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haha yes, thank you for sharing. I wanted to get out an MVP to see if people would actually want something like this. It was a balance between spending too much time making it perfect upfront vs. getting something out to test the desire for a site link this.

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I think what people most fundamentally want out of any rating/review site is assurance of fairness and protection against cheating. Without that, the theme is almost irrelevant.

Though I also agree with the other person who said that average stars don't make sense for coffee because different people like different flavors. An average of stars only works if it's given that people want the same "best" flavor profile of "best coffee taste", and that's very obviously not true. People don't share taste buds or desires in common. All ratings of subjective experiences have the same problem. Monolithic wine ratings are likewise useless for the same reason.

If one person loves acidity and hates bitterness, and another person loves bitterness and hates acidity, that doesn't make bitter coffee and acid coffee both mid. It makes them both great for one person and not the other. Failing to capture that fails to help people find something they'll like.

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