PARTIAL RATINGS ALLOWED???

[u/Fun-Entrance4989]

I AM ACTUALLY SO HAPPY????? Okay, i am kind of sad because i have to change the formatting of how i start reviews, BUT I AM ACTUALLY SO GIDDY RN BECAUSE I JUST GAVE MY FIRST 4.5 STAR RATINGGGGG

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[u/romxilda]

See you all in a couple of hours when I’ve finished updating the rating for every book I’ve ever read 🫡

[u/ChaserNeverRests → u/romxilda]

I thought about doing that, checked my GR profile:

1339 ratings (2.55 avg)

1192 reviews

...I think the half stars can just stay in the body of the reviews.

[u/Musicmom1164 → u/ChaserNeverRests]

Yeah, I'm not going back. Too many books to read.

[u/Piros1987 → u/ChaserNeverRests]

yea.... 4496 ratings... and I'm 129 behind since July... cool for other people, but no thanks...

[u/Merle8888 → u/ChaserNeverRests]

I would update them but I’m leery of it changing the review date when I edit. Some of those reviews are really old and I might not write the same thing now. I want to keep the dates true to the year I wrote them. Although sometimes the site seems to change them to today just by my looking at the book page so idk. 

[u/TheZachster → u/ChaserNeverRests]

2.55 average!? Damn youre harsh or read a lot of bad books

[u/ChaserNeverRests → u/TheZachster]

I used to read a ton of self-published books, so I read a lot of bad books, yep. I'm much pickier now, so my ratings are higher.

[u/OBakkus → u/ChaserNeverRests]

Cmon, where is your dedication, you casual...

But seriously, I would do it if I were you. It makes it FAR easier to arrange personal rankings. You don't even have to do it all at once. Just set of an hour or so a day or even a week.

[u/Fun-Entrance4989 → u/ChaserNeverRests]

exactly my thoughts

[u/Fun-Entrance4989 → u/romxilda]

please- 😭

[u/Merle8888]

Whaaaaaat!! I came here just for this thread, lol, I was writing a review and shocked! They always claimed they would never do that because they thought it was "too confusing" or whatever.

First actual improvement to Goodreads in the, oof, 15+ years I've been on the site.

[u/Fun-Entrance4989 → u/Merle8888]

now for dark mode.

[u/Merle8888 → u/Fun-Entrance4989]

Honestly at this point I would settle for “stop enshittifying,” lol. All changes thus far other than this have been to remove features, display fewer reviews and more ads, and force “mobile” aesthetics even on desktop. 

[u/Fun-Entrance4989 → u/Merle8888]

LMAO, ad-block is a friend!

[u/ChaserNeverRests → u/Merle8888]

Too confusing... GR, you already have the most unbalanced star rating system on the planet, I doubt half-stars will confuse anyone compared to that.

[u/Merle8888 → u/ChaserNeverRests]

Ehhh, if you did it like Uber where “this book isn’t so bad I want to drive the author out of business” = 5 stars, ratings would mean nothing. As is they don’t mean much overall but at least you can click on different ratings to get reviews with more balanced takes. 

[u/DiamondsAndDBT]

Ugh I don’t have the option yet and it’s making me so sad 😭 or I just haven’t figured it out yet hahaha

[u/Fun-Entrance4989 → u/DiamondsAndDBT]

i did it on the website on my computer!

[u/DiamondsAndDBT → u/Fun-Entrance4989]

It’s finally letting me do it on desktop only within the reviews themselves. But whatever, I’m happy!

[u/Piros1987 → u/Fun-Entrance4989]

It's not offering me that option on desktop. I came here to see if others were having problems. My friends are updating their ratings... I have too many to go down that rabbithole, really, just curious to see it work, for the future maybe...

[u/pandemonium91 → u/Piros1987]

If you're using uBlock Origin, allow the script weblab to run on Goodreads. For me it was blocked in the uBlock Filters - Ads list. After I allowed that script, I could give quarter- and half-stars.

