Does star-rating work?
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I spend a lot of time on CP and in my opinion 1..5 star rating (voting) system should be replaced with "recommend" button. The sad fact (recognized by many high profile websites) is that multiple-grade rating doesn't work on the internet. Too many people click 5-star rating if they simply like an article. They don't reserve 5-star for exceptionally well written and informative pieces. This is the reason why some short or badly formatted articles end up as "excellent". I would like to click 5-star to distinguish great articles. But by clicking 4-star I would lower the average grade of good article below the rate of some mediocre articles (that have 5 star rating because most people simply don’t give a s**t about the meaning of 1..5 grades). If dropping old 5–star system is not an option, maybe you should replace stars with actual words like "good", "exceptionally good" etc.?