App Dev Here: These 1 Stars Hurt! Keep it up!
App Dev Here: These 1 Stars Hurt! Keep it up!
If you haven't left one already, go do it now! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.reddit.frontpage
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I'm sure they're paying for reviews though. There are some really suspicious and recent 5 star reviews.
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That is the fakest shit I've ever read
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That's hilarious!
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Yesterday I patched the Reddit app with revanced, I figured that if I went there from time to time at least I'd avoid ads. Omfg that app is a bigger piece of shit that when I diched it a year and half ago, unintuitive mess, horrible UX and UI, slow AF, makes my phone hot as if I was playing a game wtf, even without the API protest that app deserves all the 1 starts it can get.
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I didn't think the UI was the worst thing in the world and I was gonna just grit my teeth and use it, but holy shit, the drain on my battery was insane. Even when I didn't have the app open. My battery was only lasting a couple of hours on a full charge. I had to ditch it.
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Mature 17+
Couldn't we theoretically screw with this up, given that Reddit has porn subs, and force it to be rated Adult? I bet that this would leave plenty advertisers pissed.
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You gotta look in the agb, i bet theres smth about that (the same how instagram is marked at 13 but you gotta be 16 to make a account)
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Nah, they'd just do the same thing for Android that they already do on the Apple store.
Basically the app you download is locked into a SFW-only mode and then you have to log in to reddit via a web browser and flip a setting that then allows your app to show NSFW content.
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Awww. Well, back to 1 star-bombing businesses then.
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The rating is location based is why it shows different for some people -- https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2021/08/making-ratings-and-reviews-better-for.html
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I'm seeing 2.8 stars on the Play Store. Keep going! Screw them.
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I'm doing my part!
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In my area it's 3.2, are they manipulating the stars?
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Votes are tracked based on app version. EG rating for tablet may be different for phone and older android app rating might be different again.
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Mysteriously iOS rating hasn't budged this whole time, shocking!
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And if you've experienced the following description from their store page to be inaccurate, don't forget to report it for violating the Developer Policy under Privacy Violations / Deception:
You can request that data be deleted The developer provides a way for you to request that your data be deleted
https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/contact/policy_violation_report
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It's still amazes me how little polish there is to the official Reddit app compared to other third party apps. I used Firefox browser until I adopted RIF. I tried to use the official app after the deadline came and the amount of ads that I was bombarded with just became unbearable. I understand they need to make money. I understand they do this by advertising. But when they start using deceptive practices like blending the ads into genuine post they cross the line. I was a heavy user I would say greater than 2 hours a day spent on Reddit. I didn't go cold turkey but I'm down to checking top and top last hour once or twice a day now. I deleted my main account which made it very easy to stay away.
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The “posts that look like ads” thing almost caused me to quit the site years ago.
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I went to do this but I already gave them 1 star in 2017 lol
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Redo it, it counts again
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It's 4.3 for me
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3.1 for me. Apparently reviews are regional and per device type.
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Done.
Fuxk u/spez
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idea: if you can rate the reviews (5 stars) make sure the put that they don't help if they look spammy
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3.1 on mine. Some of the reviews are really funny Its got almost an equal number of 5* and 1* reviews Screw reddit.
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I guess we're on the same app version, mine shows 3.1 as well. I just left a 1 star.
Screw Reddit.
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It's a little jarring to see a "Mature +17" rating from the ESRB like Reddit is a video game...
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It is 3.1 stars on the Play store with thousands of 1 star reviews. I don't understand how so many people could think it is a good enough app to warrant 3.1 stars. People seem to think there's only 2 ratings, 1 star or 5 stars.
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theyre paying for the 5s, peopke only think it's 1 or 2
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Even though the recent reviews are filled with 1 stars the App Store rating hasn’t budged at all. Still at 4.8
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When I opened it up to leave a review in the Play Store, it told me the rating was based on recent reviews in my region by users who use the same type of device I use
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I wish I could leave a review but I’m using iOS 17 beta and apple don’t let you leave App Store reviews while using the beta.
I will be leaving one when I’m not on the beta anymore.
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Charge your phone!
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It was charged, then OP installed the reddit app!
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I reinstalled the app so I could change my rating to 1 sar!
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It is 3.7 stars on Playstore, sadly.
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I'm seeing 4 stars.
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holy shit they're down to 2.8?
When They were at 3.9 at the beginning of July jfc
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It shows as 3.1 for me. It's still gone .4 since last I looked a week ago lol.
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You should charge your phone
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And read that fucking Signal message.
And maybe re-enable mobile data.
This screenie tickles my OCD senses.
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For me it's 4.2, idk how it's different for everyone
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As some other responses to this post have already pointed out, it depends on your location as well as phone model (and who knows what else)
That's how it is in mine. 3.6
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They're somehow back up to 3.1 stars now. Are they paying people to leave good reviews?
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Ratings are based on recent reviews from people in your region who use the same type of device that you Use.
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Google has a history of undoing review bombing.
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They've done it before.
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They're probably both paying Google to remove bad reviews, and hiring review farms to leave positive reviews.
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Do the 1 stars hurt when all the competing apps are shut down?
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Lol that app went from 4.8 to 2.8 in 3 weeks. Good job Reddit, you did it. You pissed off your user base. Now all you have left is a bunch of bots, clueless users and russian troll accounts doing astrosurfing.
Steve Huffman is an incredible businessman
/s
My favorite:
This feels really accurate, but it being an experiment would imply Steve Huffglue actually wants to learn something about anything that isn't Elon-senpai's life.
We did it reddit!