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by waivek 2902 days ago
I'll use the previous statements one at a time to build a case. I'll use only the statements that you have said or accepted. Everything I'm typing, has been said before.

People who are fine with their apps don't write reviews.

Ten percent of the user base (at most) write reviews.

This includes the people who want to complain more than the people who don't.

In this ten percent a fraction of reviews are negative.

A fraction of ten percent of the total users feel negatively about the app.

This is a rare occurrence.

If you feel I've misquoted any part then I apologize.

1 comments

> People who are fine with their apps don't write reviews.

This is obviously incorrect since you can see positive reviews, many of them in fact, on many apps. I myself have posted positive reviews... not sure when you thought I agreed to this.

That alone pretty much kills your whole theory. Sorry but I still don’t agree with you and I think you’re really reaching here. Most importantly though, you have presented zero evidence in favor of your claims.

Positively reviewed is someone who likes the app. I was very careful with my language to avoid this confusion. I said people who are fine with their app.
OK and I’ve seen plenty of 2.5 - 3 star reviews where people were just fine with the app too. Same thing with products on Amazon. I’ve also left review such as this myself.

People like sharing their experiences with others. They’ve been doing it for thousands of years. Go figure.

Care to try again?

I guess since you've seen 3 star reviews my argument collapses on itself. If only you hadn't seen those pesky 3 star reviews. What a compelling argument.

"I've seen 3 star reviews so it must be true, because I've seen 3 star reviews, personally"

I’ve written them personally. You can also go and look at some of them yourself. That’s what empirical means.
The mere existence of data is not the same as empiricism.