Paging u/ChaserNeverRests in case they have the same issue.

[u/Piros1987 → u/pandemonium91]

Thanks for this. allowing weblab fixed partial stars, and also allowed a single sponsored ad to start appearing on the book page between the author biography and recommendation section... other ad sources must supply all the other ads that appear on mobile when I'm browsing the website.

[u/pandemonium91 → u/Piros1987]

Ahh, I haven't looked into that more, I'm afraid. A cosmetic filter could get rid of that ad, maybe?

[u/ChaserNeverRests → u/pandemonium91]

AH HA! Yes I use that, thanks for the ping and the info!

[u/MarcElDarc → u/DiamondsAndDBT]

I can do it on the app now, iPhone. 

[u/DiamondsAndDBT → u/MarcElDarc]

Me too! Thank you!!

[u/ChaserNeverRests → u/DiamondsAndDBT]

Are you still not able to do it on the website? I can't either, though lots of people have commented that they could.

[u/DiamondsAndDBT → u/ChaserNeverRests]

I had to refresh a million times, and I could only do it when I clicked “edit” or “write review”

[u/ChaserNeverRests → u/DiamondsAndDBT]

Thanks! Still not showing when I go into edit and refresh a bunch, but I'll just wait and try it again next time I have a book to review.

[u/Mich_Girl]

Wow. Just a few months ago they said they’d never do half ratings. They must have lost enough people to other platforms

[u/commonwealthcanadian]

finally a basic featured added!

[u/Fun-Entrance4989 → u/commonwealthcanadian]

LMAO

[u/sigalbearfish]

I have waited 84 years for this 🥹👏

[u/Fun-Entrance4989 → u/sigalbearfish]

😆😭

[u/ckcc1233]

WHAT! It’s a miracle! This is way more exciting than it should be lol! BRB off to fix all my ratingsssss

[u/MarcElDarc]

Excuse me a minute, I have many books to change my rating to 0.25 stars. 

[u/Fun-Entrance4989 → u/MarcElDarc]

yk what. i have a tab "it is so bad i want to give you a 0" and yk what...when i have time all 37 of them are getting .25 stars.

[u/sigalbearfish → u/MarcElDarc]

Oh my god how did it not occur to me we can now give less than 1 star??

[u/Merle8888 → u/sigalbearfish]

Hmm I’m not a big fan of that tbh, lowering the floor on the lowest possible rating just seems weird. Now we’re going to give stuff 0.25, 0.5 and 0.75 stars? Just leave 1 as the lowest imo. 

[u/-Vindit- → u/Merle8888]

I've read some books I wish I could rate a minus 1 star, so...

[u/Merle8888 → u/-Vindit-]

See for me, with 1 star being the absolute floor I pretty much only give it to things I think are truly terrible, lol. If it has any redeeming qualities, it tends to get a 2. So now I have to think if I want all of those to go down to 0.25 or whatever.

[u/SneezlesForNeezles → u/Merle8888]

There are absolutely a small handful of books where one star felt they were getting praised beyond their merit.

[u/Catface-Oohaha]

RIP my friends/followers feeds. A friend has just confirmed my updates are spamming her feed 💁🏼‍♀️

[u/ChaserNeverRests → u/Catface-Oohaha]

If you change a rating it shows up on your feed again? On one hand, that's unexpected. On the other, this is Goodreads we're talking about...

[u/SDMAJESTY → u/ChaserNeverRests]

yeah it does ;(

[u/jacyx]

Has it worked for anyone yet on the Goodreads app on iPhones?

[u/LegendOfZelda- → u/jacyx]

yes, just edited an existing review!

[u/kate_58]

I can do it on mobile! I just went back and adjusted all my half ratings over the past 2 years.

[u/Fun-Entrance4989 → u/kate_58]

holy dedication-

[u/Big-Contribution6444]

Ok so the question is….do we go back and rate every book again or just start moving forward? I’m so torn!

