{"id":519137,"date":"2010-04-07T11:00:54","date_gmt":"2010-04-07T15:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/?p=14458"},"modified":"2010-04-07T11:00:54","modified_gmt":"2010-04-07T15:00:54","slug":"the-power-of-anonymous-or-who-will-protect-the-developer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/519137","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Anonymous; or Who Will Protect the Developer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- AdSense Now! V1.83 --><br \/>\n<!-- Post[count: 2] --><\/p>\n<div class=\"adsense adsense-leadin\" style=\"text-align:center;margin: 12px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-8523547931208430\";\n\/* 468x60-agweekly *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"8012175393\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tweetmeme_button\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.androidguys.com%2F2010%2F04%2F07%2Fpower-anonymous-protect-developer%2F\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.androidguys.com%2F2010%2F04%2F07%2Fpower-anonymous-protect-developer%2F&amp;source=AndroidGuys&amp;style=normal&amp;service=bit.ly\" height=\"61\" width=\"50\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p class=\"first-child \">All of us who have apps on the Android Market have also experienced down-voting, spam and ugly comments. I think I just about nailed the worst case scenario. Here&#8217;s the scoop.<span id=\"more-14458\"><\/span><br \/>\nI have a fairly new app on the market &#8220;Credit Cards.&#8221; It&#8217;s basically a wrapper for an XML API provided, let me assure you, by a reputable company. The app is new so every comment and every vote really counts.\u00a0 The last comment from user Scott in big-bold-all-capital letters accuses my app of being a &#8220;<strong>PHISHING SCAM!!!<\/strong>&#8221; For the app that lets user research and apply for a credit card this is a serious problem &#8211; it will definitely spook away some potential users.<br \/>\nUnfortunately, there&#8217;s no one to complain to. Yes, I marked the comment as spam as a last resort. It may not be spam, maybe Scott just hates credit cards.\u00a0 I really have no other choice though.\u00a0 Now &#8211; this action only removes the comment from my view and I really doubt that Google will ever pay attention. And I think this really, really sucks given amount of effort and creativity that goes into these apps.<\/p>\n<p>So do you guys have any suggestions? Yes, I&#8217;ve posted complaints to\u00a0 the Android market help forums, but I&#8217;m not very hopeful\ufeff. What is your experience with Android Market comments and votes?\u00a0 Can we,\u00a0 as community,\u00a0 influence or change anything? 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