[appdb] Applications working flawlessly using patched wine should be rated Gold
Rosanne DiMesio
dimesio at earthlink.net
Fri May 18 16:59:21 CDT 2012
On Fri, 18 May 2012 14:52:28 -0600
James Eder <jimportal at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> With the current system, rating is open to ambiguity and misuse.
> Users often use it as an indicator of how much they like the
> application or how excited they are that it works with Wine.
Yes.
> If we
> generate the rating for them, then they have to lie (game the system)
> to get a higher rating than what is deserved.
>
Some will do that. Some already try to sneak inflated ratings in by mentioning problems in the Extra comments section rather than the "What doesn't work" section.
> Of course this would require a bunch of work from someone
Which is why it's unlikely anything will ever change, even if everyone loves the idea.
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Rosanne DiMesio <dimesio at earthlink.net>
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