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by prettyStandard 601 days ago
I like how you landed on the original thought.

> declining to rate it contains useful information about that item’s quality.

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In some cases, yea probably. But many things I'm asked to rate, the baseline expectation is that the product or service just works like it's supposed to. For the EV charger, my car is either charged or it isn't. If it is, you have delivered your service as advertised. If it isn't, sure I can indicate your charger is broken or on fire or whatever, but you probably already know because of telemetry. If I'm at a restaurant, sure my opinion can be more nuanced.

The incessant rating prompts just come off as... needy and insecure I guess. And annoying.