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@szaganek szaganek commented May 27, 2026

Closes #20981.

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✅ Preview for this PR (commit a436ce4) is ready at https://pr-2580.preview.docs.apify.com (see action run).

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Few questions before approval. Small structural and wording bits.

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To edit your response, on your reply, select **Options** > **Edit**.
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Do we really need a one sentence section? Wouldn't it be better to fold it into one?


## About the Actor rating

Your Actor's rating isn't a pure average of all reviews. Instead, it's a weighted average that includes the following factors:
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Doesn't it make more sense to lead in with what it is? Or is the weighted average an actual assumption that community has and we want to dispel that explicitly?

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Your Actor's rating isn't a pure average of all reviews. Instead, it's a weighted average that includes the following factors:
Your Actor's rating is a weighted average that includes the following factors:


If you believe that a review doesn't follow the community standards, you can report it. For details, see [Report a review](/platform/actors/running/reviews#report-a-review).

Note that the support team verifies all reports and only deletes the reviews that violate Apify policies. Users can share their experience even if it's negative. Here are some invalid reasons for reporting a review:
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Admonition feels more natural here, doesn't it?

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Note that the support team verifies all reports and only deletes the reviews that violate Apify policies. Users can share their experience even if it's negative. Here are some invalid reasons for reporting a review:
:::note Report verification
The support team verifies all reports and only deletes the reviews that violate Apify policies. Users can share their experience even if it's negative.
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Here are some invalid reasons for reporting a review:

- To only rate the Actor, use the star rating.
- To rate and review the Actor, select **Write review**.

If you have a problem with the Actor that you're reviewing, consider also [opening an issue](/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#report-issues-with-actors).
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also feels redundant here

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If you have a problem with the Actor that you're reviewing, consider also [opening an issue](/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#report-issues-with-actors).
If you have a problem with the Actor that you're reviewing, consider [opening an issue](/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#report-issues-with-actors).


1. On a review, select **Options** > **Report**.
1. In **Reason for reporting**, select the right [category from a dropdown list](#reason-for-reporting).
1. _(Optional)_ In **Additional details**, add a comment to the report.
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nit: If that is optional, wouldn't making it a sub-item in 2nd item be better than completely separate point?

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