Actually, I think a good way around this issue -- retaining user ratings and comments but allowing them to de-value in accurate comments would be if each comment could be commented on by the app author. Some ability to offer a round trip communication between the author and the commenter would go a long way to solve what I think are some of the core issues the original poster had.
On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 4:22 PM, Marco Nelissen <marc...@android.com> wrote: > If a single 1-star rating brings your average rating down noticeably, you've > got bigger problems :) > In any case, this could be dealt with by weighing recent comments heavier > than older comments, no need to remove old comments/ratings. This would be > more fair to the customers who took the time to comment, and would still > result in an overall rating that better reflects what people think of the > most recent version. > > > On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Timothy DeWees <whtdrgn...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Preach IT!!!! I'm glad we can now mark ratings as spam but they still >> need to expire. I've released something like 20+ updates to my >> application and I am still dinged for version 1.0 because a user rated >> me 1 star and said "needs this feature". I've since added that >> feature but I'm still dinged for it. >> >> On Feb 14, 1:32 am, Beshoy <odsl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > A scenario: >> > You release an app... brand new.. tested locally, but not globally... >> > you receive some good reviews, some bad -- so you get to work to make >> > it perfect. >> > >> > A month later, the app/game is 1000 times better.... >> > >> > Problem: Many players have rated you a 1 star and uninstalled. You've >> > fixed the problems they've complained about, but you have no way of >> > contacting them to let them know that the problem that bothered them >> > is fixed.... so you sit there with all those bad stars.... that are >> > affecting your CURRENT score, but are irrelevant after all the >> > updating you did. >> > >> > Solution: I propose that comments/ratings expire in about a month >> > after the user uninstalls an application. You can even add another >> > criteria (only if developer has updated app since comment posting) so >> > that you're not deleting useful comments... >> > >> > This is a hard subject, but I think it can be another big step towards >> > a perfect market :) >> > > > > > -- http://joelapenna.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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
