Hi Prashant, It has been more than three weeks since my app got disabled.
I was wondering if you had a chance to take a look at this. Do you have an ETA of when my app will be re-enabled? Thanks! René 2010/8/11 Prashant (Google) <[email protected]> > Oops! > > My bad, I hadn't tried adding the apps to my profile. René, you're > right. Same for Bruno's app "Sou Honduras". This is weird, need to get > this checked. > > On Aug 11, 6:41 pm, "Prashant (Google)" <[email protected]> wrote: > > René, > > > > That's surprisingly _not_ my experience – I see your app all right > > despite that setting. But I still messed a bit again with your app's > > back-end settings, can you please re-check? > > > > ~Prashant > > > > On Aug 11, 8:37 am, René Tapia <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi Prashant, > > > > > It seems like my app is still disabled. > > > > > It is hidden if safety filter is set "do not show inappropriate > content". > > > > > Thanks, > > > René > > > > > 2010/8/10 René Tapia <[email protected]> > > > > > > Hi Prashant, > > > > > > Thank you for your prompt reply, and thank you for re-enabling the > apps! > > > > Totally agree, let's all co-operate to keep orkut a great platform. I > will > > > > keep an eye on the forum for updates on the policies. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > René > > > > > > 2010/8/10 Prashant (Google) <[email protected]> > > > > > > René, Baiju, Bruno, > > > > > >> Sorry for the long delay. Like I said last time, we're still working > > > >> on framing and refining our policies. > > > > > >> In the meanwhile, I just took a last look at all your apps and re- > > > >> enabled them. And we agree, it's not fair at all to disable your > apps > > > >> without publishing clear guidelines or sufficiently warning you in > > > >> advance, that was our mistake. MaxiAmigos, SMS-Me and the number of > > > >> apps Bruno had mentioned should all be now available to everyone. > I'm > > > >> really sorry for the loss this must have meant to you all. > > > > > >> @René: Really appreciate your detailed analysis and explanation on > > > >> both the occasions, thank you! Let's all co-operate to keep orkut as > > > >> friendly and clean as we can. I'll update this forum once we have > > > >> finalised how our policies should ideally look like. > > > > > >> ~Prashant > > > > > >> On Aug 10, 10:10 pm, René Tapia <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > Hi Prashant, > > > > > >> > Same here. I have been thinking about the "Inappropriate Content" > issue, > > > >> and > > > >> > the only thing I can think of that could violate the policies in > my app, > > > >> is > > > >> > the video-chat. > > > > > >> > Even though we clearly state that nudity is not allowed, > unfortunately a > > > >> few > > > >> > users abuse the video feature. The problem with live video, is > that it > > > >> is > > > >> > not possible for us to monitor live video 24 hrs. a day. However, > I > > > >> would > > > >> > like to invite you to enter my app ( > > > >>http://www.orkut.com/AppInfo.aspx?appId=1078012827336) and see that > the > > > >> vast > > > >> > majority of users do not abuse the video-feature and just want to > have a > > > >> > nice chat. > > > > > >> > Anyway, I want to let you know that it is not our intention to > violate > > > >> the > > > >> > policies, and that if video-chat is the reason why my app was > flagged as > > > >> > "Inappropriate Content", I would remove the video-chat feature > from my > > > >> app > > > >> > immediately. > > > > > >> > I know you must be super busy, but I would really appreciate it if > you, > > > >> or > > > >> > your abuse teams, could get back to me so I can address any policy > > > >> issues, > > > >> > and remove the "Inappropriate Content" flag from my app, or if you > could > > > >> at > > > >> > least give us an estimate of when do you think you could get back > to us > > > >> so > > > >> > we can make plans accordingly. > > > > > >> > Here are some more comments from Orkut users, who can not find my > app: > > > >> > http://www.google.com/support/orkut/bin/search.py?hl=pt-BR&forum=1&qu... > > > > > >> > Thanks in advance and best regards, > > > > > >> > ________________________ > > > >> > Rene Tapia | Nux Labshttp://nuxlabs.com > > > > > >> > 2010/8/10 MyCantos <[email protected]> > > > > > >> > > Hi Prashant, > > > > > >> > > We would like to know whether you got a chance to review the > SMS- > > > >> > > Me app ? It has been down for more than 3 weeks now and we would > > > >> > > really appreciate it if the application can be reviewed and > restored > > > >> > > at the earliest, as the number of users requesting us for the > same, is > > > >> > > growing in number day by day. > > > >> > > In case if it is going to take time, we would like to know at > least > > > >> > > the exact reasons behind a denial without any > notification?Because we > > > >> > > are still unaware of the reasons and actions to be taken. > > > > > >> > > Thanks again, > > > >> > > Baiju > > > > > >> > > On Aug 4, 12:11 am, "Prashant (Google)" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > >> > > > Yes, sorry for all this trouble. As you may guess, we're in > the > > > >> > > > process of refining our app policies and it's possible that > some of > > > >> > > > these false positives are its unfortunate result. If you give > us > > > >> some > > > >> > > > time, we'll go individually through these apps and have them > > > >> reviewed > > > >> > > > by our abuse teams and get back to you. > > > > > >> > > > @Bruno, yes, that's the safety filter I was talking about. > > > > > >> > > > Thanks much for your patience guys! > > > >> > > > Prashant > > > > > >> > > > On Aug 3, 10:24 pm, "Bruno M. V. Souza" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > Prashant, > > > > > >> > > > > About