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1 star ratings suck! But are they fair?
I'm leaving this lens up as an archive of a past discussion.
I think people should lighten up about the star ratings. Even a low star rating will boost your lensrank (a bit). So any rating is better than NO rating. Disagree? Tell me!
[That said: it does anger me when a good lens that hasn't been voted on yet gets a one star rating without an explanation or something...]
What the stars mean to me
Ratings have meanings
Squidoo members did not think the lens was interesting enough to vote on. For non-squidoo members it just meant they couldn't vote.
BTW: star ratings CAN be changed. REALLY. I've done it.1 star
Squidoo members who saw this lens DID think it was interesting enough to vote on, but they hated it.
2 stars
Squidoo members who saw this lens thought it was interesting enough to vote on, but they hated it.
3 stars
Squidoo members who saw this lens thought it was interesting enough to vote on, but they did not like it.
4 stars
Squidoo members who saw this lens did like it, but thought that it could be improved.
5 stars
Squidoo members who saw this lens loved it.
What the stars officially mean
Squidoo says the star ratings mean...
- I can do better
- Jury's Out
- Pretty Darn Good
- Splendiferous
- Awesometastic
Based on that, only a one-star rating could be seen as an insult. Yet I've seen whole threads in squidu devoted to complaints about low ratings.
Star ratings effect lensrank...
So what do you think: should people give low (1) -star ratings?
Should people give one star ratings at all?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byYes, I want to know when my lens stinks!
skiesgreen says:
I think a few people who hate a topic because it opposes their beliefs will give it a 1 star rating to show they hate what you are saying. But you have to have a small mind 1) to do it and 2) to worry about it. If the lens is good others rate it higher, so what difference does it make. If its bad then cancel it.
Posted April 12, 2010
lakern26 says:
I give 5* or none at all, and I think I've only done that once. In that instance, I believe the lens was still a work in progress.
Posted January 31, 2010
ChapelHillFiddler says:
I rarely give a low rating but occasionally I come upon a lens which is so abominable it makes me angry and then yes, one star.
Posted November 28, 2009
spunkyduckling says:
Of course but it could really offend when you get a rating that low even a three two. I hate it when someone rates a five then the next person comes along and rate it a seven. Squidoo should have a system where your highest rating is the one to be shown not the lowest. But who cares right. Maybe its just me. And maybe it would be nice if those same people came back when your lens is improved and rate it higher.
Posted November 12, 2009
Astrieanna says:
If you have a five-star rating system, that gives you five options to say how good you think a lens is. If all you're going to use is 5-star - well, that's limiting things to a "thumbs-up" system - you wouldn't even get a "thumbs-down".
Ratings should be based on merit - is there content there, not just links or products? Do they write understandably (not an overload of grammar mistakes/typos)?
They should not be based on your agreement with the idea (even tho that can be hard to avoid) -- it should be on the quality of the argument.
5-stars should only be used when you finish and don't have anything to add, or any more questions, or anything that needs to be fixed.
1-stars are for spammy lenses or lenses made of a couple linked lists and ebay searches. Something that took 5 minutes to make and doesn't help at all.
Posted June 04, 2009
No, I don't want to get your negative feedback - it's just so negative!
Kapalbility says:
I believe in the saying "it persists because it exists" so if I do not find a lens UUU, I'd just ignore it.
Posted January 01, 2010
blue22d says:
Maybe...I am less likely to give only one, but none if it is that bad. I feel if they have the basics (modules, good intro, guestbook, a couple text boxes and maybe a link) they have tried and deserve more than one star. It is better to tell them what is wrong if they have a guestbook.
Posted September 29, 2009
Tipi says:
I always give a 5* and most of the time I Favorite. ~ I don't see that stars really make a difference on a very good lens, and if someone wants to rate one like that low...they have a problem that I don't understand. Maybe its kind of like vandalism, which would really be a shame for them in the long run. I truly believe that what goes around comes around. So! Its all good!!! :)
Posted September 23, 2009
ladyrane says:
If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it at all. Give me feedback on the critique section of SquidU; don't blow my chances of getting anything good out of the lens by giving people the impression it sucks before they've even read halfway into it.
Posted September 20, 2009
OhMe says:
I never rate anything below a five. It is five or nothing for me. Who am I to judge someone else's work and there are just too many factors that enter into it. I would be too afraid that the fact that I didn't like the subject would effect my vote and that is not right.
