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Robinhood now has a 1-Star rating on the Google Play Store
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Re: Robinhood now has a 1-Star rating on the Google Play Store
#42I wonder what percentage of Robinhood users hold GME - if it's more than 25% I'd say they're finished. If we assume 25% of users hold GME and 80% of GME holders will not return after this fiasco that's extremely significant IMO. Not to say that they'll cease to exist, but I doubt they'll remain the "#1 trading platform."
According to Motherboard it's more than half. https://twitter.com/motherboard/status/1354798244455395328 EDIT: This is untrue, please refer to jaywalk's reply.
Can this really be true? It sounds so implausible that I'm not sure if I can take their tweeted word for it.
Re: Robinhood now has a 1-Star rating on the Google Play Store
#43I'm surprised the app stores (well, at least the play store) don't have hysteresis built in to prevent mobbing the ratings, just in general.
Why would they? They just need spam protection. If legitimate, independent users vote them down in thousands then why would an app need a protection?
Steam (video game store) has separate "reviews" and "recent reviews" summaries, so you will see something like "reviews: mostly positive, recent reviews: overwhelmingly negative". It is often informative, as updates can make a good game unplayable, riddle it with microtransaction, or servers can go offline.
Re: Robinhood now has a 1-Star rating on the Google Play Store
#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why would they? They just need spam protection. If legitimate, independent users vote them down in thousands then why would an app need a protection?
What would be something positive about allowing mobbing?
Maybe an app committed a sudden, devastating action against all of its users. That would be worth warning potential downloaders about, no?
Re: Robinhood now has a 1-Star rating on the Google Play Store
#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why would they? They just need spam protection. If legitimate, independent users vote them down in thousands then why would an app need a protection?
What would be something positive about allowing mobbing?
In certain cases, it's deserved and appropriate. If an app is scammy and the majority of its users believes it's a bad app, it should have its rating dropped.
Re: Robinhood now has a 1-Star rating on the Google Play Store
#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why would they? They just need spam protection. If legitimate, independent users vote them down in thousands then why would an app need a protection?
What would be something positive about allowing mobbing?
It provides a more timely signal about an app's rating.
In its absence, you'd have the Amazon effect -- accumulate five star volume, tank / exploit the product, coast as your average is very slowly dragged down.
Re: Robinhood now has a 1-Star rating on the Google Play Store
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
My guess is that Google will get involved. It's not the first time a mob is trying to destroy the rating of an app. But their rating before all of this drama is not going to last; that's for sure.
But the app is broken. They are not allowing you to buy shares. Why should an app that decides you can't buy certain shares, and they auto-sells some shares you own, be rated highly?
Because many people on social media encourage other people to give the app 1-point rating. That's something Google need to protect against. The poor rating should happen organically. But regardless, they are fucked.
Re: Robinhood now has a 1-Star rating on the Google Play Store
#48Re: Robinhood now has a 1-Star rating on the Google Play Store
#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why would they? They just need spam protection. If legitimate, independent users vote them down in thousands then why would an app need a protection?
What would be something positive about allowing mobbing?
Mobbing companies is completely fine and called boycotting. RH fucked up, now they must pay the price.
Re: Robinhood now has a 1-Star rating on the Google Play Store
#50Serious question: Since RobinHood is a private company, does the "if you don't like it, you can build your own platform" argument apply here? Or does that only apply selectively when it benefits partisan politics?
This is the natural evolution when censorship as we've recently seen is given a pass.