the same thread (Inappropriate Content)... Where users > can > > > >> set > > > >> > > > > up the safety filter in new Orkut? I only see the option in > old > > > >> orkut > > > >> > > > > (settings -> general -> safety filter). Is that right? > > > > > >> > > > > Best regards > > > >> > > > > -- > > > >> > > > > Bruno Souza > > > > > >> > > > > On 3 ago, 14:06, "Bruno M. V. Souza" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > Hi Prashant, > > > > > >> > > > > > Some of my soccer apps were also flagged as "Inappropriate > > > >> Content" > > > >> > > > > > and I can´t find a reason for this in the content > policyhttp:// > > > >> > >www.google.com/support/orkut/bin/answer.py?answer=16198. > > > >> > > > > > I also would be very grateful if you could let me know the > > > >> reason why > > > >> > > > > > my apps were flagged so I can work out a solution. > > > > > >> > > > > > App ids: > > > >> > > > > > 734002337277 > > > >> > > > > > 464831346785 > > > >> > > > > > 298851144497 > > > >> > > > > > 135802993721 > > > >> > > > > > 631915784471 > > > >> > > > > > 1058690388551 > > > >> > > > > > 728707829721 > > > >> > > > > > 379284710748 > > > >> > > > > > 997344397673 > > > >> > > > > > 96353993647 > > > >> > > > > > 957485326438 > > > >> > > > > > 860070157618 > > > >> > > > > > 332096964477 > > > >> > > > > > 582592941063 > > > >> > > > > > 440466171850 > > > >> > > > > > 517882529281 > > > >> > > > > > 477093325084 > > > >> > > > > > 933627139569 > > > > > >> > > > > > Best regards, > > > >> > > > > > Bruno Souza > > > > > >> > > > > > On 2 ago, 15:13, René Tapia <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > > Hi Prashant, > > > > > >> > > > > > > Thank you very much for your reply, I gather from your > reply > > > >> that > > > >> > > my app was > > > >> > > > > > > flagged as "Inappropriate Content". > > > > > >> > > > > > > I would like to ask what prompted the decision to flag > my app > > > >> as > > > >> > > > > > > "Inappropriate Content", after 2 years of being in > production? > > > > > >> > > > > > > I would be very grateful if you could let me know the > reason > > > >> why my > > > >> > > app was > > > >> > > > > > > flagged so we can work out a solution. > > > > > >> > > > > > > I would also like to comment, first of all, that your > efforts > > > >> to > > > >> > > eliminate > > > >> > > > > > > bad content are extremely laudable and praiseworthy (and > I can > > > >> > > definitely > > > >> > > > > > > relate to your efforts from working on my own app). > > > > > >> > > > > > > However, I think that no matter how refined the > automated > > > >> filter > > > >> > > is, there > > > >> > > > > > > will always be cases where content that the user really > wants > > > >> to > > > >> > > see, is > > > >> > > > > > > flagged as "Inappropriate Content", and if you > completely hide > > > >> it > > > >> > > from the > > > >> > > > > > > user, this will surely lead to user frustration. > > > > > >> > > > > > > I think a much better approach is to *warn* the user > about > > > >> > > "Inappropriate > > > >> > > > > > > Content", but let him make the final decision. I think > YouTube > > > >> > > handled this > > > >> > > > > > > very well, because you can search, and the results will > > > >> contain > > > >> > > videos that > > > >> > > > > > > some users would consider inappropriate, but if you > click on > > > >> one of > > > >> > > this > > > >> > > > > > > videos, before showing the video, you are warned that > this > > > >> video > > > >> > > may be > > > >> > > > > > > considered inappropriate by some users, and you are > given the > > > >> > > choice of > > > >> > > > > > > whether you want to see it or not. > > > > > >> > > > > > > Anyway, here are some comments from my users, where you > can > > > >> see for > > > >> > > yourself > > > >> > > > > > > the confusion and frustration of users when the content > is > > > >> hidden > > > >> > > (you can > > > >> > > > > > > also see them herehttp:// > > > >> > >www.orkut.com/Main#Scrapbook?uid=7899678479676107042): > > > > > >> > > > > > > ღ♥ღ ☆ Dóroty: > > > >> > > > > > > Olá, td bem? > > > >> > > > > > > A pergunta é a mesma KD MEU MAXI AMIGOS??????? Poxa, > adoro > > > >> esse > > > >> > > aplicativo, > > > >> > > > > > > pq naum consigo acessá-lo??? Aguardo resposta! Beijão > :D > > > > > >> > > > > > > dofaoo: > > > >> > > > > > > kd maxi sumilll ??? quando volta falowwww ... > > > > > >> > > > > > > Janaina: > > > >> > > > > > > meu max sumiu que faço > > > > > >> > > > > > > ♥♥ simone: > > > >> > > > > > > oi quando que volta o max ele só tem no hi5,queria no > orkut > > > >> > > tambem!beijos > > > > > >> > > > > > > laila ♥: > > > >> > > > > > > quando vai voltar o maxi?? boa semana > > > > > >> > > > > > > laila ♥: > > > >> > > > > > > bom dia o maxiamigos não voltou no orkut > > > > > >> > > > > > > Edson: > > > >> > > > > > > HOLA, > > > >> > > > > > > como que ta o maxiamigos,, porque nao consigo fazer ele > > > >> funcionar > > > >> > > > > > > nao sei o porque, ele nao esta mais acessando > > > > > >> > > > > > > Cerca: > > > >> > > > > > > Certo Nux, eu fui procurar o maxi amigos e não estava > > > >> disponível. > > > >> > > Adoro seu > > > >> > > > > > > programa. Por favor, avise-nos quando ele voltar. > > > >> > > > > > > Forte abraço, > > > >> > > > > > > OK Nux, when i looked for maxi amigos this was not > visible in > > > >> tool > > > > ... > > > > read more » > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "orkut Developer Forum" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<opensocial-orkut%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-orkut?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "orkut Developer Forum" 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/opensocial-orkut?hl=en.
