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Re: The Application Review Problem

Lina De Martinez — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:30:02 -0000

Nick -

I am thinking it might be interesting to do a follow up article on the comments included in the original article:

Slide caught posting fake positive reviews for their own app
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/03/slide-caug...

This is but the tip of the iceberg... and no one seems to understand what is going on REALLY. Starting with information being posted by bloggers - followed by the absolute lack of coverage by traditional media - it is no wonder that users are so clueless at to the real dangers lurking behind these Social Networks.

What is the New York Times doing research on? Let´s take a look...

Slide Slides Into Some Cash
January 18, 2008 - 2:25 pm
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/18/slide-...

Not enough? Let´s see if this video seems familiar...

Rich Media, Poor Democracy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfRXaORNSK8&...

Re: The Application Review Problem

Grant Brown — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:24:51 -0000

I agree with your idea. That would make it easier and allow for more legitimate reviews rather than spamming.

Re: The Application Review Problem

David — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:58:02 -0000

If Facebook made it easier for developers to make it easy for users to post a review (i.e. providing a fb tag that will lead to a "review this application" popup box, rather than having to link people to the application homepage) - then there would be more legitimate reviews, so the spam and fake reviews would have less impact.