i love how Japanese rate on a whole diffrenet scale. Usually in Europe 4.2 is ok, 4.7 is very good. Less than 4 avoid. In Japan 3.8 is like 5.0 lol :D. And the reviews are something like: “the food was exceptionally good, reasonably priced, but couldnt find the parking spot 3.0/5.0”
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There are paid reviews in google maps!!!
I had an instance where I contracted a company with 4.9 (120) and received the worst service and quality possible.
I couldn’t believe it was just my bad luck so I went back to the reviews and took a deeper look.
Most reviews were fake.
1 week old reviewers with ~3 reviews all 5 stars and extremely eloquent about how great everything was.
You cannot trust google maps for reviews.
Restaurant opened up in town, we went in the first week, service was horrible, like unbelievably so, and not just to me. It’s a long story.
I get it, new business has growing pains. But it was bad enough I needed to leave a bad review. My plan was to update it if/when we came back and it was better. Or if the business commented on it apologizing for the way we were treated.
Instead, I watched that place get like 30 5 star reviews in an hour flat. And I don’t mean several good reviews, with a mix of stars and praise. I mean 30 solid 5 stars, with ALL the subcategories lit up with solid 5 stars as well, and glowing, wordy reviews.
No way. Absolutely no way could that be the case. I talked to other friends who went on different days, they had better experiences than me, but they all had different issues, nobody was giving a glowing review. One other buddy also got snubbed the same way I did and left a 1 star as well.
Funny thing? All the one star reviews had hearts on them, almost like people were trying to boost them up in the sea of 5 star reviews.
It was the craziest thing I’d ever seen. That company saw the 1 stars rolling in, and instead of replying to them, or training their staff, they just… Bought reviews, to keep their ratio high and weather the storm.
Just insane.
Gosh, you mentioned something I forgot. The speed!
This business received 20 reviews in a matter of days.
Might not sound strange but considered its a construcción contractor, well… Its at least suspicious.
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Scroll down, check the 3 star reviews and the 1 star reviews. Ignore the offtopic ones about delivery. Check the dates to see if recent.
Search engine <item name> crap
I always read the 1 star reviews, and usually nothing else. If they are all dumb shit like “Mine never arrived!” Or “It broke the first time I threw it at the wall” then I know it’s probably fine
Absolutely. Sometimes the two and three stars are useful, people tend to write more nuanced reviews about what went wrong or other issues with whatever is being reviewed. You might also find someone who has taken the time to find a fix if there is one, or suggest a possible alternative product that does the job. One stars are usually “this (thing) sucks because (reasons) and I’d give it negative stars if I could!”
The amount of times i do this, usually the 1* reviews are all “this replacement part didnt fit my [machine]” or something similar. Usually its just the end user admitting they ordered the wrong thing, and cant take acknowledge theyre the ones who made a mistake
I haven’t opened the box yet but it looks ok, 5 stars.
“Shipping was fast!” Says a product review that was shipped by Amazon.
“It hasn’t arrived yet, but I just know my grandkids are going to love this!” Five stars.
I’ve been delivering through my province and collecting roadside diners to visit on days off. The last restaurant I checked the one star reviews and the first one said the “coleslaw was boring”. There was also a three star review that said it was closed so they couldn’t eat there… what?
Yesterday I saw a 1 star review of a store of someone complaining that they were charging 5 cents for paper bags and that they would buy from Amazon from now on. That was the only complaint, 1 star. The dude was a local guide even. I insta blocked his google account, embarrassing.
Or: ★ I tried to use this knife as a fork and it didn’t work.
Or some other dumb shit where you wonder how that person is even able to live.
My go-to example is an inverter I got for my drill batteries. It’s a box that plugs into my 20V drill batteries with a couple USB ports and a 110V wall outlet on top. It can produce 150 watts maximum from that socket. The reviews for this device are split between 4 and 5 star reviews from people who know what that means, and 1 star reviews from people who don’t. “Won’t run my air fryer. Would rate 0 stars if I could.”
I recently took family to a beach vacation, and I looked up reviews for the beach and read the 1-stars. One of them was a 1- star review because, reason given, the beach was cold. That reason for a one-star is worth at least ten five-star reviews.
Until you see the product was swapped 1k reviews ago.
HDMI cable 3m 2.0 2.1 2.2 4k 8k for PS5, Xbox X S, Switch, PC, BluRay, DVD, HDR, Dolby Vision
4.7 stars (4,371 reviews).
1st review: looks great on our Christmas tree, just what we needed.
5 (5511) is even more suspect than 5 (3).
Sort by 3 star reviews, then check out the 2’s and 4’s if needed
This my moment. I have been waiting for this for so long.
Actually, a rating of 5 means all the reviews are 5 stars. Any other rating would drop it below 5.
There is only one decimal place. 4.95 stars would round up.
Depends on whether they use
floororceil. From observation, most systems round down.
That’s not uh… I was trying to… I meant that…
Damn lol
I sort by recent and usually find the realistic reviews
Anything over 3k is likely bots and fake reviews.
Depends on the location and the age of the establishment. Been to some places that had more and I’m sure they were real.
Then there’s places that went viral and have an insane amount of reviews. Like Tonnarello in Rome . And based on the amount of people that they serve and the queue that’s waiting to eat, I believe the number is legit. Went to see what the fuss was about and we were not disappointed, actually.
Until you see “5 to 10 reviews removed because of diffamation.”
That is most revealing!
How do you check that?
Click on viewing all reviews. It is then shown right at the top.
It’s all about consistency.
Dat n value
Universal language.
I trust the 3 people more tbh
“People”
I’m viewing this from the perspective of yelp reviews. I trust 3 five stars more than 5 thousand 4.5 stars. I usually like checking out newer places
