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Just to head off a lot of confusion stirring on the net about this: The person who posted the picture is claiming this woman is doing app ratings, not some outsourced App Store submitted app approval process.


Ah interesting, as in: she's the person who rates your app if you "buy" some ratings?


Yes. It's funny because everyone knows this has been going on forever, but I guess once they put a picture to it, everyone gets up in arms.


And I bet if you wanted she could rate your competitor's apps as well


I'm pretty sure a friend's app got a bad rating when he declined to sign up for a service like this.


How did that go down? You would think it would be easier to just not talk to someone who solicits this.


My understanding is that he got dozens of offers to help promote his app. Some were blatant buy-a-download - just to gain app store rank - some were less blatant, others were more traditional buy-a-targeted-clickthrough. It can be difficult to tell at first glance.


But when you look closely, the screens show different images. Could it be that she is farming some in-game accounts to higher levels? Or dating?


Or it could be ad click fraud


Thanks, that does indeed help head off confusion. I was thinking age ratings, but those are self-reported, and any checking on Apple's end is just part of the overall review process.




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