Re:iOS and MacOS Developers Can Now Respond to Reviews
by whostolemyhat on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @06:46AM
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But one-star reviews just because the app asked for a review doesn't hurt the usefulness of reviews?
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Re:iOS and MacOS Developers Can Now Respond to Reviews
by mikeash on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @10:05AM
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Nope. It's an honest reaction, which is exactly what I want to see when looking at reviews.
Imagine I'm comparing two apps, A and B. If A has the higher rating because it steers unhappy people away from posting reviews, that's not useful to me. On the other hand, if B has the lower rating because it keeps bugging its users to post reviews, that's a good reason to choose A instead.