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I always found the "Amazon 4-Star" name funny. Presumably when it was first pitched internally it was called "Amazon 5-Star", then they realised that meant they
by nayroclade 9mo ago
I always found the "Amazon 4-Star" name funny. Presumably when it was first pitched internally it was called "Amazon 5-Star", then they realised that meant they basically couldn't sell anything, since nothing popular gets a full 5 stars. So they changed it to "4-Star", which just sounds awkward, and lacks the suggestion of top-quality that "5-Star" would. Instead, it's like the "Amazon Not-too-bad" store. I was amazed that they actually went ahead with it.
- boredtofears 9mo agoAlso funny because there are many product categories on amazon where if its not above 4.5 its probably shit
- giraffe_lady 9mo agoShoulda just bit the bullet and gone with "4.8-star." I'm sure they talked about it and yeah it's goofy and awkward but it would get the meaning across and maybe show a bit of a sense of humor and that's exactly why they never ever could.
- ainiriand 9mo agoGood sense of humor at Amazon... Yeah right.
- bootlooped 9mo agoThey could have followed the lead of TV manufacturers and called it "5 Star Class" (4.5 star)
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- paulddraper 9mo agoYeah it’s kinda like a dollar store but instead of focusing on the upside (cost) it reminded you of the downside (quality).
- eithed 9mo agoWhen did naming things have to reflect reality? ie it's "Burger King" and not "Bearable Burger"
- PaulHoule 9mo agoIt was a pretty good burger until 2013 when they changed the machine they used to cook the burgers. Now it's worse than McD's and that's saying something.
- nebula8804 9mo agoWait that explains so much! Do you know more about the change? I've been weirded out by the fact that their jr burger buns are now super shiny as if they are spraying something on them. I know this is processed food, but no burger bun should be able to reflect sunlight the way their burgers now do...
- dns_snek 9mo agoI haven't seen them in person but a simple egg wash will make any baked product very shiny.
- nebula8804 9mo agoI'd be inclined to agree but typically egg wash alters the texture of the bread. You get a more darker and crunchy texture after baking. This bread is still soft and still quite light. The weird thing is the more expensive burger(Whopper) is still matte. You'd think if they were going to fancy up the bun it would be the Whopper bun right? Very strange.
- AdamN 9mo agoYeah it used to really taste flame grilled. It's pretty low rent nowadays - to the point where I wouldn't go there even if desperate.
- Cthulhu_ 9mo ago
- adolph 9mo ago"'Amazon Not-too-bad' store" sounds pretty reasonable. Maybe a too-clever work around for the 5-Star problem would be to call it "100-Star," which would be 4 in binary notation. Or they could call it "5th-Star" since 4 stars is the fifth number of stars b/c the range of starts is zero indexed. Ordinal : Cardinal 1 : 0 2 : 1 3 : 2 4 : 3 5 : 4 6 : 5
- polshaw 9mo agoThe range of stars is very deliberately NOT zero indexed, you cannot rate a product below 1.
- qingcharles 9mo agoIt has been a constant source of irritation in my life that I could never rate the Spawn movie zero stars on IMDB.
- simondotau 9mo agoConsider the first star as an award for technically qualifying as a “movie” in much the same way as tree bark qualifies as food.
- throwaway173738 9mo agoIt’s actually the pith between the bark and the sapwood that is edible.
- simondotau 8mo agoIf you don't die within 1-2 weeks of watching a movie, it surely deserves at least 2 out of 10 stars.
- divbzero 9mo agoThey should have left it as “Amazon 5-Star” with nearly 5-star products.
- reaperducer 9mo agoPresumably when it was first pitched internally it was called "Amazon 5-Star", then they realised that meant they basically couldn't sell anything, since nothing popular gets a full 5 stars. So they changed it to "4-Star" This would not be the first off-by-one error at Amazon.
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