Apple, It’s Time To Block iOS 5 Beta Users From Reviewing Apps
This reminds me of how PyPI ratings got disabled after a long discussion with the community, started by jacobian:<p><a href="http://code.activestate.com/lists/python-catalog-sig/3482/" rel="nofollow">http://code.activestate.com/lists/python-catalog-sig/3482/</a><p>I strongly agree that the PyPI ratings were mostly useless and that removing the feature was a good decision.<p>iPhone app ratings can be much more useful for popular apps, but for the long tail of apps, they suffer the same problems as PyPI's rating and review system did.<p>Amazon and Yelp ratings, on the other hand, are quite useful. I think it's partly because users have profiles and are better able to express themselves.