Overall Star Rankings

[MacSwell]

Why is the "Overall Star Rankings" list not ordered by # of Stars? Why is it ranked by how many different users have starred reviews? Doesn't seem to make much sense.

[MacSwell]

Also, is there anywhere to see a user's total number of stars without trawling through the Overall Star Rankings page?

[lisa-]

probably to prevent exploitation. it's more interesting this way imo. probably should be able to sort by both though.

[mpowell]

Yes, lisa- is right; we do this to prevent someone racking up tons of stars from one or two other users. We think it's a better metric of how widely appreciated that user's reviews are.

But we also agree that the options should exist to sort by total number of stars, as well. We've made a note for the future.