# What about not allowing star ratings until a game has released?

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**Created:** [January 6, 2023, 2:38am UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/what-about-not-allowing-star-ratings-until-a-game-has-released/10871 "2023-01-06T02:38:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ganba](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/ganba/32/12278_2.png) [@Ganba](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/Ganba)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 3:18am UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/what-about-not-allowing-star-ratings-until-a-game-has-released/10871/6 "2023-01-08T03:18:45Z")

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Maybe, or it could also be that all ratings are hidden for a week after release except the ones that have a text body with an actual review. I do think it’s helpful to check reviews from people who play the game from day 1 and give a review of their first couple hours of gameplay.

I think that would discourage haters/trolls because they would have to actually write a review and when it gets posted their rating wouldn’t be anonymous anymore. Even if they just spam random hater text and not an actual review, there’s at least a post with their username on it and they can be banned.

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