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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

You take the number of "recommendeds" of one game and compare it to the total "recommendeds" of another. One would likely have more than the other. Thereby making one rated higher than the other.

It's already common to see rating systems primarily only get the lowest or the highest rating, effectively working out to be the same as a "like/dislike" system, similar to Steam's "recommended/not recommended" system.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I understand what they're trying to say but it's not accurate and misrepresents the situation.

[–] D06M4@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

I do get your point. Another thing to consider is that if those rankings included porn games most people on this thread would understand your point way better. 🤣

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Uh... What?

Game A has 100 recommends, 300 not-recommend

Game B has 90 recommends, 10 not-recommends.

Is A more highly recommended? In a meaningful way?

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

The ratio between likes/dislikes would also be taken into account the same way star ratings are averaged.