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		amelius on Jan 28, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Robinhood now has a 1-Star rating on the Google Pl... Yeah but if I see 0 stars the result is that I'm assuming that there were no votes.

ttymck on Jan 28, 2021 | [–]

Many platforms I have seen (Amazon Prime Video comes to mind) use:

**** (XX,XXX votes)

when displaying ratings (meaning average 4 star rating, for XX,XXX total votes) -- it is succinct and informative.

amelius on Jan 28, 2021 | | [–]

In that case, I might assume that the website uses white/gray stars instead of yellow ones to denote a higher score.

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