The like/dislike system is better than stars IMO.
this post was submitted on 26 Nov 2025
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There also used to be a response button of sorts like a review section on playstore. (Or am I remembering things wrong)
I'm on the fence with the thumbs vs stars. On one hand, a boolean is probably better than an integer for a number of reasons. Another thing to consider is that the five star system can be gamed by only giving 0 or 5 depending on if you believe the content deserves a higher or lower average, meaning people who figure that out have more voting power... which is... better?
Doesn't this apply only if you are looking at mean average exclusively? There are loads of other metrics you can look at based on scalar ratings.
Problem with the stars system is that people with RTL languages use it backwards. So you'll often get 1 start with a positive feedback.
Every video that I ever saw with a like:dislike ratio like the one in frame 2 was being brigaded for reasons unrelated to video quality.
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