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by klausa 587 days ago
FWIW, this is on par with reviews for _anything_ in Japan.

The fanciest and most recommended ramen shops don't crack 3.9 on local review sites, the mindset is completely different from "oh nothing went wrong, 5 stars I guess!".

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Ha, I'm reminded of reviews from Vietnam where you'd usually see restaurants get destroyed in reviews because they are 20 cents more expensive than some place else. Price was such a much bigger part of the review than other places I've lived.
I wasn’t looking at the stars. I was looking at all the reviews from different people saying the app locked them out of all their contacts.