As far as I can see, this is already the case, only those who have downloaded an app may comment. I've only been able to leave comments from my My Downloads folder.
The excess of profanity is a big part of why the comments section of the Market is so unpleasant to read through. A user-specific setting to block comments with profanity would be nice, even if I wouldn't use it. I don't know how to address the other half of the problem, which is just thoughtlessness and caprice on the part of users. The only idea that comes to mind is rating the comments, Amazon-style, and weighting downvoted commenters' ratings accordingly. -- Eric On Dec 17, 12:11 am, Incognito <[email protected]> wrote: > >>Hi Eric, sorry to have gone astray from the original subject. My vote > >>is for disabling comments altogether. There are other places where > >>people can vent their verdicts or give feedback to developers, and IP- > >>based spam blocking does not work here, I think, due to T-Mobile's > >>proxies. > > I hope not. Rather what I think should happen is that only people that > have already downloaded the app should be able to comment. > If people think your application stinks well so be it. > > On Dec 16, 12:03 pm, blindfold <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > What do other people think are good ways to address this? > > > Hi Eric, sorry to have gone astray from the original subject. My vote > > is for disabling comments altogether. There are other places where > > people can vent their verdicts or give feedback to developers, and IP- > > based spam blocking does not work here, I think, due to T-Mobile's > > proxies. > > > On Dec 16, 4:31 pm, Eric Mill <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I'm glad I could start a discussion about benchmarking, but the more > > > important thing, to me, is the level of discussion and feedback taking > > > place on the market, and what to do about it. I've given my > > > suggestions, and I'm interested in knowing others'. > > > > Justin, thank you for your nice, if vague, response -- I'm just > > > looking for an acknowledgement on Google's part that it is a problem, > > > more than specific commitments on what to do about it. You didn't > > > really provide that, but I'll assume you do know it's a problem > > > anyway. > > > > -- Eric- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
