---
title: "How to Understand Online Star Ratings"
description: "This is the latest xkcd comic.  And it is pretty much the way I understand online rankings."
url: https://bookwi.se/how-to-understand-online-star-ratings/
date: 2012-08-22
modified: 2012-08-22
author: "Adam Shields"
categories: ["Uncategorized"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# How to Understand Online Star Ratings

This is the latest xkcd comic.  And it is pretty much the way I understand online rankings.

[![](http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/star_ratings.png)](http://xkcd.com/1098/)