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Those reviews look fake. In my experience, the onboarding experience sucked and it crashed every time I used it until I installed it. "Very cool!! Tons of fea

Those reviews look fake. In my experience, the onboarding experience sucked and it crashed every time I used it until I installed it. "Very cool!! Tons of features. Very fluid. Definitely a step in the right direction by Yahoo!" Sounds like someone from PR wrote that.

btipling 14y ago
There are 900+ ratings with a 4+ star average. You're saying those are all Yahoos?
- cpeterso 14y ago
  Probably not, but how many of those 900+ reviews are from Yahoo's 12,000 employees?
  - mikeleeorg 14y ago
    I know some mobile app companies will have a few of their own people write reviews. But if someone from the Yahoo Axis team really sent out a mass company-wide email asking for fake reviews like this, someone is bound to cry foul (and forward the email to ATD).
    - tim_sw 14y ago
      they can pay contractors on odesk to write these reviews.
      - jsprinkles 14y ago
        Which would also leak. Guaranteed.
    - melvinram 14y ago
      They don't have to ask for fake reviews. They just have to say "Hey our cool new app dropped into AppStore today. Check it out and review it if you like it." Yahooers might genuinely like it and give it a high score.
      - protomyth 14y ago
        It should be taken as a good sign if 900+ employees are still motivated enough to download and review the app.
- nullspace 14y ago
  900 is not _that_ big. If we assume that 400 outsiders gave it a 3.5, and 500 yahoos gave it 5 star rating, it adds up to 4.33 average. And 500 is a tiny fraction of the total number of people at Yahoo.
  - hobonumber1 14y ago
    Yahoo isnt the type of company to make its employees rate its apps. Maybe you should be more open-minded. 900 is pretty big for 2 days after launch.
    - nullspace 14y ago
      No, I did not mean it in that way at all. If I was of a mid to senior level executive or developer at Yahoo, I would definitely rate this Axis up, just because of loyalty towards the company, if nothing else. I would also urge (but definitely not force) my team members to try it, and chances are they would feel the same way. All that put together would add up to a lot of votes, wouldn't it?
qxcv 14y ago
It doesn't help that the Axis review page on the app store is the only Google hit for "Garrettt92"[0], especially considering that was one of the first reviews of the app. I'm not sure why an "early adopter" would have such a scant web presence. I would try Axis before writing the review off as fake, but unfortunately "Yahoo! Axis is not available for your operating system". [0]: https://google.com/webhp?q=Garrettt92 https://google.com/webhp?q=Garrettt92
mvikramaditya 14y ago
"In your experience". Ever considered others might have had a different experience? I took it for a spin (iPad2) and it seems pretty nice actually - and yes, it did not crash. I don't see it as a replacement for Safari, but it looks perfect for leisure browsing.

btipling 14y ago

There are 900+ ratings with a 4+ star average. You're saying those are all Yahoos?

cpeterso 14y ago
Probably not, but how many of those 900+ reviews are from Yahoo's 12,000 employees?
- mikeleeorg 14y ago
  I know some mobile app companies will have a few of their own people write reviews. But if someone from the Yahoo Axis team really sent out a mass company-wide email asking for fake reviews like this, someone is bound to cry foul (and forward the email to ATD).
  - tim_sw 14y ago
    they can pay contractors on odesk to write these reviews.
    - jsprinkles 14y ago
      Which would also leak. Guaranteed.
  - melvinram 14y ago
    They don't have to ask for fake reviews. They just have to say "Hey our cool new app dropped into AppStore today. Check it out and review it if you like it." Yahooers might genuinely like it and give it a high score.
    - protomyth 14y ago
      It should be taken as a good sign if 900+ employees are still motivated enough to download and review the app.
nullspace 14y ago
900 is not _that_ big. If we assume that 400 outsiders gave it a 3.5, and 500 yahoos gave it 5 star rating, it adds up to 4.33 average. And 500 is a tiny fraction of the total number of people at Yahoo.
- hobonumber1 14y ago
  Yahoo isnt the type of company to make its employees rate its apps. Maybe you should be more open-minded. 900 is pretty big for 2 days after launch.
  - nullspace 14y ago
    No, I did not mean it in that way at all. If I was of a mid to senior level executive or developer at Yahoo, I would definitely rate this Axis up, just because of loyalty towards the company, if nothing else. I would also urge (but definitely not force) my team members to try it, and chances are they would feel the same way. All that put together would add up to a lot of votes, wouldn't it?

qxcv 14y ago

It doesn't help that the Axis review page on the app store is the only Google hit for "Garrettt92"[0], especially considering that was one of the first reviews of the app. I'm not sure why an "early adopter" would have such a scant web presence. I would try Axis before writing the review off as fake, but unfortunately "Yahoo! Axis is not available for your operating system". [0]: https://google.com/webhp?q=Garrettt92 https://google.com/webhp?q=Garrettt92

mvikramaditya 14y ago

"In your experience". Ever considered others might have had a different experience? I took it for a spin (iPad2) and it seems pretty nice actually - and yes, it did not crash. I don't see it as a replacement for Safari, but it looks perfect for leisure browsing.