I stopped rating anything at all after discovering that the only function of a star rating is to communicate the degree of displeasure you feel toward the recip

I stopped rating anything at all after discovering that the only function of a star rating is to communicate the degree of displeasure you feel toward the recipient. If you try to use ratings in a sane way (where an average number represents an average experience), you just punish people. This is not a game I wish to play.