Rant423

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   by Rant423 4y ago

   I'm not justifying censorship. I am simply ignoring users ratings as I deem them unhelpful.
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   by Rant423 4y ago

   Please note that I'm talking about critics' ratings: RT has them and IMDB doesn't. So it's better for me, as I value known critics more than random people.
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   by Rant423 4y ago

   In an ideal world, where everyone votes sincerely (and using an agreed-on scale), sure. But that's not the real world: here people are declaring a whole season of a show either a 10 or 1, after _maybe_ seeing 25% of it. In other words,
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   by Rant423 4y ago

   That's not how it works. Yes, RT scores are binary, but that's not the same as saying that "rotten" means 1/10 and "fresh" means 10/10.
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   by Rant423 4y ago

   I choose to ignore user reviews/ratings altogether. On IMDB right now 60% of the ratings (not reviews) are either 1 or 10 [1], and that's completely ridicolous. I much prefer the critics' scores - and right now they're 8
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   by Rant423 4y ago

   In turn, I like H2G2 very much, so maybe I'm on the right path wanting to start Discworld
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   by Rant423 4y ago

   Consistently top-ranked: "Small Gods", "Guards, Guards!", "Mort", "Wyrd Sisters"
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   Ask HN: Where to Start with Discworld?

   2 points by Rant423 4y ago|8 comments