Apple Removes 1000s of iPhone Application Reviews
Hello everyone. I was happy when I read this post at CartoonBarry. Apparently Apple has removed 1000s of iPhone Application reviews by users who didn't buy or download the iPhone applications they are reviewing.
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"...Yes, dear sir, with reference to the flatulence-generating applicationismo you have so well produced, I would say, with gusto, capital effort, old chap. I shall enjoy numerous chuckles and hours of juvenile (if you will excuse my age), light-hearted fun by the fireplace when the better half has gone off to sleep and there are no sounds but the night owl and that joyful repertoire of human cacaphony emanating from the speakers of the i-telephone..."
Yeah the app reviews are/were weird. Then again, how would one rate fart applications for example?
"...Yes, dear sir, with reference to the flatulence-generating applicationismo you have so well produced, I would say, with gusto, capital effort, old chap. I shall enjoy numerous chuckles and hours of juvenile (if you will excuse my age), light-hearted fun by the fireplace when the better half has gone off to sleep and there are no sounds but the night owl and that joyful repertoire of human cacaphony emanating from the speakers of the i-telephone..."
Please, please, buy a fart app just so that you can post that as a review! It's a work of genius
Amorya
Why would someone write a reveiw if they haven't even used it, I say good ridence. Fales reveiws FTL
Pretty much par for the course.
I've ready plenty of horrid Professional reviews but for a good reality check
I often will read some amazon.com reviews and you see the same thing. People
reviewing books they "obviously" did not read. Product reviews that almost seem
binary (with some people a 5 start rating system doesn't apply it's 1 star if they dislike
it and 5 star if they do)
Macupdate.com has some laughable reviews as well where folks are oft to recommend you check out some freebie tool that has half the functionality of the app you're looking at.
Writing a review is difficult. It typically requires structure that is a bit beyond passing a 101 English course IMO. Hell I've done reviews and found that my skills were lacking.
I applaud Apple for shitcanning thousands of moronic reviews that are just taking up space.
So they ran rampant through the Games (all they want is games, games, games) and marked them all "this should be free it sucks blah blah."
Cost developers a lot of money. Now at least the little bastards have to fork over some money to play let's-troll-the-reviews.