"Bolao Placar" and "Sou Corinthians!" are doing the same thing: posting an activity without a single action from the user. Google Latitude was doing the same a few weeks ago and Apurv clarified that is not allowed:
http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-orkut/browse_thread/thread/6c389db4d9efb1c3/a814f883288c5cb8 Unfortunately, there is a ton of apps still doing this. On 28 maio, 08:51, Samuel Vignoli <samuel.vign...@gmail.com> wrote: > Answering for Studio Sol's apps... > > I think you should read the guidelines one more time: > > 1) Violations are not punished with immediate removals: "Policy > Violations > > If your application is found in violation of any policy set above, you > will be contacted at the email address provided in the author_email > attribute of your app's ModulePrefs element. Depending on the severity > of the violation, you may be given 24 hours to address the issue and > respond, although your app may be removed immediately if the violation > is especially egregious. If your app is removed, it will not appear in > the directory for up to 10 days, although users who have installed > your app may be able to continue using it. If the violation has not > been addressed after 10 days, however, users will no longer be able to > access your application on orkut. > > If you are found in violation again, all apps produced by your company > or organization will be removed from the directory and will not be > reinstated for 30 days or until all violations are fixed (whichever is > longer)." > > 2) Guidelines prohibits post an install action. Just like "Username > just installed this app". Our apps you mentionated above post an > update like "Username created its membership card number 999999 to > this team" wich is the core feature of these apps. > > Anyway, you mentionated an app with a big problem: Bolão Placar is > asking install when friends without the app access the canvas view. > > Hope you have a better luck in your apps development to figure out in > first page. > > Samuel Vignoli > > On 27 maio, 13:54, brandited <brandi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Some of the apps from the directory 1st page (pt) is using > > requestCreateActivity without a single action from the user, just > > install: > > > From 1st page: > > > #4 - Mosaico de Amigos (JDJaramillo - Mentez) > > #5 - Sou Corinthians! (studiosol.com.br) > > #6 - Sou Flamengo! (studiosol.com.br) > > #7 - Sou São Paulo! (studiosol.com.br) > > #12 - Sou Palmeiras (studiosol.com.br) > > #16 - Elegante Fontes e Recados (Tarun Agarwal) > > #17 - Bolão Placar (Placar - powered by Mentez) > > #24 - BuboMe (BuboMe.com) > > > Some from 2nd page (for example): > > > #36 - SUPER MARIO WORLD FLASH GAMES ONLINE (www.Micoia.Net) > > #48 - BUBBLE SHOOTER GAMES ONLINE (www.Micoia.Net) > > > This isn't allowed in guidelines: it says that this kind of violation > > is punished with directory remotion of the app. > > > This practice has already caused a lot of harm. Authors never got > > punished, and they kept doing this, building an userbase for months, > > being in the top list for a lot of time. I bet some people don't even > > search for apps any more, because they see these apps in the top list, > > think there's nothing new (or at least nothing better than those) and > > yet these apps are top ranked helped by a forbidden practice. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Orkut Developer Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to opensocial-orkut@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to opensocial-orkut+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-orkut?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
