Re: Why I won't be contributing to the 'CPAN rating system'; and why you don't want me to.

Reviews are a hard thing to get people to do unless you pay a service to contact the people that used the product or service and have them ask the questions and log the users review.

I had a company that did just that and as soon as they stopped using the review service they stopped getting reviews of their company. Even with their own review program on the web site populated with all the reviews and does not require a login to place a review. They may get 1 or less reviews a month. But with the service every customer placed a review.

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Re^2: Why I won't be contributing to the 'CPAN rating system'; and why you don't want me to. by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 08, 2016 at 10:25 UTC
Reviews are a hard thing to get people to do Agreed. That's why my initial suggestion was for a numeric-only rating mechanism -- since shown to be useless -- because if people are motivated to take any action at all, it should be a simply and painless as possible. Of course, the simpler it is, the more easily it is abused -- by bots for example -- and there always appears to be someone with the time on their hands to abuse anything :( With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". I knew I was on the right track :) In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply]

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Re^2: Why I won't be contributing to the 'CPAN rating system'; and why you don't want me to.
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 08, 2016 at 10:25 UTC

Reviews are a hard thing to get people to do

Agreed. That's why my initial suggestion was for a numeric-only rating mechanism -- since shown to be useless -- because if people are motivated to take any action at all, it should be a simply and painless as possible.

Of course, the simpler it is, the more easily it is abused -- by bots for example -- and there always appears to be someone with the time on their hands to abuse anything :(

With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". I knew I was on the right track :)

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

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