Then maybe “1 to 4, excluding 3” or “1 to 5, excluding 4″, to rule out the lazy answer “everything’s basically fine”. That might force people to find an explanation whenever they feel the thing is good but not perfect.
If you start getting 5s too frequently, then it’s probably not a good trick.
Why not go all the way and just use a plus-minus-zero system like LW ratings (and much of the rest of the internet)? Youtube had an interesting chart before they switched from 5 star rating systems to the like-dislike system showing how useless the star ratings were. But that’s non-mandatory so its very different.
Then maybe “1 to 4, excluding 3” or “1 to 5, excluding 4″, to rule out the lazy answer “everything’s basically fine”. That might force people to find an explanation whenever they feel the thing is good but not perfect.
If you start getting 5s too frequently, then it’s probably not a good trick.
Why not go all the way and just use a plus-minus-zero system like LW ratings (and much of the rest of the internet)? Youtube had an interesting chart before they switched from 5 star rating systems to the like-dislike system showing how useless the star ratings were. But that’s non-mandatory so its very different.