Stop Asking Me to “Sign Up” (2014)

Re:Stop Asking Me to “Sign Up” (2014) by yoz-y on Saturday September 26, 2020 @02:36PM (#24601061)

Game theory applies. If everybody stopped doing this then sure. As things stand ratings/likes/points are a signal to the aggregators that a thing is popular and useful.

Note that on iOS asking for reviews otherwise than through the system dialog is basically forbidden (rule 5.6.1). This method does not allow spamming the user as the dialog can only be shown a number of times during a period of time.

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Re:Stop Asking Me to “Sign Up” (2014) by freeone3000 on Saturday September 26, 2020 @02:49PM (#24601190)

Then the correct game-theoretic action to make this behaviour stop is to leave a 1-star review on any app that asks.

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Re:Stop Asking Me to “Sign Up” (2014) by yoz-y on Sunday September 27, 2020 @07:55AM (#24605955)

Maybe. But I don’t really mind as a user as long as they use the system dialog. And I use it as a developer myself.

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