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For Your Consideration: Letting the Reviews Decide

28-May-24 18:00

For Your Consideration: Letting the Reviews Decide

An article in The Guardian brought up the human compulsion to review, from five-star systems to 10-point ratings and how each number holds an intrinsic weight that that just makes sense. Certainly, reviews play a big role in where we choose to eat, what movies to watch and which hotels to stay at on our trips. So we opened up the question to listeners, on whether they rely on reviews, and if they leave reviews themselves.

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Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharaad Kuttan


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