I equally enjoy the 1 and 2 star reviews where they will openly state “product is great, no issues” but then immediately throw all that away because the version they bought doesn’t fit their grandpappy’s 1963 Barracuda, or “that table of six let their kids run around the restaurant, 1/10”.
The bipolar reaction of the average consumer is maddening, no nuance.
People don’t tend to write reviews for middle-of-the-road experiences. They only bother doing it when things were great or awful. The issue is that people have wildly differing opinions on what makes for good or bad experiences.
I tried to get into a habit of reviewing every campsite i stay at. i gave a reasonably good review to one i went to with my partner and the owner dug out my email and wrote me to complain because it wasn’t a perfect 5*
Suspiciously there were just enough new reviews at 5* in the month following to push mine onto the second page. none since then
I equally enjoy the 1 and 2 star reviews where they will openly state “product is great, no issues” but then immediately throw all that away because the version they bought doesn’t fit their grandpappy’s 1963 Barracuda, or “that table of six let their kids run around the restaurant, 1/10”.
The bipolar reaction of the average consumer is maddening, no nuance.
People don’t tend to write reviews for middle-of-the-road experiences. They only bother doing it when things were great or awful. The issue is that people have wildly differing opinions on what makes for good or bad experiences.
I tried to get into a habit of reviewing every campsite i stay at. i gave a reasonably good review to one i went to with my partner and the owner dug out my email and wrote me to complain because it wasn’t a perfect 5*
Suspiciously there were just enough new reviews at 5* in the month following to push mine onto the second page. none since then