ratings on titles that are unavailable for viewing yet??

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I'm really confused about something very common here: A new title gets announced and put on the store page, and it has 5 star reviews before any of the chapters can even be viewed/downloaded.


How exactly is this possible? It seems to me like some people are able to view the titles before anyone else somehow? Either that, or they're actually giving titles 5 stars before even seeing any of it.


I feel like there is something really obvious that I'm just too stupid to see, so if someone can educate me on this I'd be grateful.
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People are genuinely just posting their review before the work actually drops onto the site.
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luinthoron High Priest of Loli
I mean, it's possible they've already read the chapters published in the subscription, or possibly a scanlated version if they haven't been available here. Not as strange as it seems at first.
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There's very little anything that fakku publishes that's not published in Japan. At most it's two or three years after the Japanese version. Even the Western releases aren't super new.
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623 FAKKU QA
I always just assumed people were doing it to show excitement ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Considering that, generally, users on the internet have an airy and easygoing sense about them, I think it's important to know that not every review you see will be credible. Would you order an item from a restaurant if someone on their way out told you to? Reliability is subjective, and this is something to consider while communicating through a network, where suddenly someone's words can be so accessible, as if looking at your own diary.
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I'd assume people see an author they like and 5 star it in anticipation for it, I totally would so I get it. I mean it's not like someone is going to see a game that is coming out and 1 star it you know.