[android-developers] Re: Comments/Ratings need to expire!

2009-02-15 Thread Joe LaPenna
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

[android-developers] Re: Comments/Ratings need to expire!

2009-02-14 Thread Marco Nelissen
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 co

[android-developers] Re: Comments/Ratings need to expire!

2009-02-14 Thread Timothy DeWees
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

[android-developers] Re: Comments/Ratings need to expire!

2009-02-14 Thread Dianne Hackborn
How about publishing it as a new app? As a user, I certainly wouldn't want ratings dropped quickly just because someone uninstalls an app. On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 10:32 PM, Beshoy wrote: > > A scenario: > You release an app... brand new.. tested locally, but not globally... > you receive some g