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Re:Google Play Store Ratings Drop by quarterto on Friday January 24, 2014 @05:16AM (#7114192) 

  actively asking users to rate an app they have downloaded may lead to better ratings
But it's not asking them to rate the app, it's asking them to rate the suggestion. And since rating a suggestion is usually a thumbs-up/thumbs-down, it primes users to select the extreme ratings.
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Re:Google Play Store Ratings Drop by fauigerzigerk on Friday January 24, 2014 @05:34AM (#7114241)
>But it's not asking them to rate the app, it's asking them to rate the suggestion.

No, if this is really the UI in question then it is not asking users to rate the suggestion: http://blog.testfairy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/quick_s...

It's clearly asking users to rate one app to get suggestions for other apps.

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Re:Google Play Store Ratings Drop by zango on Friday January 24, 2014 @05:29PM (#7118615)
Sadly, many users just don't read past the title. And users familiar with other suggestion engines (pandora, etc) expect to teach the system their taste and relevance.
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