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KitDuncan on March 7, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: If nearly all Airbnb reviews are positive, does th...

Wouldn't a binary rating system work a lot better here? Either positive or negative + a comment, sounds like it would work way better.

krn on March 7, 2020 [–]

> Either positive or negative + a comment, sounds like it would work way better.

Exactly. This is how CouchSurfing works. It's just another way of asking "Would you recommend this place / this person to your friend?". And that's what people really want to know, after all.

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