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CNet Scoring System Analyzed; 70% of all gadgets between 6.0 and 7.9

I've always teased friends at CNet about their rating system, which appears to always rate products between 7 and 8, meaning everything is more or less "very good" in score. Ecoustics has done the job of analyzing 1,325 reviews from 2007 (all of them?) and figured out the exact math: 96% of all ratings from last year fell between 5.0 and 8.9; about 70% fall between 6 and 7.9. Maybe CNet should make anything a "CNet 6 or below" a "1", and anything that scores a "CNet 10" a "5". After all, anything below a 6 means DO NOT BUY to me. More »

6:01 PM on Mon May 5 2008
By Brian Lam
4,115 views, 24 comments

Latest by n/a: Why would anyone trust a review from CNET? We have all read about the reviewer who resigned after management told him to give the product a better rating. CNET and JD Powers - two places where it's well known you can more »