>>There's no need a for a dedicated team. Why not let the community deal with it? All they have to do is >>program the Market to automatically eject any apps that are deemed to be garbage by the community.
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. On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:15 AM, TreKing <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 9:26 AM, ses <[email protected]> wrote: > >> are there any plans for a moderation of apps on the Market? >> > > Don't count on it. > > >> Do other developers agree that some apps which clearly don't work or are >> so poor quality they could be deemed a waste of time should be removed, and >> do they think this (or any other approach) might raise the bar in terms of >> applications and stimulate Android app downloads? >> > > Wholeheartedly. > > On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Kumar Bibek <[email protected]> wrote: > >> But to do this, Google should setup a team specifically for this purpose, >> which as far as I know, is not being planned yet in the near future. > > > There's no need a for a dedicated team. Why not let the community deal with > it? All they have to do is program the Market to automatically eject any > apps that are deemed to be garbage by the community. This would be a factor > of low rating and being flagged as "inappropriate". Get a low enough rating > and enough flags and you're voted off the island. If you want back in you > have to contact Google Customer Support. In other words, you'd never be > allowed back. The mass of spam would be quickly eliminated and it would cost > Google nothing more than the initial setup. > > The day I no longer see crapps from M Star LLC or Michael Quach will be a > joyous day indeed. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
