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Some, who seem legit. (I lost my txti password) Unfortunately nothing too interesting: Larry Ellison (Oracel): https://play.google.com/store/people/details?id=

Some, who seem legit. (I lost my txti password) Unfortunately nothing too interesting: Larry Ellison (Oracel): https://play.google.com/store/people/details?id=105810347937074039674 https://play.google.com/store/people/details?id=105810347937... Michael Dell (Dell): https://play.google.com/store/people/details?id=100523784851251213675 https://play.google.com/store/people/details?id=100523784851... Few Google execs: https://play.google.com/store/people/details?id=106087880965921706296 https://play.google.com/store/people/details?id=106087880965... https://play.google.com/store/people/details?id=100873628951632372330 https://play.google.com/store/people/details?id=100873628951... https://play.google.com/store/people/details?id=105332691637769400620 https://play.google.com/store/people/details?id=105332691637... Anyway, if you want to help find something interesting or stalk your friends habits: 1) Find their Google+ page (easy) 2) Get their ID - View Source and control+F for oid=" 3) Paste the id to: https://play.google.com/store/people/details?id=YOURIDNUMBERHERE https://play.google.com/store/people/details?id=YOURIDNUMBER... I find it funny Google own employees don't rate apps, probably because of privacy. Or maybe they have double accounts? It means they have to constantly ignore play store spamming you to rate them to get recommendations, see what your friends share etc. Everything in directly against how the Play Store wants them to use Play store.

tdkl 11y ago
Well the fact that they don't use this as intended says a lot. Also the part minding about privacy.
- angry-hacker 11y ago
  Probably a lot of the workers use some kind of corporate accounts to test apps etc. But I still find it ironic everyone's 'app history' is so dull. Matt Cutts is the only one I've found from Google that looks like it's actually his personal Android ID. Also, it's possible privacy breach in a sense if you find the ID of some celeb, paste it to the same Android Store format, it sometimes redirects it to the person's profile, who is the actual owner of the celeb page. I tried some Playboy models who have for some reason public Google+ pages/profiles and often behind them are some random marketing guys. Example: https://plus.google.com/+MichaelAnthony/ https://plus.google.com/+MichaelAnthony/ Somewhat famous musician. Id is 116849062506250163587 https://play.google.com/store/people/details?id=116849062506250163587 https://play.google.com/store/people/details?id=116849062506... store page.. ?
- nolok 11y ago
  The part minding about "privacy" and "not knowing what will be shared" is unsubstantiated though, there is no argument against or for that being part of their reason. All we know, is that they rate very little. And if they're like me or many it's simply that they don't care about rating stuff, I couldn't care less about people reading the amount of stars I give.
psykovsky 11y ago
The play store on my phone never nags me to rate apps. The apps themselves, yes, but not the play store.
- angry-hacker 11y ago
  Maybe nagging is wrong word, but for me the Store App's homepage constantly asks to rate apps I'm using to get better recommendations. There is also section "People" on the left menu to see what your circle have been doing in the store.
  - psykovsky 11y ago
    Ah, I know what you are talking about. It's just that I use the appstore to search for apps I need/want. I never browse the homepage or the categories and recommendations, etc. Different uses, different experiences, I guess.
rtpg 11y ago
I think it's more that a lot of people don't really rate apps. I think I'm a pretty big consumer of apps, and I basically have rated 4 or 5 apps?
- angry-hacker 11y ago
  Yeah, same here, but for me it's because of privacy. I'm sure it same for a lot of people. But IMO it really rips the Play Store apart, you don't want to even rate/comment your favourite apps and I'm sure I'm not the small minority. Why can't they tie rating to your G+ account (well it was tied to Google account even before) and show only your first name/or as anonymous if you wish. And not show it the whole world. Think twice when you rate that "Gay kamasutra" app. The fact that Googlers on high positions don't rate them tells a lot imo. Either they care about their privacy or they don't care? Hard to believe they don't care... maybe they don't have enough time. In either way it looks bad. I think the reason why Matt Cutts is so popular is because despite his high position and wealth, people see REAL PERSON behind him, his honest and... human. Not some robotic executive behind a name, who doesn't give a shit. Also he's Google Play store ratings prove that.
darklajid 11y ago
Don't forget that there is a crowd that uses the play store, but isn't allowed to rate (aka "No G+ account"). Imagine how happy these people are, when apps (or anything) nags them to rate..
wodenokoto 11y ago
> I find it funny Google own employees don't rate apps It might have something to do with how Google runs an internal version of Google+ only for employees.
- angry-hacker 11y ago
  Doesn't stop Matt Cutts though :)
  - mod 11y ago
    Didn't he leave google?
joliss 11y ago
To get someone's (or your own) Google+ ID, you can also click the profile picture and copy the oid parameter out of the URL. (Pulling it out of "View Source" didn't work for some reason.)

