1286222 - Only recommend add-ons with high enough confidence value

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Data Platform and Tools :: General, defect, P2)

Description

[Roberto Agostino Vitillo (:rvitillo)]

The confidence of a recommendation might be very low in some cases. Ideally the dashboard should show only recommendations above a certain threshold.

Comment 1

[mlopatka]

Recommended addons should meet some additional criteria. I.e: be WebExtensions, be fully signed, high ratings?

Comment 2

[Alessio Placitelli [:Dexter]]

(In reply to mlopatka from comment #1)
> Recommended addons should meet some additional criteria. I.e: be
> WebExtensions, be fully signed, high ratings?

I'm fairly confident we should be only suggesting publicly available, signed addons. Basically everything that's reported by the public AMO search API. I *claim* we could still refine the suggestions using ratings, but we shouldn't just rely on that alone to give priority (it could create problems with newly introduced addons, etc.)

Comment 3

[mlopatka]

(In reply to Alessio Placitelli [:Dexter] from comment #2)
> (In reply to mlopatka from comment #1)
> > Recommended addons should meet some additional criteria. I.e: be
> > WebExtensions, be fully signed, high ratings?
> 
> I'm fairly confident we should be only suggesting publicly available, signed
> addons. Basically everything that's reported by the public AMO search API. I
> *claim* we could still refine the suggestions using ratings, but we
> shouldn't just rely on that alone to give priority (it could create problems
> with newly introduced addons, etc.)

Totally agree, I was thinking about it from the other side: I.e. now the main criteria for inclusion is whther some (many) other users have it installed. While this is a good indication of a quality addon, it is not a guarantee. We should decide on some explicit heurisitcs for removing addons from the final recommendation list.

Comment 4

[Ben Miroglio [:bmiroglio]]

(In reply to mlopatka from comment #1)
> Recommended addons should meet some additional criteria. I.e: be
> WebExtensions, be fully signed, high ratings?

I think WebExtensions should have some priority as well so we can ensure to recommend add-ons that won't be turned off in the near future.

Comment 5

[Firefox Bug Husbandry Bot]

Moved to new component, per bug 1425844.