Posted August 13, 2009
High trees catch the wind
"High Trees catch wind" - which means that once a person gets famous, distinguishes him or herself, they will be criticized.
I wonder if that's not behind the low star ratings that many giant squids complain about.
It's why Oprah gets criticized for trying a new diet and talking about it.
It's why Gandhi gets bad press for trying to keep peace.
And it's why (us) giant squids get 1-star ratings for 5-star lenses: jealousy.
Nothing pretty about it. But it does sort of compensate for the excess of positive attention these same people we also get.
How do you feel about a 1 star rating?
How do you feel about a two star rating?
How do you feel about a three star rating?
How do you feel about a four star rating?
How do you feel about FIVE star ratings?
People who vote 1-star consistently WILL be banned
People abusing the rating system by consistently giving lenses one star, will be banned from voting.
Have some of your best lenses gotton one star ratings?
Did some b* give very good, high rating lenses of yours low votes?
Some people give 1 star ratings to lenses that don't deserve that by any normal measure. Have you experienced that?
So, should 1-star ratings be banned?
People that give too many 1-star ratings do get their rating-abilities taken away. Should squidoo be more strict in their dealings with 1-star raters?
Should squidoo find a way to filter out undeserved 1-star ratings?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byYes
OhMe says:
I don't know what the answer is but hope that Squidoo could figure out a way to keep people from giving 1-star ratings.
Posted August 13, 2009
Mortira says:
It would be great if 1 star ratings could somehow be 'washed out' if they are applied to lenses that have otherwise good ratings.
Posted March 20, 2009
julcal says:
would be great if they could, but do they have the time and the technology? Sounds like quite an undertaking.
Posted March 05, 2009
lollyj says:
The same thing happens on Amazon for the same reason -- often sour grapes. Poor rankings are given to good books by people with a sour outlook. If someone gives ME a one star ranking on Squidoo, I would probably believe my lens stinks. If an excellent giant squid lens receives one star, I would know it was for a negative reason. I think it would be difficult and time consuming to weed out people who deliberately down-rate lenses. I don't have the answer, but Amazon successfully cracked down on sneaky raters so maybe Squidoo can too, somehow.
Posted March 05, 2009
No
skiesgreen says:
No, let the haters have their way. They will get their just deserts in the end,
Posted April 12, 2010
Kapalbility says:
If it got a one star, maybe somehow, on another person's opinion, it deserved it.
Posted January 01, 2010
blue22d says:
No. I believe it gets our attention and makes us aware. We might decided to give it another look and tweak it and make it better. We are big folks and we can take it.
Posted September 29, 2009
Flynn_the_Cat says:
No.
Some people aren't motivated to give praise, and may only give feedback if they think something needs improvement.
Some people are immature, but - whether they know it or not - are still helping the recipients.
Or yes. And if yes, it should apply to those who only give five stars as well. The rankings may be equally false or self-selected, and - while being less damaging to the recipients feelings, may be giving excessive (XD) lens rank boosts.
Posted September 28, 2009
What issues with star ratings did I miss?
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kiwisoutback
Oct 2, 2010 @ 9:45 am | delete
- I like that they did away with the 5 star voting system, I don't miss it at all. Great debate.
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skiesgreen
Apr 12, 2010 @ 12:42 am | delete
- Good topic and interesting duel. Top marks
Norma
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lakern26
Jan 31, 2010 @ 2:28 pm | delete
- I have often read lenses with a less-than-fve-star rating that I felt was very undeserved, but what can be done about it? Maybe there actually is someone out there who thought that particular lens stunk. Or maybe they were just being pricky. It's hard to say. Good idea for a debate, though.
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damnthatsfunny
Dec 1, 2009 @ 6:13 pm | delete
- Its funny you mentioned that. I have pondered the thought myself. Someone who has a lens related to yours could rate you a #1 to improve their rankings for a specific keyword you both have. Its not like you would know who did it. That is why I dont think it would work if they did rank pages by ratings. You have people that have been here from the beginning with numerous contacts and pages. A newbie would never get up in the searches. It takes time to get established. I think their search criteria is basically the same as google. Relevence, backlinks, keyword popularity and necessity. Just my opinion from experience. Doesnt mean I'm right.
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spunkyduckling
Nov 12, 2009 @ 9:56 am | delete
- I haven't gotten one star ratings on five star rates but I've gotten like a four and I think a three. Of course its the persons personal choice but still is it fair? Has jealousy been allowed to creep in when they rate? We'll never know now shall we? Thanks.
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