Re:Stop Asking Me to “Sign Up” (2014)
by goodpeoplewin on Sunday September 27, 2020 @02:49AM
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I agree that reviews are a poor measure of value/quality. Fake reviews can be purchased now.
But ranking apps by engagement is measuring the wrong thing: Some apps are wonderful, but are used very infrequently -> Low 'engagement'. A YC example would be AirBNB.
Re:Stop Asking Me to “Sign Up” (2014)
by zelphirkalt on Sunday September 27, 2020 @04:07AM
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Oh no, not another engagement metric! Just think of how (a)social media works ... I guess we would have apps crying for our attention even more than usual.
Re:Stop Asking Me to “Sign Up” (2014)
by scollet on Saturday September 26, 2020 @06:29PM
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How do you measure user engagement?
Re:Stop Asking Me to “Sign Up” (2014)
by mmmateo on Saturday September 26, 2020 @07:58PM
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For starters, tracking how often an app gets used, abandoned, deleted
Re:Stop Asking Me to “Sign Up” (2014)
by alexdw_mgzi on Saturday September 26, 2020 @08:53PM
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Add some metrics to the app itself, I'd wager. Then you'll get people complaining about how the app (or app store) is spying on your every action, and phoning home.
Re:Stop Asking Me to “Sign Up” (2014)
by MereInterest on Saturday September 26, 2020 @10:29PM
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Which is an absolutely reasonable complaint. Pervasive monitoring of users is not an acceptable practice.
App stores should really abandon reviews, they're clearly broken, due to this effect. Instead, maybe app stores should measure user engagement, and rank apps that way.