One-star Amazon reviews
More of a pet peeve than something that drives me mad, but that applies to a number of posts on this topic so here goes.

If you read Amazon reviews, you'll come across the following type of comment in the one-star reviews for books and films quite often: "I wouldn't have given this even one star but I liked such-and-such a character/the description of 50s London was quite good/the scenery was beautiful etc."

One star is the lowest rating you can give! There is no zero-star rating, so even if you think the book/film/whatever is the biggest pile of shite in the history of the universe, you HAVE to give one star! I'm fine with "I'd have given this zero stars if I could" but are these people so stupid that they can't see that if the item they're reviewing has some redeeming feature, they should give it two stars?

As a side note, it also pisses me off that so many one-star reviews of books have nothing to do with the quality of the book itself but are moans about the price about the Kindle edition. Shouldn't those complaints be addressed to Amazon or the publisher directly?
(eesnahk, Tue 9 Oct 2012, 11:58, 10 replies)

It really pisses me off
When people review video games BEFORE they come out. And they give them 5 stars, because "this game is going to be AWESOME!!!"
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 9 Oct 2012, 12:00, closed)

imma totes gonna do this
In fact, I might start reviewing stuff based on what other people have told me about it, but that I haven't experienced personally.

"1 star, because my friend said it was boring."
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 9 Oct 2012, 12:46, closed)

There should be a zero-star rating.
Saying that "one star" means "it was as bad as possible" is counter-intuitive - one star visually means "There was at least something that was good about it".

Zero stars tells people "This is shit". One star says "This is shit, apart from..."
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Tue 9 Oct 2012, 12:05, closed)

and negative stars
And a 11 star.

Or perhaps 110%... Fuck it 1,000,000% or like a gizzillion-times-infinity-plus-1 star ratings, yeah?
( @><|= w0nu!) or cunt to my friends, Wed 10 Oct 2012, 2:33, closed)

Also
"I gave this one star because I wanted it on Tuesday for my girlfriends birthday, but it only arrived on Wednesday becuase there was a strike at our local postal depot.

Apart from that, it is the best fucking thing ever in the history of the world.

I will never buy anything from Amazon again"
(username failed moderation, Tue 9 Oct 2012, 12:14, closed)

I think starred reviews for books, music etc are a bit pointless
I might love a certain album and you might think it's shit.
( Major Turd for tonight only, Tue 9 Oct 2012, 12:15, closed)

xkcd summed it up nicely

(ubergeekian, Tue 9 Oct 2012, 12:23, closed)

Listen LEAVE IT OUT, OK?
I think we all know by now that Apeloverage's book is a turgid heap of semi-literate shit - that's a given - but I think it's BANG OUT OF ORDER for everyone on here to keep going ON and ON about it.

OK, the guy's written a shit book! We get it, already! That doesn't mean it's OK to rub the universally terrible, scathing reviews which his execrable tome has received on Amazon in his ugly, mong-browed simian face.

Give the guy a break, I say!
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 9 Oct 2012, 12:29, closed)

give a man a net and he will feed his familly
give a man an internet and he will constantly post inane shite simply because he believes his opinions are worth reading.
(magictorch, Tue 9 Oct 2012, 13:40, closed)

Now now, don't be cruel
Monty's thinks he's actually someone on b3ta, don't take that away from him as well
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Tue 9 Oct 2012, 15:57, closed)