I had Google reply to me telling me some crap about how the comments probably violated comment posting rules. I can assure everyone that the comments where short, sweet and definitely clean.
I've also had a few buyers manually contact me and ask what is going on. Even a zealous buyer saying, "This is so awesome I want to give 5 star rating and help promote your app but none of my colleges can see my comments, what gives?" So clearly this is hurting sales and clearly Google isn't going to help. My app shows up on the market place with 0 comments, 0 rating, 0 reviews. How nice is that. I also no longer believe this is some market problem. I think it is a simple bug that effects some apps. Talk with some avid Android Markets buyers and you will find out that the Android Market is almost 100% comment/rating driven since there are so many apps. On May 23, 12:22 am, Zsolt Vasvari <zvasv...@gmail.com> wrote: > You are right, of course. > > I guess we can forget about those comments if they haven't yet > appeared. > > On May 23, 1:34 pm, Tom Gibara <tomgib...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Personally, it's exactly the sort of optimization I would anticipate in a > > server application that has been designed for scalability. > > > The user making the comment will expect it to appear immediately and may > > become confused if it doesn't. On the other hand, users will not generally > > notice a delay in the appearance of comments of other users. Therefore, as > > an optimization while displaying users their own comments, it makes sense to > > perform the aggregation of user comments with a batch process, otherwise > > popular applications may cause unsupportable levels of contention. > > > Of course, the application developer is not just any other user, they are > > much more likely to become aware of absent comments. If there's a hold-up in > > performing the integration of comments into a single stream, the illusion > > that user comments are posted instantly will breakdown. > > > Tom > > On May 23, 2011 4:46 AM, "Zsolt Vasvari" <zvasv...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > But why on earth would comments visible be stored as part of a Google > > > account? That sounds extremely ineffcient. But you are right, they > > > must be. I wonder if the feedback count has increased for these users > > > when they entered their own comment. > > > > On May 23, 12:27 pm, Halsafar <shinhalsa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> So someone had suggested maybe the phones were not sending them > > >> properly. So I had these people go on their PC and check. When they > > >> log in and view my app they can indeed see just their comment/rating > > >> they had put via their phone. So the phone did send the data at least > > >> to their account. Somewhere along the line it is being stopped from > > >> becoming public. > > > >> On May 21, 9:16 pm, John Gaby <jg...@gabysoft.com> wrote: > > > >> > I have had this happen at least 3 times. A user told me that they has > > >> > submitted a review, but I could not see it. I asked them about it and > > >> > they send me a screen shot clearly showing the review, however, when I > > >> > looked at the same page it simply was not there. There is something > > >> > definitely fubar with their rating system. > > > >> > On May 20, 11:56 pm, webmonkey <webmonke...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> > > Maybe they are working on a comment rating system like Amazon? When > > >> > > they improve something, it usually breaks first, so it could be good > > >> > > sign ;-) > > > >> > > On May 21, 8:39 am, Zsolt Vasvari <zvasv...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> > > > Yes, same for me -- I even had the user blow away the cached Market > > >> > > > data and still, he says he can see his own commnent, but nobody > > else > > >> > > > can. As unbelievable as that sounds -- the Android Market team > > had > > >> > > > managed to pull off the improbablity of introducing a bug where a > > >> > > > comment only shows up for the user who made it -- after all, it > > must > > >> > > > involve some extra logic in the code that returns the comments list > > to > > >> > > > filter them out for eveybody else. > > > >> > > > On May 21, 9:55 am, Halsafar <shinhalsa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> > > > > To further add to the frustration. If I look at the persons > > phone who > > >> > > > > made the comment, they see their own review/rating when looking > > at my > > >> > > > > app page. Each person can see just the review/rating they gave. > > None > > >> > > > > of these people can see the others. I can't see any. It is > > quite > > >> > > > > weird. > > > >> > > > > Thanks for all the quick answers. My fingers are crossed the > > comments > > >> > > > > are just stuck in limbo and will eventually appear. > > > >> > > > > On May 20, 7:36 pm, Zsolt Vasvari <zvasv...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> > > > > > Yes, same thing on my end. I even sent an e-mail to support, > > but of > > >> > > > > > course, no response. Why even waste my time, I don't know. > > > >> > > > > > But I've had 4 commens in a 24 hr period, so things maybe back > > to > > >> > > > > > normal. > > > >> > > > > > On May 21, 6:35 am, TreKing <treking...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> > > > > > > On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Halsafar < > > shinhalsa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > > > > > > > I have physically watched more than 3 people now make a > > comment on my App > > >> > > > > > > > from their device. 24 hours later none of these comments > > or ratings appear. > > > >> > > > > > > I have noticed issues with the comments as well. There just > > doesn't seem to > > >> > > > > > > be as many flowing through as usual. One day 3 popped in all > > of sudden, then > > >> > > > > > > two of them were gone hours later. Something's definitely up. > > > >> > > > > > > > Is there any particular reason for this? > > > >> > > > > > > The Android Market is very, very buggy. > > > >> > > > > > > > Did I disable comments/rating by accident? > > > >> > > > > > > That's not possible. > > > >> > > > > > > > Do I have to verify them? > > > >> > > > > > > No. > > > >> > > > > > > > Do they take longer than 24 hours to appear? > > > >> > > > > > > Not usually, when working correctly. > > > >> > > > > > > This is my first app but it seems like something is > > definitely wrong. > > > >> > > > > > > I like to call this the Android Market Experience™. 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