I would like to remove all the hearts and move the user ratings to the editor rating system:
Excellent, Nice, Average, Poor, Crap instead of 5 to 1 hearts.
Thoughts?
Of course it would mean that this was applied retroactively.
No, please do not change the hearts! They at least feel more vague and therefore more flexible than descriptive ratings, even though they also give only five options. Plus, they help to distinguish user ratings further from the editor’s rating, which is important, since the latter strives for greater objectivity. Plus, I love how they aesthetically tie in with the site’s header/logo – which is brilliant, by the way (please do not change the header either: it’s one of my favourite things about this site – apart from the great content, of course).