This journal entry is in response to Ethan's journal about CPAN authors rating their own modules (which I agree is lame).
My solution (which I mentioned in a reply to Ethan's entry but wanted mentioned here) would be to require a minimum of 3 (or whatever) ratings before a rating actually becomes "visible" for that module. This prevents that silliness and helps guarantee a more balanced review.
Just an idea.
Such problems are inherent to all rating systems on the net, unfortunately...
Re:still...
djberg96 on 2003-10-21T18:01:50
Well, if someone is really willing to go out of their way to do something like that, it ought to tell you a lot about the author.Generally speaking, I think this falls into the "more trouble than it's worth" category for all but the most determined (not to mention kooky) authors.
