Eric, I have also noticed the same issue. Some people are being so vile that it is embarrassing to read.
I like your ideas for the user rating features, but I would also add a feature on the app side that could help people know what they are getting before they respond with insults. I believe all apps in the Market should be flagged in the apps list with particular identifiers: e.g., Trial, Advertisements Included, Beta. This would also help to tone down the negative feedback we have been seeing. --Ed On Dec 12, 8:44 am, Eric Mill <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey all, > > Have other people noticed the negative tone rampant through Android > Market reviews? If an app does something people don't like, such as: > includes ads, has a visible bug, dares to offer only a trial, or is > "unoriginal" (the same idea as another app released earlier), it gets > blasted. And not just criticized, but leveled with poorly-spelled > profanity, personal insults, and 1-star ratings (never 2-stars, always > 1). > > Sometimes it feels like a mini-YouTube in there. And since most > people will only ever see the last 3 comments on an app, it doesn't > take much to make an app look completely unpalatable. I don't even > have an app on there myself, this is just me observing from afar. > > I never would have expected this from G1 owners, which should be > optimistic early adopter types, and certainly not from the people so > into it that they go to their My Downloads folder and take the time to > rate and star their apps. > > This sort of thing is going to become a problem, if it isn't one > already. I propose a few ideas to Google to deal with this: > > * Add a basic "flag this comment" moderation feature. > * Make it easier to read more than 3 comments - either, have "Read all > comments" become "Read more comments" and load them inline, or move > the "About the developer" options into the Menu-button menu, and use > the same infinite scroll technique on comments that you use for app > listings. > * Discount old ratings heavily, in the presence of new ratings (Google > may already be doing this) > * Add a positive, "thumbs up" style rating for comments, to promote > the thoughtful and sane reviewers. > > What do other people think are good ways to address this? > > -- Eric --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
