What Does a 5 Really Mean?
I’ve been thinking about rating systems for humans. Not just how we evaluate things in the moment, but how we want those evaluations to shape what we encounter again in the future.
It started with a conversation about music. My wife and I were discussing how to rate songs in a way that felt both intuitive and useful. A 1 to 10 scale felt overly nuanced, too many options with too little distinction.