[brlug-general] Mildly on-topic..

[Tim Fournet]

Maybe they just wanted to see how many people would complain about it

Dustin Puryear wrote:
> So why a rating system at all? Or why not 1 or 2 points? Oh, the shame
> of it all..
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> Nicholas Istre wrote:
>   
>> I just noticed this in their FAQ: http://www.freewaregenius.com/faq/
>>
>> "Why are your ratings so high, man?
>> I only post reviews of software that I think is worth writing about, so by
>> definition there will only be 4 or 5 star rated software here."
>>
>> -Nick
>>
>> On Wed, August 8, 2007 2:32 pm, Joe Fruchey wrote:
>>     
>>> I love the rating system. Free = five stars. Seriously, I looked through
>>> the
>>> first three pages, and saw two apps that were rated 4 stars. Everything
>>> else
>>> got 5.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 8/8/07, Dustin Puryear <dustin at puryear-it.com> wrote:
>>>       
>>>> A cool review site I stumbled across:
>>>> http://www.freewaregenius.com/
>>>>
>>>> They seem to do rather good reviews of anything "free".
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