[nanidin]

95% only seems reasonable for thumbs up / thumbs down style rating systems. Too many people treat 5 and 10 star rating systems differently to require 95% 5 star ratings. Etsy and others should disclose the downsides to leaving a 4 star review at the time the customer is leaving the review. For me, 3 is OK, 4 is good, and 5 is PERFECT and is rarely ever given out on any system.

[kbenson]

> 95% only seems reasonable for thumbs up / thumbs down style rating systems.

Maybe for average of ratings, not for average of all things that could be rated, whether rated or not. Those are very different things.

[AlwaysRock]

Exactly. Even more so when having anything other than the top 5% or 10% is functionally as bad as having a 45% rating.