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I 'm also at 4.88! And has been there for 4 years, never went up or down (at least I haven't noticed it. I don't exactly sweat over it. Only checked when someone asks which is like once per year).

I can imagine 2 things. 1. Actual rating is way lower and uber is hiding it from us. 2. Their system is buggy.

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Isn't it as simple as the more rides you take, the harder it is to alter your average?

And it never moved by a factor of even 0.01? Since they are probably doing some rounding, it never moved by 0.005? Maybe it did and by the time I checked it was back at 4.88.

It's interesting that many people in this thread report 4.88 though. I would assume Uber wants to obfuscate recent ratings (eg if you notice when your rating changed, you might pin point the driver and add a case against them if you 're vengeful enough). Maybe it's similar to the number 300 for youtube (where views stop being counted in realtime and they are being grouped + analyzed). Who knows.

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