On May 25, 2006, at 8:58 AM, Mark Stosberg wrote:
On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 03:25:46PM +0200, A. Pagaltzis wrote:
* Sam Vilain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-05-25 09:05]:
Can't we just move the site to cpanrantings.org? That's the
spelling I've always used :-)
Works for me???
Well, actually, I???d *like* to think it could be more useful than
that??? but I am wondering if there is any hope. :-/
I already find CPAN ratings useful, and would find it even more useful
if it was further integrated with search.cpan.org.
For example, allowing to sort results by rating. I did this on
Skatepark.org, and include the unrated items at the bottom. (Which
encourages people to rate things they like!)
I think this is exactly the kind of thing we *shouldn't* do. As
indicated earlier in the thread, the ratings numbers can often be
arbitrary and sporadic.
I think the real value that most people find in the ratings is not
the quantitative data but the qualitative written reviews. Making
that more integrated with various other search/browse sites might be
cool, but even then it might help turn CPAN from a collaborative
sharing space into a competitive, bashing, NIH space, which would be
too bad.
-Ken
