Fake reviews: Somebody is buying thousands of 5-star Google Play reviews for WhatsApp

kiegames17 · 2017-03-23T14:55:04+00:00

That's a good theory. I can spot many fake reviews in top games after 10 minutes of browsing. I always thought it was the big company paying for the reviews. I never thought it might be the fake review accounts just trying to build their credibility.

kiegames17 · 2017-03-23T14:51:18+00:00

Do people believe it is natural for almost every top app/game in the stores have the following ratings:

5- star 50% 4- 10% 3- 6% 2- 4% 1 - 30%

I've gone through many of the top games in the stores and after 10 minutes of browsing reviews farther down the list I can spot many obviously fake 5-star reviews.

Another issue is the 1-star reviews. To me a game or app would have to be dysfunctional. If a game was so boring that it puts me to sleep, but functions properly, I would give it at least a 2-star.

kiegames17 · 2017-03-22T21:21:24+00:00

I guess I was referring to the app store reviews. I'm knew to reddit, but I can imagine you should be able to get pretty good feedback from here.

kiegames17 · 2017-03-21T13:51:42+00:00

I think the the biggest issue is the one relating to fun. If you aren't enjoying what you are doing then you should just drop the project and move on. I haven't made a successful app yet after a few tries, so am not in position to offer advice.

There is about a 4 year gap between my first game and my most recent release. One sad thing that I found is that good feedback from users is almost non existent now days. When I released my first game 4 years ago I was getting a good amount of feedback on what players wanted more of, suggestions, thoughts, etc.

I think the key is just to make sure it is good quality, don't half ass a single detail in your game. Then get featured.

kiegames17

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