Goodreads will value a million people giving a book 1 star higher than 20k giving it 5 stars. I just sorted by average score. I posted the books i
by johnfn 6y ago
Not exactly. Goodreads will value a million people giving a book 1 star higher than 20k giving it 5 stars. I just sorted by average score.
I posted the books in this thread (sorry, on mobile right now).
- taeric 6y agoBut that is still a popularity contest, of sorts. In general, any ranking system is a popularity system. Which is logical, as there is no objective ranking of books. That is, it isn't an ordered set. That said, I can see value in providing a score not just in the items, but on the ranking system used. Could even be adaptive based on genre. (Indeed, I would love a system to see if any books have factual errors and such. But, that is just trying to reinvent the citation systems of academia.) And understood on the mobile. Same boat for me.
- johnfn 6y agoI don’t understand. A book with a single review could place higher than a book with millions. How is that a popularity contest?
- taeric 6y agoDepends on who reviewed it. Easier to think of this from the other side. I have a few friends that, if they tell me to avoid something, it can typically override however popular something may be.