It's not ridiculous, it's pathetic. If I could browse paid apps I'd go and mark all < 3 star ratings as spam for every app out there, especially ratings for Market-related problems.
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 4:23 PM, Sundog <sunns...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The rating system is ridiculous. I have literally dozens of 5-star > ratings and a couple of one-stars from idiots. Guess which ones have > been appearing at the top of my list for a week. > > On Mar 11, 10:50 pm, Alexander Maxwell <okthat...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 19:01, sm1 <sergemas...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > This means that the offensive and apparently >> > immature comments all came from dev phone 1 owners (ADP1) >> >> This is decidedly _not_ true. I have a rooted phone, as well as a majority >> of the people I collaborate with regarding the development of Android's more >> advanced features. Even simple things like screenshots and auto-rotate are >> hard to implement without having root access, but quite simple with such >> permissions. Not to mention the necessity of having the ability to store >> caches, etc. on the SD card vs. the limited internal storage. Regardless, to >> get an ADP phone, one needs to register as an Android developer, something >> that is likely less common among the demographics you mention. >> >> It is interesting that the comments were reduced as such once you enabled >> copy protection, so maybe there is something to the root-access owner >> theory. I believe getting root access is likely what many of the >> hacker-kiddies would be interested in, same as hacking the iPhone, >> downloading cracks, etc. >> >> > Copy protection (which does not work on rooted phones, btw) >> >> This is what interested me the most, as I have a rooted phone since the 2nd >> day I received the phone (after pre-ordering the first night available >> online, since I have an open-source fetish, as well as respect for Google in >> general). I have bought around 10 apps so far, returned only 1, since it was >> not-functional (I sent an apology letter to the dev, actually, since I felt >> bad for returning something of quality). >> I am somewhat ashamed to say that I have (including themes for some apps, >> widgets, etc.) over 320 apps currently installed, which makes me hesitant to >> agree with what you mentioned regarding copy protection on rooted phones. >> Any way you could have me check your copy-protected apps to see if they >> install and function correctly? I suppose just the name of something you >> have posted to the Market would be enough. >> >> My opinion is that the reason for such a horrid system of >> ratings/reviews/comments on the market is multi-fold: >> >> As far as I am aware, a vast majority of the active Market support from >> Google comes from a small group of about 10 employees (Alden, Robin, e...@n, >> Bret, Bin, Thom, Christopher, Ash, Zeke, DouglasG), making improvements >> harder to implement, as issues would need to be prioritized. The comments >> system has to take a backseat to things that more obviously affect Android's >> development and stability. >> >> Also, G1 owners have been used to a Market with only Free apps, and that is >> a bit like getting a free sample in a grocery store. No kid will buy the >> product, they'll just grab the free food. Asking them if they would like to >> buy it would get the same type of comments you mention. >> >> Any comment system /forum that is [basically] anonymous and unmoderated ends >> up the same way, with results such as craigslist has experienced in the >> past. >> >> A few ideas that have been suggested that would be easy to implement, as >> well as be a step in the right direction, would be to add, in addition to >> "Report as Spam," an option to "Report as Abuse" and the ability to rate the >> review. Something possibly even more helpful would be an option to see the >> other reviews that the user has posted, and rate the reviewer, or report the >> Abuser. The moderation of the Abuser could simply be a temporary ban on >> rating apps, while still able to download and install them. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to android-discuss@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
