Why not let the review system speak for itself? Let people rate the app on a scale of 1-5 or whatever, and just let that rating do its job. Why fucking manipulate search ranking up or down beyond those ratings?
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Friday August 04, 2017 @04:22AM (#54938781)
Because five reviews that say "Great!" outweight a one star review that says "This program attempted to download a five gigabyte file without my knowledge, filled up my internal storage, and ran me up a massive data bill"
A review's weight should be tied directly to its uniqueness and length, and a review that is an exact duplicate of another should set off red flags.
Manipulation (Score:3)
Why not let the review system speak for itself?
Let people rate the app on a scale of 1-5 or whatever, and just let that rating do its job.
Why fucking manipulate search ranking up or down beyond those ratings?
Re:Manipulation (Score:1)
Because five reviews that say "Great!" outweight a one star review that says "This program attempted to download a five gigabyte file without my knowledge, filled up my internal storage, and ran me up a massive data bill"
A review's weight should be tied directly to its uniqueness and length, and a review that is an exact duplicate of another should set off red flags.