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This is very likely, and any kind of popularity information helps making decisions. In fact I mostly buy steam games in the popular section to sort out the tra
by xwolfi 5y ago
This is very likely, and any kind of popularity information helps making decisions.
In fact I mostly buy steam games in the popular section to sort out the trash. Each time I choose a niche unfeatured thing it turns out to be random trash nobody wanted... unsurprisingly.
Why do you think your brain wouldnt rank a product with 500 views right now above a product with 3, or be wrong about such ranking ? I think it helps ignore shit, because it's rare you want to buy stuff nobody else wants.
- tharkun__ 5y agoEven if we assume for a minute that this information isn't being faked (which it very often probably is - see other thread) I think there are nuances there. Looking at something and actually buying it are different. If we really wanted to help the customer decide we might want to also show the number of customers that returned the item. Or wait: allow reviews of them ;) Would it help anyone to see that "200 people are reading xwolfi's comment"? Not really. That's just because there are not many comments yet and says nothing about the quality of it. It's much better to rank comments by votes and let that affect sort order. "200 people found xwolfi's comment so insightful they clicked the vote link" is a much better indicator of quality.
- xwolfi 5y agoReviews are insanely more useful (provided they re genuine) ofc and any online service without review has to be used carefully, you're right !