Hi @ojochidem,
I believe I have adresssed this issue above. Please reconsider using the current sign in method.
Thanks.
Hi @manifest,
Thanks a lot for bringing this up. We certainly do hope to become a reliable KPI tool in the future but right now, we are crowdsourcing reviews from internet users as this is what we can handle at the moment.
Nevertheless, please take into account the fact that internet users still live among non-internet users in low, medium and high income areas and as such, would have similar perspectives or opinions about their immediate environment and also similar or diverse views about other part of the state they’re reviewing.
We are not collecting highly location specific reviews right now. What we are gathering from users is averages. The road to my house might be tarred but if every other part of the city is a mess, I’m not likely to give a high score.
We do hope to have the resources to collect more accurate/reliable data based on certain industry standards but at the moment, this is as much as we can do.
Thanks again for your comment.
Cheers.
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Well done @yinka That was a good response. I would suggest you take off the party flags. It’s already looking like a political campaign platform for 2019. Have you considered A/B test on the mode of participation i.e.user login? I believe opening it up (in form of a survey perhaps) will provide a very good response rate.
Hi @manifest,
Glad my response was adequate. Concerning those party flags Sir, please let it remain. Odikwa very important in the mind of Nigerians. There is no taking away the role of parties in any democracy. Speaking of 2019, if we achieve our goals then indeed StateScore will have a role to play in informing voters. Candidates are free to use it as a campaigning tool as well. As long as we do our job well and maintain the integrity of reviews.
As for the mode of participation, I did in fact run an A/B test. Turns out that it doesn’t change really affect the response. Visitors who genuinely want to leave reviews simply use the social login.
Truth be told, the social login is the easy part. Users still have to select their state of origin/residence and then score the state on 11 metrics each for the state capital and other cities. Granted not everyone will score everything but if we get enough reviews we’d have a good number per metric.
We are simply trying to get the word out there some more. Reach is what will bring in the reviews/reviewers.
Cheers.
Candidates using the site as part of their campaign marketing may prove to undermine the integrity of the site and flood it with propaganda.
Whilst this may boost the valuation of the site in the short term, in the long term users will value independent and objective reviews to make informed decisions.
Hi @RahmonOjukotola,
Perhaps you misunderstood. I said they can use it as a campaigning tool. That is not to say that they are going to be running ads on our platform. They can use it for opposition research and are free to use the information on our platform in their campaigning efforts similar to how a candidate would quote the numbers of an independent poll where he/she came out on top.