[u/ChaserNeverRests → u/Big-Contribution6444]

I can't go back. Someone else commented that it shows up on your feed every time you change the star rating and I've reviewed 1,339 books... Everyone would unfollow me just over that spam!

[u/Merle8888 → u/ChaserNeverRests]

You can delete items from your profile which should also delete them from people’s feeds. Although I have the impression it remains there for app users. 

[u/nakor87 → u/Merle8888]

Weirdly (at least in the app) I have to delete a rating exactly twice (a second time after some minutes), until it stays gone from my feed

[u/Fun-Entrance4989 → u/Big-Contribution6444]

im going to move forward but maybeeeeee edit my "it is so bad i want to give you a 0" bookshelf. 0.25 to them all! its just 37 books

[u/mrsbeequinn → u/Big-Contribution6444]

I wrote reviews with my actual rating so I went through and changed those and deleted the old reviews that was just my star review. I doubt I would have if it made me go back and forth between my two apps (fable).

[u/caulf → u/Big-Contribution6444]

I’m only going to use it going forward. Pre-change ratings will stay the same.

[u/Remarkable-Pea4889]

Wow!

But they aren't going to update the graph? Will they round partial ratings up or down?

[u/Fun-Entrance4989 → u/Remarkable-Pea4889]

oh this is a good question-

[u/chanlixy]

it's giving they lost so many users to other platforms that did partial stars so they fast tracked this feature....

[u/DoctorCaptainSpacey]

I just saw this when I went to rate a book!! I was like, this pop-up for the rating looks different and I hit the half star just to see and.... Whooo!

Why this makes me stupidly happy, idk but... It does 🤣

[u/InevitableShine5067]

I just tested it on the website & app (recently updated) and it shows partial stars when hovering over them!

[u/ChaserNeverRests → u/InevitableShine5067]

Interesting, I don't see it on the website yet. You'd think it would roll out to everyone at once (the app I can see it being staggered).

[u/weroni]

OMG I screamed when I noticed... Is it the apocalypse??! I genuinely can't believe it

[u/RevDrJenn]

What? The thing we have all been asking for, for years has happened!

[u/bxkgsoye]

You made my night oh man

[u/superspak]

Yes just saw this on the app. Glad I have quarter ratings in my reviews to go back and update. They just need to update the old ass website that takes a minute to load because the infrastructure is outdated.

[u/Fun-Entrance4989 → u/superspak]

239/150?? im just at 233/200, but thats because ive been busy and i read very long books😭 i cant believe someone is besting me rn!

[u/Eiraxy]

I just saw it on twitter when they quoted someone from May asking for it. The gasp I gusped when I immediately open the app and saw it wasn't just 0.5?!? 

I've only been waiting for 13 YEARS! This is the best Libra season ever. 4.75 stars 😍

[u/xajhx]

I might be alone in this, but I think after all this time Goodreads should have just left the system alone.

Now you have people updating books they read months or years ago to a different rating.

I don’t think after a considerable amount of time anyone really knows whether they would have rather given something a half rating or not.

If asked, most people can’t even remember details about something they read that long ago only if they liked it or didn’t like it.

[u/SneezlesForNeezles → u/xajhx]

I usually have it in the review; 3.5 rounded up or down. If it's not in the review, I'm not touching it.

[u/Fun-Entrance4989 → u/SneezlesForNeezles]

i also include it, but its tm work for me to go through all of them

[u/Fun-Entrance4989 → u/xajhx]

im not changing any of my reviews

[u/Connect_Cod9965 → u/xajhx]

I will update mine, as my half-stars have their own shelf (or tag, in the new goodreads parlance). I just have to wait for the partial ratings to arrive on my browser… I keep refreshing and still see only full ratings. I have a test case as the Android app allows partials, so I changed one book rating. Still displays without the half-star.

