I was lucky enough to be invited to join the limited beta for developer comments. It's a wonderful addition to the developer console. This feature really makes the Play store much more useful for everyone, developers and users alike.
You are lucky. Did you find someone to reach out to and request this, or did they find you (your app is easy to find, as you don't have to go far down the list of top apps until you show up).
I really, really want this (as I suppose many of the other devs on this list do to).
I have signed up for the new Market console, but haven't been invited in for the beta for that either yet.
At any rate, congrats - you certainly qualify as a 'Top Developer', I am just wondering how long it will take for this feature to filter its way down to the rest of us "mere mortal' developers.
On Friday, August 10, 2012 9:04:54 PM UTC-7, John Coryat wrote:
> I was lucky enough to be invited to join the limited beta for developer > comments. It's a wonderful addition to the developer console. This feature > really makes the Play store much more useful for everyone, developers and > users alike.
I'm not a "top developer." In order to qualify for that role, a developer needs several top rated apps. I don't know how many is several and I don't know what the rating level or downloads are required but I do know that we don't qualify.
I think they are rolling out this much needed feature to the less than top developer group now.
> I'm not a "top developer." In order to qualify for that role, a developer
> needs several top rated apps. I don't know how many is several and I don't
> know what the rating level or downloads are required but I do know that we
> don't qualify.
> I think they are rolling out this much needed feature to the less than top
> developer group now.
> -John Coryat
Is this part of the "preview" for the new developer console I signed up for the other day?
On Monday, August 13, 2012 4:58:31 AM UTC+10, jtoolsdev wrote:
> On 08/12/2012 10:39 AM, John Coryat wrote: > > I'm not a "top developer." In order to qualify for that role, a > developer > > needs several top rated apps. I don't know how many is several and I > don't > > know what the rating level or downloads are required but I do know that > we > > don't qualify.
> > I think they are rolling out this much needed feature to the less than > top > > developer group now.
> > -John Coryat
> Is this part of the "preview" for the new developer console I signed up > for the other day?
I don't see why they wouldn't roll it out to all devs.
Any "rage against developers" is not Google's concern. You will only experience that if you deal with your users in a negative manner. And if you do then beware the pitchforks and torches.
Most comments I'd let lie, but when they are misconceptions about the app or it's capabilities I'd love to be able to correct them. Things Like "1 star cause I can't switch off the sound" which has been in the app since version 1.0. Fortunately I get very few of these, perhaps because I have an in-app message feed that reminds people about usage, so it's probably only 1% of comments, but it's frustrating.
If you read that terms document that is attached to the developer replies thing, it specifically states that we have to be nice or get spanked. I think it is in everyone's best interest to be nice on the comment replies thing. It's your public face to the consumer and any nastiness there will reflect on your image as a developer. Nobody likes nasty customer service!
I've been using it for a couple of days now and it's been very satisfying to reply to those one star comments.
On Sunday, August 12, 2012 7:17:19 PM UTC-5, William Ferguson wrote:
> I don't see why they wouldn't roll it out to all devs.
> Any "rage against developers" is not Google's concern. You will only > experience that if you deal with your users in a negative manner. And if > you do then beware the pitchforks and torches.
> Most comments I'd let lie, but when they are misconceptions about the app > or it's capabilities I'd love to be able to correct them. Things Like "1 > star cause I can't switch off the sound" which has been in the app since > version 1.0. Fortunately I get very few of these, perhaps because I have an > in-app message feed that reminds people about usage, so it's probably only > 1% of comments, but it's frustrating.
> William
> On Monday, August 13, 2012 9:11:03 AM UTC+10, b0b wrote:
>> On Sunday, 12 August 2012 15:25:25 UTC+2, Mike Wolfson wrote:
>>> I am just wondering how long it will take for this feature to filter >>> its way down to the rest of us "mere mortal' developers.
>> I wonder if they will ever unleash it to all developers ever, for fear >> of developer rage towards users...
>> I wanted that feature badly a few weeks ago, but now I think I don't care >> that much replying to comments, as long as the ratings do >> not go down.
On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 9:34 AM, John Coryat <cor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was lucky enough to be invited to join the limited beta for developer
> comments. It's a wonderful addition to the developer console. This feature
> really makes the Play store much more useful for everyone, developers and
> users alike.
> I hope this fantastic feature is rolled out to everyone soon.
> Thanks Google! I really appreciate it!
> -John Coryat
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Kareena on Monday, August 13, 2012 at 10:45 HTC Evo 4G (supersonic) Version 3.9
Ads?? As soon as I installed, I started getting ads popping up on my phone. It's a no-go for me!! You replied on Monday, August 13, 2012 at 3:17 PM
If you're talking about ads appearing outside of our app, then you're mistaken. We don't use an ad network that uses push technology. Too invasive and annoying! If you're talking about banners inside our app, then know that anyone, anytime, can opt out of banners for free. If you really don't like to see ads, then by all means, just opt out.
