Fixing AppDB once and for all

[Sparr]

On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Louis Lenders
<xerox_xerox2000 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Zachary Goldberg <zgold <at> bluesata.com> writes:
> I think this will be a very difficult if not impossible task to accomplish.
> If we talk about test results, it's the app maintainer that is responsible
> for the correctness of the ratings and test results. What would you want to
> do if you think that the ratings for application X are overestimated?
> Remove the maintainer from the application entry in appdb?
> Then you'd have to check yourself for every app, if ratings are correct.

These problems could be mitigated by making it easier to submit test
results.  Even something as simple as a 5-star "how well does it work
for you" system that any registered user can submit with a single
click.  Yes, the information we get will be less specific, but we will
get a *LOT* more of it.  I would rather know that 1740 people have
gotten a game to work and 400 haven't (and no other information than
that) than to see just just five detailed test results saying
gold/gold/silver/silver/garbage.