In reply to Cory.

In short the powers the be think install count prejudices people against plugins with fewer installs that might be a better fit for the users needs.

The problem is users still aren't getting enough info on the search page, or plugin page, to really evaluate the differences between plugins. Doing so is near impossible, although review count and rating is probably a better indicator than active installs.

Only now repo plugins are going to become like iOS apps where they pop up request for 5 star reviews all day long making mass low quality reviews essentially just as useful as install count was.