Comments on: Do iPhone App Store Reviewers Spend Their Time Searching for Porn?

By: His_wife44

His_wife44 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:59:23 +0000

Morphology, together with syntax, constitutes the classical domain of recursion à la HCF. ,

By: driver95

driver95 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:06:02 +0000

Trapped: end of second grade when the basic doubling rule for endings beginning with vowels is learned. ,

By: MArgerine

MArgerine — Thu, 28 May 2009 04:03:08 +0000

Ha, that's funny. If they are looking for iphone porn why don't they just hop on safari and go to http://ipinkvisual.com

By: JKT

JKT — Fri, 22 May 2009 03:34:53 +0000

I smell fundamentalism at work here. At least one member of Apple's app review team is a sex-hating, "moral" fundamentalist and as such is going out of his/her way to search for the Kama Sutra. Yes, I'm serious. This is not only the most likely explanation but the only one. As the author said, they obviously searched for that specific title more than once. Further, they do not do that for every submitted app, because several others that could locate the Kama Sutra were not held to the same standard. Therefore the only conclusion one can reach is that Apple has inadvertently hired an evangelical onto their staff that is subverting the process. And that person is either being unsupervised or improperly supervised. Further, Apple is at fault for not providing an escalation/appeals process. It's a hideous situation.

By: Crosby

Crosby — Fri, 22 May 2009 02:07:33 +0000

Wow - another example of how absurd Apple's app review team is. You would think Apple would have tried to fix the problem by now. Maybe when the other app stores gain traction Apple will have some pressure to fix things..

By: Al

Al — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:21:46 +0000

That is hilarious about the name of that app. I guess you were searching the app store under some of those terms iDutch? You hornball you!

By: Scoopz

Scoopz — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:59:40 +0000

Doesn't seem to be any consistency with the reviewers, I've posted screenshots of the Scrable game on the iPhone suggesting some rude C* and S* words: http://blog.scoopz.com/2009/05/12/iphone-game-scramble-suggests-rude-words/

I even emailed iTunes support to ask why that app was approved yet Tweetie was rejected initially for trend words and they replied:

[quote]Content found on the App Store may contain material that some customers might find offensive, indecent, or objectionable. Although Apple welcomes and appreciates your comments and suggestions. The possibility that customers may encounter such content is addressed in the "Objectionable Material" section of the App Store Terms of Service. [/quote]

By: codist

codist — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:30:29 +0000

Oops it mangled the url, just go to my name's link.

By: codist

codist — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:29:45 +0000

Been there, suffered that, though "public ridicule" was the reason :

http://thecodist.com/article/myapprejectedbytheappstorebecauseitcouldbeusedto39ridiculespublicfigures_39

By: Tenor146

Tenor146 — Thu, 21 May 2009 19:48:47 +0000

I thought it was a joke too. I'm amazed that it was approved.

And the name just couldn't get classier... (sarcasm)

By: llofte

llofte — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:59:25 +0000

HAHA!! omg, you're right! For a second there I though it was a spam post! I guess since the app appears to not actually contain porn, Apple didn't reject it. But I'd still think they'd make them change that hideous name.

By: iDutch

iDutch — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:51:32 +0000

oops, that's S e x clock and you'll find it in the app store

By: iDutch

iDutch — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:49:54 +0000

I read a post about an app called "Sex Clock - nice girl, beautiful, sexy, hot, no depiction of porn xxx photos girls hardcore photo breasts erotic bikini bikinis kinky pictures teens adult picture topless or nude model, nothing from MAXIM, FHM, Hooters, PLAYBOY, PENTHOUSE or any others"

Yes!! that long text is the actual name, and guess what it is approved!