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I'd like to see something "social", where you "follow" other reviewers (who reviewed something you bought and you trust their review) and build up a reviewer ne
by JustSomeNobody 10y ago
I'd like to see something "social", where you "follow" other reviewers (who reviewed something you bought and you trust their review) and build up a reviewer network and then factor in some sort of "trust" percentage (how much you trust the reivewer).
- jameslk 10y agoThat's an interesting idea, almost in a meritocracy kind of sense, or in other words, reviewing the reviewer. Perhaps previous trust "points" can be used a weighted boost, kind of like PageRank, but for reviewers.
- JustSomeNobody 10y agoYes. But for the reviewers _you_ follow, _you_ rank them based on how much you trust their reviews. Your trust rank is factored into the reviewers who are followed by the reviewers you follow, so as you go down the line the trust gets lower and lower.
- blawson 10y agoTrusting reviewers gets really complicated quickly, as someone I trust to evaluate what makes a good blender might really hate that genre of books I enjoy.
- nommm-nommm 10y agoHaving a system with trusted reviewers is even easier to game as well.
- JustSomeNobody 10y agoNo doubt. I mean trust is an aspect of any con, right? Still, I would at least like to see something like what I mentioned tried.
- JustSomeNobody 10y agoIndeed. It would be a slow process, but over time, as you buy items, you select reviewers to follow who share your likes for the various items. And it being a "social" thing, there's nothing stopping you from reaching out and having a conversation with reviewers.