All the defending I’ve done of rating and review systems, railing against the notion that machinima audiences are just some “herd” who will abuse them… fighting what I believe to be The Good Fight.

And then I come across a “review” comment posted at Sims99, one of the more popular machinima sites with a rating system in place:

See I would of watch it but that site wouldnt work for me so I had to exit
sorry though
um..from what I read from the other reviwer and what I read from your desprticstion
it sounds like a 5 stars so that is what you are getting 5 stars!

Dunce-to-English translation (thank you, Systran):

I haven’t seen your movie. It was awesome. This guy I don’t know told me so.

This should be good news for everyone looking to save time, because apparently it means that you don’t need to WATCH a film to rate it.

As Curmudgeon would say, “Sweet Napalm’s Lovechild!” I guess no rating/review system will rid the world of idiots.