And yet no word from Google. Although, I can say that I've seen some kind of moderation. (I guess) I haven't seen a lot of comments like
"your app rocks. 5 starss... contact me [email protected]" Which was a big issue before. Still, it needs a lot of improvement. Ivan Soto Fernandez Web Developer http://ivansotof.com On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 8:40 AM, Sean Hodges <[email protected]>wrote: > > From my experience, auto filters have limited effectiveness, though > definitely better than nothing at all. > > Ideally, there would be a "Report Abuse" button that acts similar to > the spam feature, and in both cases if a Google account is reported a > number of times it is reviewed by market support for inappropriate > activity (I'm not sure if this is already the case for the spam > feature). > > If a malicious user starts picking on another by reporting all their > comments, the data from this can be used to review the reporter's > account instead... People abusing the system should get a warning > followed by a ban on the market, or some similar course of action. > > Of course, if this is too much to implement, an auto-filter should > definitely be considered as an alternative. There are lots of reports > requesting this in the market forum. > > > > On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 3:29 PM, [email protected] > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Completely agree. I'm amazed there isn't an auto-filter going on - it > > would be easy to catch obvious swear words like the ones you quote > > above. > > > > When I've seen abusive comments, the poster usually tries to disguise > > the swear words by changing a letter or by using asterisks instead, > > because of fear of being moderated I guess. > > > > But it looks like the moderating is not happening at all. > > > > > > > > On Apr 8, 2:48 pm, mask <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This is an excerpt from an application comment: > >> > >> "This stupid fucking shit isn't downloading/installing! What a waste > >> sherelle 2009-04-08 04:00:44" > >> > >> As a developer, I would like to know when is Google going to start > >> moderating such illiterate and ignorant people from commenting on an > >> issue developer has no control. At least, the curse words should be > >> removed or 'moderated' for keeping the developer community sane. Keep > >> in mind, in the long run its the developers and their application that > >> will eventually sell and market android platform. > >> > >> As a developer, all ignorant and abusive comments are least > >> productive. Also Google's inaction in removing abusive comments are > >> totally unacceptable. > >> > >> As a developer, I request Google to take immediate action by removing > >> comments which are abusive or totally remove commenting but keep the > >> star rating until Google provides a complete solution. > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
