• So 4.5 is bad in both of those scenarios? So how is the number of people having rated matter?

    Personally I always look further than the AVG number anyway. As other commenters have said none of this means anything if you don’t check negative reviews for reoccurring issues.

    • chiisana
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      21 year ago

      5.0 ⭐️ (100% 5 stars)

      Could be:

      5 ⭐️ (1 review)

      Or

      5 ⭐️ (12,345 reviews)

      Knowing the volume provides extra insights. If nothing else, at least when glancing at the list of search results, knowing the volume can allow a slightly faster zero in on the items to dig deeper.

      • I agree, just the comment before read as ‘i don’t trust 5 stars whether it’s a lot of votes or very few votes’ - so I wasn’t sure why it mattered how many votes it had based on the comment.