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Ok, I get your point, but there are a lot of big critics that have a set "out of X" rating system. Changing that daily/weekly would definitly confuse their readers.
(In case you soley speak of private conversations, I agree with you)
Everything should be rated on a scale of 0 to 1, and you can use as many decimal places as you want. >

this guy computers >

I rate this post a: 1.357 out of 42.645 >

Too generous >

I rate this post e out of pi stars. >

Don't be so irrational >

I'm just trying to be normal.