Agree with everything you said TreKing. While I really appreciate the effort Dianne shows towards this list, I wish there were more Android developers putting the same effort out in other areas of the Android ecosystem. Having such insight into the Market would be a very welcome addition.
-- Chris Stewart http://chriswstewart.com On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 9:52 AM, TreKing <treking...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 12:12 AM, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> > wrote: > > Do I not count as a response from Google? >> > > Of course! Probably more so than most. However, you didn't respond to the > thread I linked to, so my statement still stands. > > >> Oh you mean a response answering question about Market? As I said there, >> nobody from the Market team is on this list, so you shouldn't be surprised >> by not getting responses to questions that people on this list can't answer. >> > > Oh, I think you mean this thread, concerning being banned from the Market: > > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/cf94566a81affbfb > > Of course you are correct - this forum is not about the Market and, as you > posted, questions should go to the Market Support Forum. > Fair enough. So let's take a look over there, shall we? > > Here is the same question about the in-app billing not working: > > http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=331d1590e7ae94db&hl=en > > And here is the same question about the content policy that you told the OP > to post in the support forum: > > http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?fid=6d6cc0380c0b10d500049d3f4f0f3433&hl=en > > Now let's count the total number of responses from Google. Zero. In fact, > the only response to either question is from yours truly telling the poster > that no one is going to respond to them. Even sadder, my responses are "the > best answer". Unfortunately, I continue to be correct. > > See, the problem is that people go to the "official support" forum looking > for help and they get ignored. Then they move over into other > Android-related forums hoping to get answers. Unfortunately, they are either > ignored again or are re-directed back to the "appropriate" forum where they > were ignored to begin with. > > It is *beyond* frustrating. > > >> The people here work on the platform, not on Market. We can't talk about >> what Market is doing. >> I believe all of the people who posted here have posted to other lists. >> Some of them are more likely to post to the open source lists, etc. >> > > Understood. I meant no offense to any of you and I'm sure the other two > that I personally have not seen around here before help out elsewhere that > I'm not aware of. > > My point is simply this: getting actual support or answers for legitimate > issues relating to the Android Market is nigh impossible - regardless of the > channel one goes through. Meanwhile a thread with the threat of being > spammed gets the attention of 4 Googlers. Pathetically, this thread has > received more Google attention than anything in the Market Support forum, > whether the responders have anything to do with the Market or not. > > And *that* is what I find so very sad about this situation. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago > transit tracking app for Android-powered devices > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
