Has this been mentioned here: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/label?lid=6c2f25659505b63d
? If not, then probably best to add it. Fully agree with what most others are saying here. Don't allow comment edits to float to the top - although maybe for the first time the user comments after any update is released. Could also randomize comment order within the last 24 hours though this would only really impact those apps that get a lot of comments. On Dec 29, 7:40 am, gjs <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > But isn't relevance just as subjective, it depends on perspective, > context and expert knowledge / mastery of the app / platform / > domain ? How would it be automatically ranked ? By number of stars > given ? The authors/dev comment is usually a biased 5 star, your > competitor as usually a biased lesser number of stars & mentions their > alternative app. (For my app) I regularly see comments that are > positive but mention some missing app feature - that is usually > already supported - so only give 4 stars, which usually means the user > doesn't know or the feature is not 'intuitive' or easy to find / use. > Any ratings system has weaknesses that can be exploited, heck I've > seen someone spamming for a paid service where they offer an 'army' of > users to give good app ratings for a price (!) I'd prefer to see user > comments fixed in time & provision for a DEV response to each comment, > together with a URL link for more lengthy discussion in an (lightly > moderated) official open Android Market App Forum (just like this > forum) where both the user(s) and dev can continue a discussion at > length about the original comment. > > Regards > > On Dec 29, 9:52 am, Mariano Kamp <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > No, the obvious solution would be to rank comments by relevance. > > > Sent from a mobile device > > > On Dec 28, 2010, at 17:40, Pent <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Since the new Market layout, I believe the top 3 comments have become > > > much more important than the others. They were more important before, > > > but only slightly so, since the others were visible immediately right > > > below them. > > > > I think it's now easy to tip a sale one way or the other dependent on > > > whether those 3 comments are very positive or very negative. > > > > Now, in theory I can register 3 Google accounts, buy the app 3 times > > > and make sure those comments are always positive. I can see that my > > > competitor is already doing this (though with only one account), which > > > prompted my post. > > > > The only thing to stop me doing that is my own conscience and the > > > market 'policy': > > > >http://www.google.com/support/androidmarket/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answe... > > > > ...which is only policed if someone complains. And if the abuser does > > > it again straight after, nothing is done till someone complains again, > > > rewind and repeat (in my experience). > > > > Since no one is likely to be policing my comments except me, surely > > > it's stupid not to be fixing them ? Or did I miss something ? > > > > The obvious quick-remedy is to stop people reposting comments...or if > > > they repost they stay in the same position they were before. I'm sure > > > the Market Team will be listening.... > > > > Pent > > > > -- > > > 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 > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. -- 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.
