tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914868173994312778.post6775079546561422968..comments2022-12-13T04:59:25.290-05:00Comments on Ok, Let's Read: Thursday Thoughts || Rating SystemsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13773130806254678600noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914868173994312778.post-5026715035108058392014-06-29T09:31:51.491-04:002014-06-29T09:31:51.491-04:00I agree that everyone should explain what ratings ...I agree that everyone should explain what ratings mean to them... and that everyone should check those explanations when visiting a new blog. You can't just assume that everyone uses the same definitions as you.<br /><br />Personally, I don't use half-stars, because ten options is way too many. I think 6 or 7 would actually be perfect for me, but it would be so much work to re-vamp my rating system, and then how would I "convert" those ratings to sites like GR that use the standard five stars?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914868173994312778.post-63384919740624169742014-06-29T07:03:40.231-04:002014-06-29T07:03:40.231-04:00I've just revamped my whole reading/review sys...I've just revamped my whole reading/review system, and I've decided to no longer rate books at all anymore-goodbye pesky little stars :) For me, rating a book (and writing a traditional review), was just not lining up with the direction I want to go in now. It will be interesting to see how this goes over on my blog, though so far I've gotten a lot of positive feedback yay!<br /><br />Just found your blog and I'm a now a new follower through bloglovin :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914868173994312778.post-9758402544072988222014-06-26T16:16:00.921-04:002014-06-26T16:16:00.921-04:00We definitely need explanations for what each blog...We definitely need explanations for what each blogger's rating system means. Even across places like Goodreads and Amazon, the star ratings mean different things. That makes cross posting reviews hard. Do you edit your star rating based on that system's meaning, or do you go with your own?Julie Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06462386948229063576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914868173994312778.post-69866293955677936722014-06-26T10:50:29.549-04:002014-06-26T10:50:29.549-04:00As long as a reviewer can elaborate in a review or...<i>As long as a reviewer can elaborate in a review or even just a few sentences to explain a bit more in depth what they thought of a book, I think the star rating system does work well. </i><br /><br />Agreed, that's the most valuable part to me -- a rating on its own doesn't help much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914868173994312778.post-38845909347310175822014-06-26T05:41:46.675-04:002014-06-26T05:41:46.675-04:00I really like the 5/5 rating system, and I'd b...I really like the 5/5 rating system, and I'd be happy with a 10/10 one as well. I have to admit to preferring reviews that use a rating system because sometimes a persons review can be a little unclear. You can't quite figure out whether they really enjoyed it or not. I always put a rating at the bottom of mine out of 5, and then a short paragraph explaining and summing up what I thought of the book overall and why it got that rating. I just think rating systems can be very useful to people reading your reviews. Here's my <a href="http://reviewsfromabookworm.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/films-for-thoughts-on-thursday-fault-in.html" rel="nofollow">answer</a>.Charnell @ Reviews from a Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12694156080937232949noreply@blogger.com