[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #14087: Set up team to evaluate web-hosting providers for WP.org recommendations

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#14087: Set up team to evaluate web-hosting providers for WP.org recommendations
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 Reporter:  demetris       |       Owner:                                                       
     Type:  enhancement    |      Status:  new                                                  
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:  WordPress.org site                                   
Component:  WordPress.org  |     Version:                                                       
 Severity:  normal         |    Keywords:  server function, server config, hosting compatibility
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Comment(by mrmist):

 I think that I'm generally -1 on this idea.

 WordPress.com offers a hosted platform, and other than that I think the
 .org side would be best staying away from the recommendation of services.

 It's a difficult area to be in.  There are sites on the Internet whose
 only business is to recommend other traders, and even they have difficulty
 in doing it fairly.  It's too wide open to change [1], abuse [2] and
 subjectivity [3], plus as MH has pointed out, how is fallout dealt with
 when a recommended site proves to be unworthy?

 All in all, I think it would represent a very large amount of work for the
 service to be done properly, and that effort might be better placed
 elsewhere (IE in the core product / site).

 [1] The quality of hosts varies over time, and a sudden influx of
 subscribers can be a bad thing.
 [2] There are hosts that I see recommended all the time that I wouldn't
 touch with a very long pole, how are such cases decided on?
 [3] Swayed by their opinions, the people deciding on the recommendations
 can unfairly vote a host up or down, leave disparaging comments, leave
 fake feedback, etc..

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