[Python-Dev] PyPI comments and ratings, *really*?

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:54:24 am Guido van Rossum wrote:

> I agree that creating a good social app is not easy, and if we can't
> improve the social app embedded in PyPI quickly enough, we should at
> least give authors the option to disable comments. Of course, as a
> user, I might not trust a module that has no reviews or ratings.

As a user, I'd be more likely to trust a module with no reviews/ratings 
than one where the author disabled reviews/ratings. The first 
says "nobody hated it enough to complain", the second one says "the 
author is trying to hide something".



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Steven D'Aprano