You make a good point. It's very easy for people to take things out of context ... and for that matter having a single rating on a scale of 1-5 implies that everybody sees it the same way and so could wind up penalizing little gems that work well in very specific circumstances.
As somebody who loves to reuse code I do like the basic idea of having a way to find out what others think of it. The simplicity of a 1-5 scale has a lot of appeal, but my gut instinct is the downsides may outweigh the advantages.
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You make a good point. It's very easy for people to take things out of context ... and for that matter having a single rating on a scale of 1-5 implies that everybody sees it the same way and so could wind up penalizing little gems that work well in very specific circumstances.
As somebody who loves to reuse code I do like the basic idea of having a way to find out what others think of it. The simplicity of a 1-5 scale has a lot of appeal, but my gut instinct is the downsides may outweigh the advantages.