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by farzher 1501 days ago
> Amazon calculates a product's star rating using machine-learned models instead of a simple average.

lmao! i thought you linked me to an April fools page for a second .-.

"63% of reviews are 5 stars" but when you filter to 5 star reviews, there's zero. small indie company. i'm guessing this is all just an excuse for Amazon to inflate their numbers

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Ratings != Reviews, you can leave a rating without leaving a review. The math still doesn't add up, but it looks like there are actually 4 five star ratings. How that makes 63% of a total of 12 reviews is beyond me.