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What's the point of the arrows? If I like it, I'll click and not come back. If not, I won't click, or I'll come right back if I do. Voila. facebook tried a
by aneesh 18y ago
What's the point of the arrows? If I like it, I'll click and not come back. If not, I won't click, or I'll come right back if I do. Voila.
facebook tried a similar voting mechanism in their News Feed, and withdrew it pretty soon. Again, if I like the story, I'll click on it. I wouldn't have expected this from Google, especially after they so vehemently opposed using human judges in the search process.
- timcederman 18y agoSome users are engaged enough to contribute and the info they gave is invaluable. The point of this isn't to test a new Google interface, it's to gather data. You don't want to spoil the experience for millions of people, hence the bucket testing. We use it for our search quality and it's a great way to get some more info about what people like which has more info than click data.
- aneesh 18y agoFair enough. If users click it, then it can't hurt I suppose. Live Search uses similar "Is this helpful?" prompts that just annoy me, but presumably some people must be voting. As for me, I'll tell you what I like by what I click.