Does Apple monitor these boards?

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addisonaddison
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
I was wondering if Apple monitors these and other popular boards for the purposes of feedback.



The reason I was ondering is that there are quite a few missing featurers in some of thier applications and I wonder how Apple knows what it's customers want. It isn't easy to send feedback to Apple.



For example I would like to see 16:9 material supported by iDVD and chapters in iMovie. How can one relate this to apple and get them to believe that there is a demand for such featurers. On the other hand if they read these board they could "evesdrop" on our conversations and get a pretty good idea of the things that bug us.



So what is the answer, do they or don't they?

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  • Reply 1 of 15
    matsumatsu Posts: 6,558member
    Actually there are a few market research companies and promotional outlets that now work through the net and it's associated communities to read/create 'buzz'



    I dunno if Apple uses any of them.
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  • Reply 2 of 15
    amorphamorph Posts: 7,112member
    Apple has someone monitoring most of the discussion boards. I'm not sure who our rep is. He hasn't come forward. It was Sal Saghoian before the Great Blackout.
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  • Reply 2 of 15
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Not in the way you're suggesting here.
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  • Reply 4 of 15
    cosmonutcosmonut Posts: 4,872member
    How did they find out about Workerbee? Were they monitoring then?
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  • Reply 5 of 15
    horned_froghorned_frog Posts: 577member
    If someone from Apple is reading this, I have a great idea to really get out the buzz about how great Apple is...FREE iPOD for all the AI members!



    Pretty please?
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  • Reply 6 of 15
    ryanthegreatryanthegreat Posts: 359member
    [quote]Originally posted by Horned_Frog:

    <strong>If someone from Apple is reading this, I have a great idea to really get out the buzz about how great Apple is...FREE iPOD for all the AI members!



    Pretty please? </strong><hr></blockquote>



    I think this would also greatly increase the number of AI members...
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  • Reply 7 of 15
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Duh, didn't I tell you?



    I'm Jonathan Ive.



    [ 02-22-2002: Message edited by: Jonathan ]</p>
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  • Reply 8 of 15
    sizzle chestsizzle chest Posts: 1,133member
    Not only that, but Steve Jobs frequently posts on here under the name of "Macintosh."
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  • Reply 9 of 15
    eugeneeugene Posts: 8,254member
    I don't think Sal was a 'monitor.' He was just Mr. AppleScript Guru with a little bit of free time.



    People from Apple surf to AppleInsider all the time.
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  • Reply 10 of 15
    macsrgood4umacsrgood4u Posts: 3,007member
    Probably for their amusement. I hope they don't spend too much time though, they need to keep coming up with new products.
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  • Reply 11 of 15
    murbotmurbot Posts: 5,262member
    If they do, you can bet that had Macintosh not canceled his order, he'd get getting an iMac with 7 dead pixels right in the middle of his screen.



    "Sorry you little shit...uh, sir... that still falls within acceptable limits."



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  • Reply 12 of 15
    applenutapplenut Posts: 5,768member
    I know for a fact that some Apple people browse the boards. especially looking for breaches of NDA.



    Not that I would know anything about that
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  • Reply 13 of 15
    i think, therefore ibook.i think, therefore ibook. Posts: 38member
    I believe that Aphelion is the employee assigned to us at the moment. Well, maybe assigned is the wrong word, but he has stated that his superiors know that he is on these boards.
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  • Reply 14 of 15
    bellebelle Posts: 1,574member
    [quote]Originally posted by JW Pepper:

    <strong>For example I would like to see 16:9 material supported by iDVD and chapters in iMovie. How can one relate this to apple and get them to believe that there is a demand for such featurers.</strong><hr></blockquote>

    Try <a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/feedback/"; target="_blank">here</a>. There isn't a specific option for iDVD or iMovie, but at least (it appears) Apple reads this feedback.



    Alternatively, try heckling Apple employees at workshops, like Michaelm8000.
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  • Reply 15 of 15
    spookyspooky Posts: 504member
    Apple continually monitor these boards to see how well the RDF is holding.



    then they go and tap in the details on their 2GHz Dells.
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