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I have no doubt you are right about the people who rate online (you definitely see it in restaurant ratings and comment sections) but when I rate movies on Netflix I very, very rarely ever rate something a 1 or a 5. I would imagine that 2/3 of what I rate has been a three (so average content for me) and that it takes something special to go up or down from there.

Just curious if I am an outlier with how I do my ratings.

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I'm the same way.

1 - Terrible. Good Lord, who thought making this was a good idea?

2 - Poor. Would not watch again

3 - Fair. Neither for or against. Unlikely to watch again, but I don't grudge the time spent.

4 - Good. I enjoyed it. I would probably watch again.

5 - Exceptional. Probably in my top 10 now, and foresee enjoying watching for years to come.

3 and 4 are used a lot. 2 is used occasionally. 1 and 5 are rare.

I prefer the Goodreads rating system which compresses 1 and 2:

1 - Did not like it

2 - It was ok

3 - Liked it

4 - Really liked it

5 - It was amazing

The reason being is that most books won't end up being 1 or 2, and there really isn't much difference between them. But it sucks giving 2 stars to something that wasn't bad. Perhaps emoji arranged in a non-star-like pattern would be the best.

Interesting. I pretty much only rate 1s and 5s, hoping that this will influence what content is recommended to me.

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