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Kirsten Hacker asked this question about The Midnight Library:
Why are 50% of the reviews from the past couple of days less than three stars, yet this book has an overall rating of 4.31 stars? Is this book a magnet for paid-for reviews while those who spend their hard-earned money on it don't like it?
Kirsten Hacker If I compare the ratios of the upvotes on the top 10 posts for each star category to the ratios of the number of ratings in each star category, I find…moreIf I compare the ratios of the upvotes on the top 10 posts for each star category to the ratios of the number of ratings in each star category, I find that there is an 80% discrepancy. This suggests that only one in five of the ratings comes from a real person. (Everybody knows there is a fake review problem around here, but not many people know how bad it is or how to quantitatively identify it.) https://kirstenhacker.wordpress.com/2...(less)
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