Prompt the user to review an app when uninstalling it

[Bilal Akhtar]

Binary package hint: software-center

It would be good if, when the user would uninstall an app, he/she would be prompted to review it. The user may or may not review the app.

This bug requires a change in the design specification.

[Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)]

The main reason I haven't specified this before: <http://twitter.com/hotdogsladies/statuses/5985647059>

I.e., prompting people to review things they're removing, but not things they're keeping, could bias reviews negatively.

[Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)]

Thanks for the suggestion, Bilal, but I don't think we're going to do this.

First, the reason I mentioned earlier: it would bias reviews towards those people who disliked the software.

Second, asking for a review during the removal process would encourage hurried and poor-quality reviews. Now, we could work around that by asking just for a rating, without a review. But we use the requirement of entering review+rating together as a way of judging the reliability of individual ratings. Eventually a rating accompanying an unhelpful review should count for less than a rating accompanying a helpful review.