Interestingly, I don't think I really found dislike counts to be very useful, though I do go for negative reviews on books first. Negative reviews tend to be a

Interestingly, I don't think I really found dislike counts to be very useful, though I do go for negative reviews on books first. Negative reviews tend to be a bit more articulate and specific about what they didn't like, and why they didn't like it. Pain points tend to stand out a lot more than positive things, especially if you go into an experience with the expectation that you'll enjoy it. That said, there's also plenty of occasions where I've found nothing useful in the negative reviews, but found some positive reviews compelling enough to try a book. Movies, TV shows and music I tend to ignore specific reviews altogether, and just go by the description and overall positive/negative average from ratings. There are so many more dimensions that short form reviews generally aren't useful at all.