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This is really neat, I'd never heard of the Wilson score. Some other thoughts - anyone know what state of the art is in ratings? - especially for technology p
by mindvirus 5y ago
This is really neat, I'd never heard of the Wilson score.
Some other thoughts - anyone know what state of the art is in ratings?
- especially for technology products, time on market seems like a big thing. How should the iPhone 8 be rated today? It was a great product in its day, but if someone is looking at it now there are a lot more trade offs.
- I wonder how we should consider the users in this. It seems like certain users are more harsh or fair than others, and have different rating patterns. Should we try to identify "good" reviewers?
- Similar to the above, I wonder if for example Uber drivers get harsher reviews if traffic or weather is bad. So should we normalize for local trends in ratings?
- Misdicorl 5y ago>Should we try to identify "good" reviewers? To this day I don't understand how the original Netflix algorithm for predicting user desires isn't co-opted for everything. I don't mind people rating taco bell 5 stars. I just don't want any of their reviews influencing the restaurant ratings I see. Same with basically every product category. We have this insanely intricate and rich data set that could truly help people find things that are great for them. But it's all locked away and only used for making a buck with nobody giving a shit about making people's lives better.
- wodenokoto 5y agoAs the other kinda mentions, average ratings is the first steps towards a full recommendation system. So that’s the state of the art, in some sense.