Facebook 'tests star classification system for Pages'

Facebook is reportedly testing a star classification system that enables users to rate the Pages they 'Like' out of a potential 5 stars.

 A screenshot obtained by TechCrunch shows that, for a minimum of a tiny low segment of users, star ratings square measure being displayed in real time under the name on a business or place Page.

"We’re extending star ratings on Facebook from mobile to desktop – to create it easier for folks to find nice businesses around them. This is often helpful for each business and shoppers," Facebook aforesaid in a very statement.

"Star ratings encourage additional folks to rate a business, creating it eligible to seem in News Feed and facilitate others discover a business they didn’t understand antecedently. For businesses themselves, this additionally ends up in larger complete awareness."

Facebook has been permitting users to rate businesses on a five-star scale since early 2012, however those ratings have not been displayed therefore conspicuously on the Page.

Allowing users to rate a Page out of 5 helps to supply a way of public sentiment towards an organization, not like a sort button that is employed to specific a large variety of sentiments as well as sympathy, solidarity, endorsement and, in some cases dislike.

As TechCrunch points out, the quantity of Likes one thing has indicated however gift it's within the public's consciousness, however not essentially however folks usually feel regarding it.

It is not clear however whether or not displaying this rating are going to be nonmandatory or obligatory for Page house owners. However, several rival services like Yelp, Foursquare and TripAdvisor have already shown star ratings by default, forcing businesses to specialize in client service instead of simply social media presence.

It will be attention-grabbing to examine whether or not Facebook additionally extends this feature to permit users to rate individual posts. Several users have long been job for a 'Dislike' button additionally as a 'Like' button; a star classification system would permit users to let their friends understand precisely what they consider their posts.