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- Customer ratings have become meaningless. ‘people give 5 stars like it’s candy.’ https://www.wsj.com/articles/uber-airbnb-ratings-perfect-scores-customers-93686deb 68 comments
- Bryan Reynolds, should be All-Star, hits his 13th HR of the year, a 3R blast to give the Pirates a 5-1 lead vs the Cardinals. https://www.mlb.com/video/bryan-reynolds-homers-13-on-a-fly-ball-to-right-center-field-chad-kuhl-sc 19 comments baseball
- Hawks phenom Yuki Yanagita follows up yesterday's heroics with a two-run shot to give Samurai Japan a commanding 5-0 over the MLB All-Stars in Game 2 https://mediadownloads.mlb.com/mlbam/mp4/2018/11/10/2519006883/1541847279809/asset_2500k.mp4 10 comments baseball
- Amazon readers are giving Amazon's first product 2.5 out of 5 stars http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/b000fi73ma/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top 4 comments reddit.com
- Jarren Duran’s 2-run HR gives AL a 5-3 win over NL in All-Star Game started by rookie pitcher Skenes https://apnews.com/article/mlb-allstar-game-skenes-e5155ca24741e72c8efc72303ddf92f2 3 comments sports
- Giving Yourself 5 Stars Online May Now Get You Prosecuted in New York http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/23/technology/give-yourself-4-stars-online-it-might-cost-you.html?smid=re-share 12 comments law
- Don’t fear 5-star activists, be fearless in giving judgments, PM tells judges http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/dont-fear-5-star-activists-be-fearless-in-giving-judgments-pm-tells-judges/articleshow/46817635.cms 47 comments india
- PC Pro gives 5 stars to Mid-2010 iMac 27" http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/desktops/360307/apple-imac-27in 39 comments apple
- the only review that isn't anonymous gives a poor review and still 4 out of 5 stars? hmmm http://www.sharperimage.com/electronics/the+sharper+image+internet+weather+station+five-day+weather+forecaster.axd 3 comments reddit.com
- [Rapoport] The #49ers are giving star DL Arik Armstead a 5-year deal, sources say, avoiding the franchise tag and locking him up long-term. He gets up to $85M on his new deal.💰💰💰 https://twitter.com/rapsheet/status/1239601550391115780?s=21 3 comments nfl
- [Rapoport] The #49ers are giving star DL Arik Armstead a 5-year deal, sources say, avoiding the franchise tag and locking him up long-term. He gets up to $85M on his new deal.💰💰💰 https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1239601550391115780?s=09 76 comments nfl
- Those 10,000 5-star reviews are fake. Now they’ll also be illegal | The FTC has proposed new rules that clarify what is and isn’t a deceptive online review — and would give it the power to fine $50,000 for each fake https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/06/30/fake-reviews-online-ftc/ 114 comments technology
- [Justin Felder] Atlanta United star Josef Martinez said he gave "very serious" thought to giving up soccer. Said that, in December, he had 3 surgeries in 5 days due to an infection and other complications related to his ACL tear repair operation https://twitter.com/Justin_FOX5/status/1427070553358274562 4 comments soccer
- [Rapoport] The #49ers & star TE George Kittle are in agreement on a 5-year, $75M extension, sources tell me & @MikeSilver, one that gives him more than half of it in guarantees. Language is being worked on, but numbers are there. One of their top players, this was a big-time priority 💰💰💰 http://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1293923315220914176 630 comments nfl
- [Rapoport] The Jaguars have reached a deal with their star QB Trevor Lawrence. Sources says they are giving the former No. 1 pick a 5-year extension worth $275M — $55M a year — with $200M guaranteed and $142M fully. Lawrence’s agent Jay Courie of MGC Sports did the deal. https://twitter.com/rapsheet/status/1801385458272027119 2183 comments nfl
- [Highlight] Dodgers star DH Will Smith crushes his 3rd homer in his past 5 games to give LA a 6-0 lead in the third https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/a7d80ead-0b97-4915-ad31-6a7c41dd6a4d.mp4 14 comments baseball
- MJF on X- [Replying to a tweet saying he can give Hechicero a 5 star match] You wanna talk to a fucking dork that cares about getting stars go to the British guys account. https://x.com/the_mjf/status/1806767428627755038?s=46&t=_k1-EFgl4D6tgKG1ylxEog 207 comments squaredcircle
- Bitcoin will hit $200,000 in 5 years. Predicts a star energy investor turned Bitcoin miner. Also gives Bitcoin the edge over gold because the amount of BTC is fixed at 21 million whereas gold is not and BTC can be used as a currency. https://fortune.com/2022/03/16/bitcoin-200k-price-prediction-crypto-outlook/ 50 comments cryptocurrency
- "When you give people the option between 1 star and 5 star, most things average out to about 4.3, and some particular categories of products tend to average even higher. Like if you look at the average ratings for dog food, that’s like a 4.8." http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2009/10/09/08 11 comments science
- [Royce White] The Timberwolves are paying $147 million for 17 pts, 4 reb & 3 ast. Give me $20 million and the ball... I’m DEFINITELY giving you 20/8/5. If you’re a star at 30min/game, 4 rebounds fall in your lap. If you can draw 2 defenders, 5 assists fall in your lap. Come on now guys. https://twitter.com/highway_30/status/1082081375522570245?s=19 6 comments nba