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I'd suggest that a bell curve in this case isn't a particularly good goal. Most people who cook already know what collection of flavours they're likely to enjoy
by bmcleod 17y ago
I'd suggest that a bell curve in this case isn't a particularly good goal. Most people who cook already know what collection of flavours they're likely to enjoy and will make more dishes that combine these flavours in interesting ways.
A good example is dishes containing coriander, a large number of people hate it with a passion while others love it. People who hate it won't make the dish and won't review it. Those who love coriander will make it and most likely enjoy it.
Applying statistical analysis with the goal of getting a bell curve isn't the correct direction to reason in.
- kbrower 17y agoI guess I just want a recipe rating system that is consistent and has some sort of meaning. I want to know of the people that like coriander and made a dish with coriander in it, what recipes did they find the tastiest (the ones with extra cumin or not). This is not possible when coriander loving people rate the coriander containing recipe 5/5 9 times out of 10.
- bmcleod 17y agoThere was a post a while back suggesting having a few of your previous ratings display beside the rating scale. It requires more of a slider approach though, which is something you have to spend more time teaching users about.
- kbrower 17y agoI just found the thread. Interesting http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=910976 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=910976
- derefr 17y agoHow about a two-stage version of social bookmarking: in the first stage, there's just "save" and "hide." (You save things you'll make; you hide things you know ahead of time that you won't—because it has coriander, etc.) Then, after a suitable period (e.g. how long it would take to cook all the stuff you saved), you can vote on your saved/cooked dishes (and only those.)
- bugs 17y agoCilantro really is awful from my perspective so I would be one of those people that hate it, I love Spanish food but I live in New Mexico so I really just love New Mexican food which really is quite different from Mexican food. It really is hard to find a native New Mexican, other than those raised in Mexican households, who actually prefer or even like cilantro compared to the other ingredients we have available. I guess I'm just furthering your point but some people may prepare those dishes with no Idea that coriander tastes the way it does and just don't have so much hate to decide to review it (or maybe they just think they lack the cooking skills to make a dish).