[maemo-community] [Proposal] - Developers should get karma based on the relevance of their software

[From: Valerio Valerio]

Hi,

On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Valerio Valerio <vdv100 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Quim Gil <quim.gil at nokia.com> wrote:
>
>> To be constructive and practical, a proposal.  :)
>>
>>
>> http://maemo.org/community/brainstorm/view/developers_should_get_karma_based_on_the_relevance_of_their_software/
>>
>> ext Valerio Valerio wrote:
>> > IMO the solution with more potential so far is "#6 Measure existing
>> > userbase via updates"[3], of course it needs some tweaks[4][5].
>>
>>
Ok some facts to help the discussion. Using the most popular Maemo5 app as
reference - OMWeather.


> There are 3 solutions with significant votes:
>>
>> Solution #1: Take downloads into account
>>
>
Using 100 downloads = 1 karma point.

OMW has 5204 downloads so 52 points.


> Solution #2: Take valoration into account
>>
>
If [stars] => 3 then karma = [stars] * [votes]

3*52 = 156 karma points.


> Solution #6: Measure existing userbase via updates
>>
>
Using 100 downloads = 1 karma point.

Assuming a user base around ~1000, in the best case 10 points.

Any of these solutions seems better than the current one (max. karma of
42p), but #2 can be unfair for some apps that for some reason the users
don't like, so the best option IMHO is a mixture of #2 and #6.

Best regards,

-- 
Valério Valério

http://www.valeriovalerio.org


>> Counting downloads through updates is more efficient than absolute
>> downloads, so Solution #6 eliminates Solution #1.
>>
>
> according to the maemo.org team is not possible to measure updates
> directly, even the download count has a big lag.
> The only way to implement solution #6 is measuring the downloads between
> versions, but that can be a problem for apps that never receive a update.
> I'll think about a alternative to this solution.
>



>
>
>> We can decide to implement this, and go only for Solution #2 or any
>> other in case that later on we think it's needed more karma accuracy.
>>
>
> I like this solution, but the voting system is still broken, I keep
> receiving anonymous votes all the time, don't know from where, maybe
> maemo-select ? (there's a bug reports about that) .
> Also is possible to vote several times in the same app.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> --
> Valério Valério
>
> http://www.valeriovalerio.org
>
>>
>> And end of this chapter.
>>
>> >
>> > Please keep the discussion on topic.
>> >
>> >
>> > [1] -
>> >
>> http://maemo.org/community/brainstorm/view/developers_should_get_karma_based_on_the_relevance_of_their_software/
>> > [2] - http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=31519
>> > [3] - http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=325763&postcount=55
>> > <http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=325763&postcount=55>
>> > [4] - http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=326086&postcount=58
>> > <http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=326086&postcount=58>
>> > [5] - http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=326181&postcount=61
>> > <http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=326181&postcount=61>
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> >
>> > --
>> > Valério Valério
>> > Maemo Community Council Chair
>> >
>> > http://www.valeriovalerio.org
>> >
>>
>> --
>> Quim Gil
>> open source advocate
>> Maemo Devices @ Nokia
>>
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