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This makes me wonder... are there locales where 1 star might be taken to mean a better review than a 5 star review? I realize that's not what's being claimed h

by bagels 13y ago

This makes me wonder... are there locales where 1 star might be taken to mean a better review than a 5 star review? I realize that's not what's being claimed here, though. There's no intrinsic meaning to how stars correlate to quality is my thinking here, but perhaps only due to familiarity do we think that more stars is better and not worse.

rdtsc 13y ago
It seems at least in this case they know what they are doing because they say thing like this "Great game, but give it 1 start so people see my comment". I think they are fully aware and are even "apologizing" for it.
userbinator 13y ago
Here's a comment which suggests that at least some of them are thinking 1 star is the best: Kubilay Tekin: I hadn't gave 1 star just because I want my comment gets shown on top, I actually think that the game is aweful aqws.w.wew..ws (I've seen this phenomenon before - there are quite a few who associate 1 with first place, hence surveys and such often have the [1 = worst, 10 = best] next to each "rate xxx on a scale of 1 to 10")
- tempestn 13y ago
  I don't think that's what that comment suggests. The commenter is acknowledging that some people give one star just to have their comment seen, even though they think it's a good app, but that he personally is giving one star because he thought it was indeed awful.
  - userbinator 13y ago
    I saw it as that he is giving 1 star because he wants the comment to be seen, but actually thinks it was awful (implying that he wouldn't give 1 if it wasn't awful). Either way the grammar certainly taxed my parser...
    - cowls 13y ago
      You misread that. It says "I hadn't gave 1 star just because I want my comment gets shown on top" He is saying he hasnt only given 1 start to be at the top, he actually does think the app is terrible
- kyberias 13y ago
  What? No, it doesn't suggest that at all. The reviewer actually writes that he thinks it's awful and that he would have given it 1 even though he didn't want his comment to be on top.
gojomo 13y ago
Indeed there are many rating systems where '1' is 'best', 'first-in-rank', 'most-preferred'. I've never seen an online 'stars' system that works that way... but it's possible in some other cultural context a single star is somehow honored more than many, and thus without explanation the star-system could be misinterpreted. (Of course the comments here strongly suggest that's not a factor in this case.)
- shultays 13y ago
  I am from Turkey and no, 1 star is still 1 star here. It is not a cultural mistake, it is just the people in example are being narcissistic and trying to show off

by bagels 13y ago

rdtsc 13y ago

It seems at least in this case they know what they are doing because they say thing like this "Great game, but give it 1 start so people see my comment". I think they are fully aware and are even "apologizing" for it.

userbinator 13y ago

Here's a comment which suggests that at least some of them are thinking 1 star is the best: Kubilay Tekin: I hadn't gave 1 star just because I want my comment gets shown on top, I actually think that the game is aweful aqws.w.wew..ws (I've seen this phenomenon before - there are quite a few who associate 1 with first place, hence surveys and such often have the [1 = worst, 10 = best] next to each "rate xxx on a scale of 1 to 10")

tempestn 13y ago
I don't think that's what that comment suggests. The commenter is acknowledging that some people give one star just to have their comment seen, even though they think it's a good app, but that he personally is giving one star because he thought it was indeed awful.
- userbinator 13y ago
  I saw it as that he is giving 1 star because he wants the comment to be seen, but actually thinks it was awful (implying that he wouldn't give 1 if it wasn't awful). Either way the grammar certainly taxed my parser...
  - cowls 13y ago
    You misread that. It says "I hadn't gave 1 star just because I want my comment gets shown on top" He is saying he hasnt only given 1 start to be at the top, he actually does think the app is terrible
kyberias 13y ago
What? No, it doesn't suggest that at all. The reviewer actually writes that he thinks it's awful and that he would have given it 1 even though he didn't want his comment to be on top.

gojomo 13y ago

Indeed there are many rating systems where '1' is 'best', 'first-in-rank', 'most-preferred'. I've never seen an online 'stars' system that works that way... but it's possible in some other cultural context a single star is somehow honored more than many, and thus without explanation the star-system could be misinterpreted. (Of course the comments here strongly suggest that's not a factor in this case.)

shultays 13y ago
I am from Turkey and no, 1 star is still 1 star here. It is not a cultural mistake, it is just the people in example are being narcissistic and trying to show off