[Catalog-sig] Please turn off ratings

[Chris Withers]

On 06/04/2011 18:25, Michael Foord wrote:
>
>     ...not a variety of options which, being cynical, are designed to
>     split the votes of those who don't want ratings versus the people
>     who do.
>
>
> Would it be fair to split the yes vote by offering alternatives? (Not
> that there are any viable ones - although we could just add a Facebook
> like button to each package ;-)

It just dilutes what we're trying to establish here: do people want 
ratings on PyPI? Yes or no?

For me, ratings belong elsewhere. As I've already stated in this thread, 
I believe user ratings, wherever they are, encourage lazy package 
picking rather than proper research by users new and experienced, which 
is what we *should* be encouraging.

cheers,

Chris

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