rating systems: why 1/2 a star arrghhhh

[Pressure Drop]

i'm entering some amateur photography challenges as i kinda thought well maybe i'll have some fun or better yet learn something and if not i can give up as it's free and you don't stand to win anything.

so anyhow everyone can vote for each other and the entries are then given a placing accordingly

what annoys me is it's a "5 star rating system" but you can give 1/2 a star ...

WTF WTF WTF

whats the point of that ... just make it out of 10 then
wtf is wrong with integers

all their possible votes (0 not allowed)
0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0
 1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  9  | 10
a to 10 integer system

you could easily replace their star thing with a sliding scale the same size with a coloured bar that changes colour gradient with the increase mark so it's even easier to gauge what mark out of 10 you are giving the person so i don't get WHY ppl like a 1/2 star voting system

i think the site even goes "dont forget you can give 1/2 stars" ARRGHHHHHHh

i've a vague memory of this annoying me somewhere else

so f u popular culture with your 1/2 star stepped rating systems, i think it's stupid

[Zizzo]

i've never thought about that but i have to agree with you

[Zeebu]

but ours go to eleven

[Ilya]

you'll always be a complete star in my heart, darling



remember that movie

[Xog]

i wouldnt want to count out ten stars to see if it was 8, 9 or 10, so it would seem logical to have 0.5 - 5.0 instead of counting 10 stars

if something is rated 3.5 stars, the equivilent would be 7 stars in the 1-10 scale. much easier to count three and a half

[Xog]

head asplode?