Rating Bombing Meaning?
6.0BRAINROT SCORERating Bombing A coordinated mass campaign of negative star ratings without necessarily writing full reviews, distinct from review bombing by targeting the numeric score alone rather than accompanying written criticism.
Origin:Emerged as app stores and rating-only platforms made it possible to tank a score without writing anything, a lower-effort variant of the review bombing pattern.
First Seen:2015
Peak Era:2026 (Reputation Manipulation)
Aura Impact:+1 Aura (A Platform That Filters Out Obvious Rating Bombing) / -2 Aura (A Score Tanked Purely by Rating Bombing With Zero Written Context)
EXAMPLE USAGE
"The app's rating cratered overnight from rating bombing with no actual reviews attached."
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