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[Roman Shchekin <mrqtros@xxxxxxxxx>]

Any news on this?
I still can see very unpopular results in "Highlights" section. My scope
(Academy) has highest star rating of all scopes in the store.
Can I pretend on this place? :) Or in "Top scopes"?

2016-03-03 13:32 GMT+03:00 Roman Shchekin <mrqtros@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Joe, I am in Russia, language code is "ru".
>
> Thanks Peter, you are right, some kind of automatic rating, for example:
> https://uappexplorer.com/apps?type=scope&sort=relevance
> https://uappexplorer.com/apps?type=scope&sort=-bayesian_average
>
> And my personal suggestion (and a lot of russian-speaking people will
> agree with me):
>  - remove Russian scopes (habrahabr, kinopoisk, vk and so on) from
> hoghlight, let's be honest - they are trivial, more unpleasant than
> attractive.
>  - show some scopes from Scope Showdown
> *At least 15 scopes were developed this February*, but no one in Russian
> will know about them. The only way is to use direct search.
>
> 2016-03-03 12:50 GMT+03:00 Joe Odukoya <joe.odukoya@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>> Yes ideally they would :-)
>>
>> ---------------------
>> Joe Odukoya
>> Product Manager | Ubuntu Mobile
>>
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>>
>> On 3 March 2016 at 10:48, Peter Bittner <peter.bittner@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Joe,
>>>
>>> shouldn't those suggestions be based on an automatic algorithm (e.g. a
>>> mixture of apps with the highest votes, most downloaded, latest
>>> submissions or updates - for the user's specific region and globally,
>>> maybe)?
>>>
>>> I think Roman is pointing that out too (" few 0-star-rated scopes for
>>> Russian sites").
>>>
>>> Peter
>>>
>>>
>>> 2016-03-03 10:34 GMT+01:00 Joe Odukoya:
>>> > Hi Roman -
>>> >
>>> > Thank you for getting in touch.
>>> > Firstly which region are you in?
>>> > I admit that we are not as good at changing the hightlights in some
>>> regions
>>> > as we are in others (mainly because it is sometimes difficult to know
>>> what
>>> > to highlight).
>>> >
>>> > Secondly - if you have some specific suggestions for items that it
>>> would be
>>> > worth highlighting then please let us know, we are always open to
>>> > suggestions.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks again for getting in touch.
>>> >
>>> > Cheers
>>> >
>>> > Joe
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On 3 March 2016 at 09:31, Roman Shchekin wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Hi, folks!
>>> >>
>>> >> Everytime I open Ubuntu Store it shows me very useless "highlights". I
>>> >> even can't call them "highlights", really - few 0-star-rated scopes
>>> for
>>> >> Russian sites. They have very poor functionality, and I already seen
>>> them.
>>> >> Why I can't see, for example, scopes from Ubuntu Scope Showdown
>>> competiton?
>>> >> Exactly they are most popular now and in the spotlight.
>>> >>
>>> >> My question is - why?
>>> >>
>>> >> BR,
>>> >> Roman.
>>>
>>
>>
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