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How is it still at 4.6 stars ??? On Firefox it dropped to 2.9 ...
by Timshel 2y ago
How is it still at 4.6 stars ???
On Firefox it dropped to 2.9 ...
- dvh 2y agoThey are probably using median
- nomilk 2y agoLots of bad apps on Apple App Store also have surprisingly high average ratings. My best guess: the app asks the user whether they're enjoying it, if yes, asks for a review, if no, nothing.
- sebazzz 2y agoOm the other hand, negative experiences would lead to a review earlier. You know, the loud negative majority.
- braiamp 2y agoFirefox users are more informed and militant in how to make an effective evaluation on the site. Chrome users are governed by lowest common denominator.
- klausa 2y agoThis has been disallowed on the App Store for a couple of years now; but of course is completely unenforced.
- hicallmeal 2y agoIn addition to a sibling comment about median, it could be that or that other common method (I forget, bayesion average? I think), but also consider - 176K reviews, 76 days since the _expose_, if it were 100 reviews a day on average, that's still 7.6K reviews. If it were 10K in the first few days, then 7.6K after, it's still ~10% of total reviews, where they likely had a ~4.6-8 score before hand. A drop in the bucket. And it's possible (though imo unlikely) that some reviews were removed, perhaps initially at least, due to suspected botting.
- manquer 2y agoMedian has little difference to mean when it is a bounded variable . Rating can only vary 1-5, so mean and median will always be pretty close . For variables like say wealth that skews the average with outliers is where median is more useful than mean
- b0ner_t0ner 2y agoGoogle doesn't do a very good job of moderating or removing fake ratings, I mean, look at Microsoft's apps on Google Play, look at all those 4.5+ ratings: https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=6720847872553662727 https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=672084787255366272...