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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Turjan" data-source="post: 133941" data-attributes="member: 3477">Well, I know what a median is supposed to do, and I certainly don't oppose to it being used on this site. Although my personal approach to a defense against this "emotive overcompensator" would be a bit less tolerant, I suppose <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />. At least, if a reviewer declared that he'd given a 3 but chose a 1 for compensation, I would leave him the choice between changing his rating to 3 or getting the review deleted <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />.No, my main intent within the last paragraphs of my post was to address the problem that the "useful" rating range is too narrow at the moment. I think a 5 should be limited to nearly flawless products. But now, a product that didn't impress me much but isn't completely bad either gets a 3 (this means I could do well without it <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />), one I find quite useful gets a 4, and a 5 means a definite buy. I would feel much more comfortable if I could give a 4.5 to a product from which I feel that it's really worth every cent although I have found a weak point somewhere, or a 3.5 to a product, which contains a single outstanding idea within a large amount of average (which means more or less boring without being erroneous <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />) stuff. At least this approach would hopefully save us from the notorious 5...well, maybe <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />.Of course I'm very glad that there are people out there who write reviews about obvious crap <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />. This is very important, because this helps to differentiate within the wide field of publications which don't get lots of reviews, and nobody knows whether this is because they suck or just because the company has difficulties to get their print copies out to the customers (three guesses whom I mean with this comment <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />).Turjan</blockquote>

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