In the first photo, the reviews could have been bought, the more there are, the more truthful the evaluation.
RaspberryKlutzy68 on
How this feels when it’s something you really really want
ImprobableCastration on
That’s how sample size works
sweetytoy on
Statistics. Larger sample sizes produce more reliable and accurate results.
Xeno_Prime on
100%. If a thing doesn’t have at least several hundred reviews at a BARE MINIMUM the rating isn’t trustworthy, and even then, it could just be bots. Something that has thousands of reviews and still rates highly is trustworthy.
NittanyScout on
The 3 reviews were posted before the product even launched
child_target on
For the first frame , the reviews are basically multiple personality disorder
retecsin on
Those (3) are employees. We all know it
josh0ch on
I hate when you sort by best reviewed and it’s all just 1 5-star reviews
Tayfun369 on
For the interested about how trustworthy a lot of ratings are.
250+ is the highest shown amount. It could be thousands as well at that point depending on the number of total reviews.
RedditB41 on
3 paid review
Broad_Geologist7998 on
The algorithm can’t fool me anymore
Shivvey on
I always love these small examples of why sample size matters
SuckingOnChileanDogs on
The thing that scares me though is I’ve seen products with thousands of reviews, but then if you actually look at them, sometimes they’re reviews for completely different things. So it’s like, they just edited the product information on the same url or something and kept the reviews? I don’t know how it could work but I’ve seen it more than a few times, you really have to actually look at the reviews, not just the number
Fastenbauer on
I miss when that worked. Now everything is flooded with bots that give 5 stars. User reviews have become more and more worthless.
Sad_Breadfruit4911 on
I love outliers
Hot_Guess_1871 on
Now get these sites to sort by statistically significant star-to-review count ratios. Sorting by “best rating” means nothing if I see 5 stars with 3 reviews at the top.
illegal_eagle88 on
The 4 is really not important but if it goes 4.7 it’s good if it is 4.3 it’s bad and if it’s below four forget it
78sts on
When you start reading, 5,501 of those are reviews for a cutting board, but the listing is for a hammock.
IWillDevourYourToes on
In Japan, the 4,7 would be seen as the bad one, and something with rating like 3,3 as the real shit
Internal_String61 on
I have a different read on these. Depending on how long the business has been operating, 3 reviews at 5 stars at least means nobody got pissed enough to leave a negative review, while thousands of reviews means the business is actively soliciting and promoting positive reviews for some benefit, or consistently straight up buying positive bot reviews.
HammyDaFemboy on
Quantity and quality have to work together in some cases
redditonc3again on
There’s a place near me that’s literally maxed out the review counter on the delivery website (“9,999+”) and has perfect 5 stars, but the problem is it’s basically impossible for it ever to come down now so they rested on their laurels and the quality dropped. It also doesn’t help that there is no option on the site to view recent reviews
SolarTakumi114 on
My stats teacher would be proud, but would probably question the polling method too.
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In the first photo, the reviews could have been bought, the more there are, the more truthful the evaluation.
How this feels when it’s something you really really want
That’s how sample size works
Statistics. Larger sample sizes produce more reliable and accurate results.
100%. If a thing doesn’t have at least several hundred reviews at a BARE MINIMUM the rating isn’t trustworthy, and even then, it could just be bots. Something that has thousands of reviews and still rates highly is trustworthy.
The 3 reviews were posted before the product even launched
For the first frame , the reviews are basically multiple personality disorder
Those (3) are employees. We all know it
I hate when you sort by best reviewed and it’s all just 1 5-star reviews
For the interested about how trustworthy a lot of ratings are.
https://www.reddit.com/r/duesseldorf/comments/1suhhsd/google_maps_zeigt_jetzt_die_anzahl_der_gel%C3%B6schten/
250+ is the highest shown amount. It could be thousands as well at that point depending on the number of total reviews.
3 paid review
The algorithm can’t fool me anymore
I always love these small examples of why sample size matters
The thing that scares me though is I’ve seen products with thousands of reviews, but then if you actually look at them, sometimes they’re reviews for completely different things. So it’s like, they just edited the product information on the same url or something and kept the reviews? I don’t know how it could work but I’ve seen it more than a few times, you really have to actually look at the reviews, not just the number
I miss when that worked. Now everything is flooded with bots that give 5 stars. User reviews have become more and more worthless.
I love outliers
Now get these sites to sort by statistically significant star-to-review count ratios. Sorting by “best rating” means nothing if I see 5 stars with 3 reviews at the top.
The 4 is really not important but if it goes 4.7 it’s good if it is 4.3 it’s bad and if it’s below four forget it
When you start reading, 5,501 of those are reviews for a cutting board, but the listing is for a hammock.
In Japan, the 4,7 would be seen as the bad one, and something with rating like 3,3 as the real shit
I have a different read on these. Depending on how long the business has been operating, 3 reviews at 5 stars at least means nobody got pissed enough to leave a negative review, while thousands of reviews means the business is actively soliciting and promoting positive reviews for some benefit, or consistently straight up buying positive bot reviews.
Quantity and quality have to work together in some cases
There’s a place near me that’s literally maxed out the review counter on the delivery website (“9,999+”) and has perfect 5 stars, but the problem is it’s basically impossible for it ever to come down now so they rested on their laurels and the quality dropped. It also doesn’t help that there is no option on the site to view recent reviews
My stats teacher would be proud, but would probably question the polling method too.