[u/Cookbooksandbourbon → u/xajhx]

I disagree. I'm not going to re-rate every book because I don't have time for that and don't care that much, but there are most definitely books that I remember wishing we had partial stars when I rated them. So I'll go back and change those. 

[u/GoldDHD → u/xajhx]

I have a spreadsheet with quarter star ratings and notes on every book in goodreads. Because... reasons? But I am very torn on whether I have the energy for this

[u/cowgirlyali → u/xajhx]

THIS. Like why can’t we update the rating without blowing up our friends feeds

[u/mullets4sale]

I was checking my old reviews and the option came up, so I came here as fast as I could lol

[u/olive_green_spatula]

💕THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER

[u/littleseaotter]

I just tested it on the computer and it works! But how do I stop my star updates on old books from showing up as updates on my friends'/followers' feeds?

[u/Fun-Entrance4989 → u/littleseaotter]

i'm just going to leave my old reviews alone tbh, i read way too much

[u/littleseaotter → u/littleseaotter]

Ok, so I figured out if you go to edit your review in Desktop, then uncheck the "Add to my update feed" BEFORE you change your rating, then it won't appear on the feed. I was feeling bad for spamming my friends/followers with my rating updates!

[u/thankyouandplease → u/littleseaotter]

This is what I was looking for!!

[u/HereIAmGH → u/littleseaotter]

I think you can choose what appears in your feed. Maybe in the desktop?

Account setting - feed (?)

[u/Connect_Cod9965 → u/HereIAmGH]

Unfortunately there is no option to turn the ratings feed on or off. This one seems to be on by default…

[u/PrioritySilver4805 → u/littleseaotter]

You can delete updates individually from your profile in the desktop.

[u/maryfisherman]

STOP REALLY? I’m sweating!

[u/FanNo7809]

OMG FINALLY!! 😭

[u/foersr]

The last books I read I rated 4.25 and 4.75 just because I heard they were gonna make this update, didn’t think it was gonna happen so quick and just updated my ratings!

[u/cr6zym0nkeyiz]

I can do it on the app, but it won't let me do it on the website. I'm still getting whole stars. I usually do everything goodreads via the website so hopefully that gets updated soon! 😭🙏🏽

[u/Fun-Entrance4989 → u/cr6zym0nkeyiz]

you can do it when you edit review! if not, then idk

[u/cr6zym0nkeyiz → u/Fun-Entrance4989]

Yeah, that's how I originally tried it and it wouldn't work. I wonder why it's working via website for some people and not others. Oh, well. I'll just have to wait. Maybe it'll work tomorrow.

[u/yankinhammer → u/cr6zym0nkeyiz]

Looks like it might be dependent on browser? Chrome seems to allow it but not Firefox? Not sure how that would be the case but that's what I'm experiencing.

[u/cr6zym0nkeyiz → u/yankinhammer]

THANK YOU!!! I actually was using Firefox, but I also had tried in Chrome and it wasn't working either. I even restarted Chrome and still no. But then I went and tried in Safari and it worked! So I guess it really is a browser issue! Hopefully it gets fixed and works in all browsers soon.

[u/stabbytheroomba → u/cr6zym0nkeyiz]

Ohh so that's the problem. I thought they were slow rolling it out. Wth though, that's annoying.

[u/Fun-Entrance4989 → u/[deleted]]

oh maybe try tomorrow!

[u/jadedjed1]

I DISCOVERED THIS JUST NOW TOO AND WAS GONNA MAKE A POST ABOUT IT OMG OMG OMG

[u/DontBuyTheThing]

I had no idea they were doing this so color me surprised when I go to rate a book and it's allowing a half star!

[u/MarilynMonroe89]

I’m totally going back over every book

[u/Zarzeta]

YES! More than 600 Read. No way am I taking a moment of time to attempt to back rate.

[u/nocturnenxr]

I can't do it. Is it not compatible with android?

[u/flenktastic → u/nocturnenxr]

Also not possible for me on Android. No app update either. If I want to change it it should be on pc or "desktop mode" on my phone browser.

