Some vanity is just plain silly: Now we have another module author giving his module five stars without even mentioning it's his work he has rated. Gross.
My holy promise should therefore be recorded here that I'll never rate one of my own modules when I think it's good (mediocre ratings explicitely permitted).
I did not dare to rate my own modules, because 1) I was sure the system did not allow it, and 2) I didn't want to look like an egotical fool in front of the Perl community.
But I like my modules, and I like it even more when people tell me they like them too (which happened a few times recently).
This is, frankly, why I brushed off hfb and pudge's "the sky is falling" complaints - I knew it was harmless and that the real threat to the system was from stunts like the ones mentioned in this journal entry.
One solution would be to do what bebits.com does - you don't get a visible rating until at least 10 people have voted on your code. I think I would reduce that to 3 for cpanratings, but it would work.
Re:How it is
ethan on 2003-10-21T16:58:59
What, you mean my silly rating for DBI hasn't caused the cpanrating system to crumble? SHOCKING!
Right. Although it is somewhat an edge case in its wording.;-)
But at least those five stars you gave were a) justitfied and b) given by you and not Tim Bunce.
I knew it was harmless and that the real threat to the system was from stunts like the ones mentioned in this journal entry.
I think people overestimate these ratings. I am not going to use a module unless I need it. Even if it has a few hundred stars. I guess others handle things quite similarily.
Likewise with the ratings: the not so frequently used modules probably don't get ratings at all. That's why I for instance gave high ratings to Convert::Binary::C and autobox. They are seldom used, but their authors should get some credit for a very nice piece of work.
But crediting oneself wont work. Only foreign credits make you feel lofty.:-) Re:How it is
pudge on 2003-10-21T23:02:18
I hardly said the sky is falling. I just said that I believed the system would be abused, and I was skeptical that it would be useful. Actually, so far, the system has been useless because it has not been used *enough*, in my opinion.
And I will come clean and note that I rated one of my own modules, D'oh, but the module is a joke to begin with (and predates Acme:: by several years:-).
