We really need something like 'Report abuse" or "Inaccurate"
I try a lot of applications that run perfectly but I bet some people with a lot of background applications running will obviously have problems with the Force Close thing, they usually just go to the market and give 1star for that. I would love to report that as inaccurate, because that is just not spam. Ivan Soto Fernandez Web Developer http://ivansotof.com On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Eric Mill <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've written on this list a couple times about the deplorable state of > Android Market comment threads. It has gotten better than it used to > be, though, I think the "Report as Spam" option has made an impact. > > You're not going to get people to change the way they express > themselves about how they feel about your app, though. YouTube has > played with their comment system numerous times, but the comment > threads are still a gutter. It's just the audience and the culture. > Blocking out basic curse words just goads people to get around the > filter. > > Like I said though, I think it's improved, I'm not seeing the same > level of vindictiveness and bile that was there in the winter. It's > just going to take some more time, and it's going to have to come from > the community. > > -- Eric > > On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Ivan Soto <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