> Kareena on Monday, August 13, 2012 at 10:45 HTC Evo 4G (supersonic) Version
> 3.9
> Ads?? As soon as I installed, I started getting ads popping up on my phone.
> It's a no-go for me!!
> You replied on Monday, August 13, 2012 at 3:17 PM
> If you're talking about ads appearing outside of our app, then you're
> mistaken. We don't use an ad network that uses push technology. Too
> invasive and annoying! If you're talking about banners inside our app, then
> know that anyone, anytime, can opt out of banners for free. If you really
> don't like to see ads, then by all means, just opt out.
The comment reads like it is from someone too hyperbolic to be paying much attention anyway. The majority of negative comments are from people like that. They're the ones who never figure out that the Menu button works for apps too. So much so that we might as well design the apps (as sorta suggested on the recent developer blog) like iPhone ones with all those things on the screen although the original design was for external Menu, Home and Back buttons to save precious screen real estate. I've had the good fortune to have some customers retort to the negative ads even calling the negative poster stupid. We live it a world of idiots with short attention spans.
On Tuesday, August 14, 2012 12:31:07 PM UTC-7, jtoolsdev wrote:
> On 08/13/2012 01:19 PM, John Coryat wrote: > > The JOY of responding to a comment:
> > Kareena on Monday, August 13, 2012 at 10:45 HTC Evo 4G > (supersonic) Version > > 3.9
> > Ads?? As soon as I installed, I started getting ads popping up on my > phone. > > It's a no-go for me!! > > You replied on Monday, August 13, 2012 at 3:17 PM
> > If you're talking about ads appearing outside of our app, then you're > > mistaken. We don't use an ad network that uses push technology. Too > > invasive and annoying! If you're talking about banners inside our app, > then > > know that anyone, anytime, can opt out of banners for free. If you > really > > don't like to see ads, then by all means, just opt out.
> The comment reads like it is from someone too hyperbolic to be paying > much attention anyway.
The type of comment above also comes from someone who uses an "ad detector" app. A user who has not even seen push ads will nonetheless think your app has them if some other app says so.
Got these recently. "Ads? Why does this show up with airpush detector scan?" "Unwanted Ads and Spam Sorry. Good App but discovered it was pushing unwanted Ads and Spam to my phone."
I also got a rash of messages directly from customers.
Them: How come your app comes up in Airpush Detector? Me: Because Airpush Detector is wrong.
While the latest App Critic App has admitted their mistake, I can expect dozens more to crop up one by one. I've seen open source code for ad detectors, and its only ten lines of code. Accuracy doesn't matter when you want to feed the users' paranoia.
Maybe that fancy app push detector app is actually the source of the ads! Certainly would be a good trick to pull. Blame everyone else! Very human natured when you think about it.
On Tuesday, August 14, 2012 7:17:44 PM UTC-5, Nathan wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 14, 2012 12:31:07 PM UTC-7, jtoolsdev wrote:
>> On 08/13/2012 01:19 PM, John Coryat wrote: >> > The JOY of responding to a comment:
>> > Kareena on Monday, August 13, 2012 at 10:45 HTC Evo 4G >> (supersonic) Version >> > 3.9
>> > Ads?? As soon as I installed, I started getting ads popping up on my >> phone. >> > It's a no-go for me!! >> > You replied on Monday, August 13, 2012 at 3:17 PM
>> > If you're talking about ads appearing outside of our app, then you're >> > mistaken. We don't use an ad network that uses push technology. Too >> > invasive and annoying! If you're talking about banners inside our app, >> then >> > know that anyone, anytime, can opt out of banners for free. If you >> really >> > don't like to see ads, then by all means, just opt out.
>> The comment reads like it is from someone too hyperbolic to be paying >> much attention anyway.
> The type of comment above also comes from someone who uses an "ad > detector" app. > A user who has not even seen push ads will nonetheless think your app has > them if some other app says so.
> Got these recently. > "Ads? Why does this show up with airpush detector scan?" > "Unwanted Ads and Spam Sorry. Good App but discovered it was pushing > unwanted Ads and Spam to my phone."
> I also got a rash of messages directly from customers.
> Them: How come your app comes up in Airpush Detector? > Me: Because Airpush Detector is wrong.
> While the latest App Critic App has admitted their mistake, I can expect > dozens more to crop up one by one. I've seen open source code for ad > detectors, and its only ten lines of code. Accuracy doesn't matter when you > want to feed the users' paranoia.
