Help Combat Poor Reviews
In my previous post I wrote about some of the social problems with AppStore reviews up to this point. Craig Hockenberry followed up with his own suggestions for how to revamp the review process.
I have little faith that a solution will come from Apple in the short-term. iTunes’s review system looks to be built around a single foundation for all types of content: music, movies, apps, etc. Building a more complex system for developers will take time.
A better short-term solution would be for the more thoughtful people in the Mac community to take it upon themselves to write fair reviews of the applications they are using. I took a half hour this evening and wrote about several of the applications I am a fan of on AppStore. Not only does it help to counterbalance the 1 star pricing reviews, but I think it also gives the developers some thoughtful feedback on what I think works and what i think they should improve on.
If you’re using apps from AppStore, take some time over the next few days and follow suit with your own review bonanza. It’s the least we can do to try and put a temporary band-aid on the situation.
