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macrumors.com - 2/27/2009

Apple Removes Old Non-Customer Reviews from App Store

— macrumors.com — When Apple first opened the App Store back in July 2008, their review system allowed anyone to... enter a comment or review on any application. No purchase was required at that time. As a result, many critical "reviews" came from those who had never b... (more) Apple Removes Old Non-Customer Reviews from App Store

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Apple Removes Old Non-Customer Reviews from App Store
MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors — ... could only leave reviews on applications they had actually purchased and downloaded. Existing "reviews" from these non-customers, however, remained in place. That is, until yesterday. It appears that Apple has removed these early non-customer reviews. Several long standing apps have seen dramatic decreases in their review counts. SEGA's Super Monkey Ball count dropped from 4197 reviews down to 3710 while Namco's Pac Man dropped from 395 to 122. MacRumors forum users have noted that it has been these specific non-customer reviews have been targeted and removed.

Apple purges App Store reviews from non-customers
Macworld — ... [iTunes link] app that prompted the company to pull the switch. Although Apple did not drop the axe on all existing reviews on the App Store, it has reportedly  gotten rid of all reviews submitted by non-customers , effectively cleaning out the junk while leaving the genuine reviews in place. Apple, however, did not respond to a request for comment. As a result, most application developers are now finding themselves with significantly fewer total reviews for their applications but higher average ratings; I doubt most of them will find this a reason to complain. Doesn’t it give ...