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> C.) Their systems have now classified you as a scammer and you are now irredemable. The mistakes Google's automated systems and reviewers make can cause last
by dessant 6y ago
> C.) Their systems have now classified you as a scammer and you are now irredemable.
The mistakes Google's automated systems and reviewers make can cause lasting damage, even if your app or channel is reinstated after public outcry.
One of my browser extensions was removed for absurd reasons from the Chrome Web Store, and they've reversed their decision after things were made public [1][2]. While the extension was reinstated, since then it appears to be artificially pushed down in search results, and it no longer appears in the top three results when searching for the extension name [1], despite being in the second and third place for almost a year before the takedown and repeated update rejections were issued.
[1] https://github.com/dessant/search-by-image/issues/57 https://github.com/dessant/search-by-image/issues/57
[2] https://github.com/dessant/search-by-image/issues/63 https://github.com/dessant/search-by-image/issues/63
[3] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search/search%20by%20image https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search/search%20by%20imag...
- fapjacks 6y agoThe way people get around this apparent "shadowban" behavior is by creating a separate legal entity of some form to be the publisher of each app or extension or channel or whatever. It seems that once you are shadowbanned, you are shadowbanned forever. This of course increases the cost of publishing your project, but this is a monopoly we're dealing with and so we have no recourse.