Eric, Thanks for the suggestions. We are, and will always, work to make Market reviews and comments more useful to users deciding whether to install an application. We'll continue to make improvements to how applications are rated. Its in everyone's interest to help users find the best applications and we're committed to doing everything we can to facilitate that.
Cheers, Justin Android Team @ Google On Dec 12, 6:44 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
