Signal Boost: muldezgron: Thoughts on Rating Systems and their Problems
I thought this was an interesting post with an even more interesting comment section.
muldezgron: Thoughts on Rating Systems and their Problems
"So, I have some thoughts about people's expectations about fanfic based on ratings, and to illustrate my point, I'm going to compare AO3's ratings to American film ratings.
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Ratings are supposedly about making it easier to navigate content, but because ratings are used as a shorthand for things they're not supposed to, they become worse for navigating content as a result."
This entry was originally posted at https://thenewbuzwuzz.dreamwidth.org/236607.html.
muldezgron: Thoughts on Rating Systems and their Problems
"So, I have some thoughts about people's expectations about fanfic based on ratings, and to illustrate my point, I'm going to compare AO3's ratings to American film ratings.
....
Ratings are supposedly about making it easier to navigate content, but because ratings are used as a shorthand for things they're not supposed to, they become worse for navigating content as a result."
This entry was originally posted at https://thenewbuzwuzz.dreamwidth.org/236607.html.