Agree, but before removing such an app, Google should atleast intimate the dev the reason, else, it won't be fair for the developer. And for this, someone will definitely have to checkout the app in person, before taking it down.
Also, if Google wishes to include such a condition in Terms and Conditions, say for example, if you app has 2000 downloads with avg rating of 1.5 stars, your app will be automatically removed, I am not sure, if all the devs would like this. On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:33 AM, TreKing <treking...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Kumar Bibek <coomar....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Yep, but this might not be a fool proof method. Say, a competitor dev can >> easily go and mark a new entrant as spam, and leave negative comments. 15-20 >> such comments and spam flags would obviously be a disadvantage for the new >> app. > > > Of course, but in my mind it would take a considerable amount of "votes" to > get one ejected - certainly more than 15-20, which still would require a > dedicated effort by either a lot of individual competitors or a single > company instructing their employees to use such tactics, which one would > hope is the exception, not the norm. > > And of course there would be other criteria. For example, if one developer > has 200+ apps, with an average rating of 2 stars and each app has been > flagged as spam at least 100 unique times over the course of time, it's fair > to assume they're worthless spammers. > > I'm sure some clever Google Engineer could come up with a fairly reliable > algorithm for Market spam detection. > A "20% time project", perhaps? > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago > transit tracking app for Android-powered devices > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- Kumar Bibek http://techdroid.kbeanie.com http://www.kbeanie.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