tdkl 11y ago

Well the fact that they don't use this as intended says a lot. Also the part minding about privacy.

angry-hacker 11y ago
Probably a lot of the workers use some kind of corporate accounts to test apps etc. But I still find it ironic everyone's 'app history' is so dull. Matt Cutts is the only one I've found from Google that looks like it's actually his personal Android ID. Also, it's possible privacy breach in a sense if you find the ID of some celeb, paste it to the same Android Store format, it sometimes redirects it to the person's profile, who is the actual owner of the celeb page. I tried some Playboy models who have for some reason public Google+ pages/profiles and often behind them are some random marketing guys. Example: https://plus.google.com/+MichaelAnthony/ https://plus.google.com/+MichaelAnthony/ Somewhat famous musician. Id is 116849062506250163587 https://play.google.com/store/people/details?id=116849062506250163587 https://play.google.com/store/people/details?id=116849062506... store page.. ?
nolok 11y ago
The part minding about "privacy" and "not knowing what will be shared" is unsubstantiated though, there is no argument against or for that being part of their reason. All we know, is that they rate very little. And if they're like me or many it's simply that they don't care about rating stuff, I couldn't care less about people reading the amount of stars I give.

psykovsky 11y ago

The play store on my phone never nags me to rate apps. The apps themselves, yes, but not the play store.

angry-hacker 11y ago
Maybe nagging is wrong word, but for me the Store App's homepage constantly asks to rate apps I'm using to get better recommendations. There is also section "People" on the left menu to see what your circle have been doing in the store.
- psykovsky 11y ago
  Ah, I know what you are talking about. It's just that I use the appstore to search for apps I need/want. I never browse the homepage or the categories and recommendations, etc. Different uses, different experiences, I guess.

rtpg 11y ago

I think it's more that a lot of people don't really rate apps. I think I'm a pretty big consumer of apps, and I basically have rated 4 or 5 apps?

angry-hacker 11y ago
Yeah, same here, but for me it's because of privacy. I'm sure it same for a lot of people. But IMO it really rips the Play Store apart, you don't want to even rate/comment your favourite apps and I'm sure I'm not the small minority. Why can't they tie rating to your G+ account (well it was tied to Google account even before) and show only your first name/or as anonymous if you wish. And not show it the whole world. Think twice when you rate that "Gay kamasutra" app. The fact that Googlers on high positions don't rate them tells a lot imo. Either they care about their privacy or they don't care? Hard to believe they don't care... maybe they don't have enough time. In either way it looks bad. I think the reason why Matt Cutts is so popular is because despite his high position and wealth, people see REAL PERSON behind him, his honest and... human. Not some robotic executive behind a name, who doesn't give a shit. Also he's Google Play store ratings prove that.

darklajid 11y ago

Don't forget that there is a crowd that uses the play store, but isn't allowed to rate (aka "No G+ account"). Imagine how happy these people are, when apps (or anything) nags them to rate..

wodenokoto 11y ago

> I find it funny Google own employees don't rate apps It might have something to do with how Google runs an internal version of Google+ only for employees.

angry-hacker 11y ago
Doesn't stop Matt Cutts though :)
- mod 11y ago
  Didn't he leave google?

joliss 11y ago

To get someone's (or your own) Google+ ID, you can also click the profile picture and copy the oid parameter out of the URL. (Pulling it out of "View Source" didn't work for some reason.)