Daniel Mathews
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5 star ratings
Marianna Syed
As an android user
I am unable to rate the podcast that i listen to so i can be entered into contests. Like iphone users are able to rate on Itune. Someone said you had this feature. However i do not see it?
Daniel Mathews
Hey Marianna Syed Podyssey actually doesn't support 5 star ratings. What we do have is "episode reactions" where you can tag an episode with some verbs that make sense for that episode. I wrote more about our decision here: https://podyssey.canny.io/feature-requests/p/star-rating
Daniel Mathews
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Hey,
I know this isn't exactly Star ratings, but, we launched Episode Reactions, which allows you to give some context as to what / why you liked an episode.
We purposely wanted to do it this way vs a star rating, so that the community was talking about the best episodes via a recommendation vs a review and we think it will help keep the Podyssey community positive.
We hope to do something similar for podcasts (instead of just episodes) in the future as well.
Let me know if you think we should still add Star Ratings or we've missed something that should make us reconsider adding them.
jnk
Yes, there needs to be an option that is the opposite of a recommendation for those series that really are the worst.
Daniel Mathews
Hey jnk We've actually been very deliberate about being an app that is about positive reviews (thats why its a recommendation vs a review).
I'm curious would you like a way to thumbs down an episode or podcast but it just be for you and not displayed to the overall community? or would you like a way to tell the community that this podcast or episode was bad?
Also, for a sneak peep, we have something coming out next week where you can give some more details on an episode. its not 1 to 5 stars but it gives you more power to tag an episode (and keep the community positive)
Daniel Mathews
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Daniel Mathews
in progress
Daniel Mathews
Hey, hopefully this is similar to what you have in mind, but instead of star rating, was thinking of doing an emoji rating. Idea is it will help keep the community positive and fun.
Kir Shenoy
Daniel Mathews: Still would like a "Good-Reads style" ranking which would allow me to easily recollect good podcasts that I want to relisten to or share with friends. Perhaps the emoji could still create a "Score"?
Daniel Mathews
Kir Shenoy: hey Kir, we talked to a couple users and realized an emoji rating was not what they wanted. So, I decided to shelve the emoji idea.
But, we still got the feedback that users do want some features to rate / rank episodes. Would love to get your feedback on a couple ideas we have if you some time for a user interview. Let me and I can schedule a quick text or video chat with my co-founder melody
Kir Shenoy
Daniel Mathews: Yes reach out to me at shenoykir@gmail.com!