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Companies don't pay for four-star reviews, but a person giving a four-star review liked the product overall.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's less shilly but it's still too obscure. Seeing the total distribution of scores is kinda better sometimes for it showes a bigger picture that was filtered over time, like too many single stars, or a healthy mountain from 2 towards 5 meaning the thing is generally okay.

Binary scores on Rotten Tomatoes also better as it's just yeah\nah between two groups of reviewers not too complicated neither for them, nor for me. But most of the times they are made to intentionally misinform you as the score is seen as a part of the storefront and a marketing tool.