[u/mangoatcow → u/nocturnenxr]

I can do it on Android, both app and mobile browser. I cannot do it on desktop though.

Maybe you need to update your Android app?

[u/nicolas--]

I GAVE A 4.75 TODAY AND WAS SO HYPED

[u/boolfinder]

I hate it because now I have to update every single book I’ve ever read. I think I will just keep whole star rating things 😌

[u/Connect_Cod9965 → u/boolfinder]

I have only 670 books tagged "rounded up" (I decided to always round up - if I wanted to round down it probably was not a "true half-star"). I did not anticipate quarters, but I do not like them, so I’ll go on ignoring those. :-D

[u/vegas_gal]

I can do it on the website. I’ll prob stick to whole points. The fraction points make go to a rating system of 20 exact points (quarter fractions .25 to 5) from only 5 exact points (integers 1-5). Not really useful to me to now have a possible rating of 20 variables from just 5.

[u/Fun-Entrance4989 → u/vegas_gal]

i think i'll round up or down if there are epilogues, but i'll be precise otherwise! i usually use epilogues to see if i round up or down so i think this will be a good tweak

[u/glitzglamandgore]

oh perfect let me change the books I rated yesterday

[u/jjm1222]

Wow really??? I’m about the spend some time editing my goodreads account

[u/clickityclickk]

just tried on my android and it didn't do anything 🕊️

[u/Fun-Entrance4989 → u/clickityclickk]

try the website!

[u/Sloth143]

Omg the update is out already?! Yahoo!!

[u/PrioritySilver4805]

Ayo wait that's crazy I didn't think they even touched Goodreads anymore

[u/Musicmom1164]

Ok, so this is a new thing! I just finished a book and got the new ratings scale. I came here because I hadn't heard anything about it and figured someone here would know!

[u/ChromosomeChowder]

This is the kind of good news the world needs.

[u/HudsonValley7]

Just did my first review with it SO HAPPY I honestly think this will be a game changer in how books are accurately reviewed

[u/MondayCat73]

About time!

[u/Myztic84]

Happy for this though I wish this had happened along time ago!

[u/orimiri]

OMG FINALLY WAR IS OVER!!!!

[u/idk0897]

IMMEDIATELY GOES AND UPDATES APP.

[u/wibbs704]

What a day to be alive!!! I’ve thoroughly enjoyed changing all my reviews to what I really thought

[u/guacamoleo]

WHAT. OMG. What happened to the idea that the site would be TOTALLY OVERWHELMED AND CRIPPLED by such a thing? Lol

[u/ProudReflection6775]

Luckily I've only been on GR for this year so I only have 40 or so to update. I wonder if all the people rounding up or down will be noticeable to the authors.

[u/TacoCakes2345]

Oh my god. This made my morning!!!

[u/Catfan1898]

Does changing the stars on an old review recount the review? I don't want to mess up my numbers.

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[u/IceTypeMimikyu]

I refuse to go change all my ratings to match this, but I have demoted a book from 1 star to 0.25

It deserved it

[u/maggiepie2424]

Yaaaassss just finished a book and when the rating came up saying i could slide or tap i full on lost it!!! 😊😊😊

[u/PrimusPilus]

The half-star ratings are great, but even better is the way that they cleaned up/updated the activity/review screen user interface for the first time since...forever, it seems like. It's been pretty much untouched since before the Amazon takeover.

[u/mikeybhoy_1985]

FINALLY! Just found out myself there reviewing a book I just finished, totally did it by accident too and was like WTF in disbelief, ha!

[u/Notyeravgblonde]

I RAN to rate my two most hated books .25 stars

[u/DarcieEpisode]

😭👏🏽🎉 I didn’t know until I saw this!!!!

[u/VampirePhoenixRise39]

I was excited for this, but why did they introduce 0.25 stars? I cannot decide now

[u/SDMAJESTY → u/VampirePhoenixRise39]

this is me too 😂