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what causes you to say much despised? I personally enjoy thumbs up v thumbs down - I find with 5 star ratings systems people resort to extremes and usually use it like a thumbs up/down anyway (1 star or 5 star)

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I'd prefer up/sideways/down. Sometimes I watch things that are brainless, they aren't thumbs up worthy but they are not totally thumbs down either. But if this was hiring a sideways is always down in my book, so I could see why it's not totally useful.

"Sideways" exists: don't rate it.

Null !== 0

Not rating does not mean the same thing as rating something as average.

Not in a literal sense, no. But I bet their model treats it similarly.

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