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[Tigers_eye]

Originally Posted by Spitfire_x86
What's wrong with the stars? Take it like star rating of hotels. And if just few people think a thread is not good, it doesn't mean it's really a terrible thread. Ideally, the rating system should not be in place.

Star represents good. One star can not represent terrible, and two star can not represent bad, thats the logic.

Did you ever hear a 3 star hotel as being an average hotel?

Hotels star rating system only focuses on good.

[Spitfire_x86]

Originally Posted by Cats_eye
Star represents good. One star can not represent terrible, and two star can not represent bad, thats the logic.

Did you ever hear a 3 star hotel as being an average hotel?

Hotels star rating system only focuses on good.

No, star can also represent bad. It's the lowest mark that matters, not the symbol. When rating music/movies, we use 1 star to 4/5 stars. Look at amazon.com product rating/reviews. People use 1 star to 5 star for rating. Someplaces use different symbols, like thumb/sun/dot. But using one symbol for 1 to 5 is the standard.

BTW, here's what Wikipedia says about hotel star ratings

Roughly, the five categories are divided up as follows:

* * (one star) -- low budget hotel
* ** (two stars) -- budget hotel
* *** (three stars) -- middle class hotel
* **** (four stars) -- first class hotel
* ***** (five stars) -- luxury hotel