I came across this really funny article from The Onion, the satire news paper/online site. If you don't know anything about Pitchfork Media, it is a music website that has interviews, reviews, music news, etc. Their reviews (which include a score from 1-10) are notably elitist, which has caused a lot of people to disregard their rating system. However, whenever they give a rating over 8.0, everyone takes notice.
It is rating systems like this that make me appreciate IMBd's rating system even more- which is based on total user votes. It is however, nice to read an actual review and not just the number associated with it, which IMDb does not provide. In theory, you could therefore disagree with what the reviewer wrote and consequently their rating, instead of taking the number rating at face value. Either way, satire is funny and the Onion does it really well.
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