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I think it depends on whether your experience was positive or negative. If positive, I think your description applies. If negative, I think people really do wan
by osrec 6y ago
I think it depends on whether your experience was positive or negative. If positive, I think your description applies. If negative, I think people really do want to impact the rating negatively.
- jessriedel 6y agoWhen I find a good product and review it, it's because I want to benefit the developer and help other people find it. I am trying to affect the overall rating.
- wnevets 6y agoSo if you were to leave a 1 star review on the facebook app on the google play store, you actually think you're impacting their overall score in a meaningful way?
- RobLach 6y agoIf you're joined by a billion other people...
- wnevets 6y agomost people rating apps aren't expecting to be joined by a billion other people. So there MUST be another reason why people are leaving ratings. AKA the complete opposite of what the original commenter is claiming.
- t-writescode 6y agoHow is your question different from asking "when you vote for a particular candidate, you actually think you're impacting the overall vote in a particular direction?" Validated app purchase, app-store rating is a democracy.
- wnevets 6y ago> "when you vote for a particular candidate, you actually think you're impacting the overall vote in a particular direction?" I absolutely don't.
- cryptoz 6y agoWhat is voting then? Nobody's vote matters? Is democracy a sham to you? The math is simple though. Your vote is 1 added to a total. So is everyone's. The totals don't go above 0 tied with 0 based on your description. But clearly our votes don't all end in a 0-0 tie.
- wnevets 6y agoI can guarantee you that my vote in the 2020 presidential election had absolutely zero impact on who my state electors voted for, let alone impacting the race at a national level. I would have to be a complete moron to think my vote had any impact on choosing the winner.
- osrec 6y agoI don't know if I will have a meaningful impact or not, but my intention is certainly to impact the rating. Otherwise, why rate at all?