anyone else notice on some threads you have the option to vote down or vote up a post? i havent seen it in every thread but just wanted to ask if anyone else noticed?
Thegodfather156 said:
anyone else notice on some threads you have the option to vote down or vote up a post? i havent seen it in every thread but just wanted to ask if anyone else noticed?
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Its a test run that the Administration is testing out in a few random forums. Nothing to worry about and we dont even know if its working out or not.
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Its a test run that the Administration is testing out in a few random forums. Nothing to worry about and we dont even know if its working out or not.
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Vote up means the post goes to the start of the thread and vote down makes it go towards the end of the thread?
ryude said:
Vote up means the post goes to the start of the thread and vote down makes it go towards the end of the thread?
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it means good post bad post. thumbs up thumbs down. boner not boner.
interesting. looks like a nice feature
polobreaka said:
it means boner not boner.
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Now I understand.
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interesting. looks like a nice feature
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No I dont like it. If people downvote a post enough it will kick it out of the system and they cant see it.
While this may be nice for noob posts or a crappy post, it takes awhile for people to downgrade it enough to make it disappear as opposed to just having one of us delete it. Also, if people want to be dicks to a particular person or dev and make their OP disappear... it can be easily abused.
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No I dont like it. If people downvote a post enough it will kick it out of the system and they cant see it.
While this may be nice for noob posts or a crappy post, it takes awhile for people to downgrade it enough to make it disappear as opposed to just having one of us delete it. Also, if people want to be dicks to a particular person or dev and make their OP disappear... it can be easily abused.
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yea i didnt like it when it started in another forum i was in. i know the thank button here means a lot but could we change it to thumbs up and change the thank meter to a thumbs up meter? a lot of times i see a good post, but it doesnt make sense to hit the thank button because i just want to give it props.
+1 and thanks are different meaning.
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No I dont like it. If people downvote a post enough it will kick it out of the system and they cant see it.
While this may be nice for noob posts or a crappy post, it takes awhile for people to downgrade it enough to make it disappear as opposed to just having one of us delete it. Also, if people want to be dicks to a particular person or dev and make their OP disappear... it can be easily abused.
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ACK - Reddit disease! No thank you. Besides, Miami_Son would wear out his mouse in a week
That's like thumb up and thumb down. (IE: Was the post resourceful or not)
Red5 said:
If people downvote a post enough it will kick it out of the system and they cant see it.
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If this is the intended usage, I am extremely concerned.
I would like it as a quick guide for how useful a post is; lets say someone says to do an adb command that will hardbrick your phone, but there's 100:1 downvote:upvote ratio, no one is going to use the command. Conversely, it could get rid of a lot of junk posts such as "yea do what that guy said". This would be very beneficial to the community (I imagine).
However if it was used for censorship reasons, people would not only abuse it, but the flow and integrity of a thread would be at jeopardy. Until clever bot reaches 100% of human intelligence, and XDA is ran by cleverbot, no algorithm should be used to determine the worth of a post. Moderators do that. Computers don't. </rant>
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No I dont like it. If people downvote a post enough it will kick it out of the system and they cant see it.
While this may be nice for noob posts or a crappy post, it takes awhile for people to downgrade it enough to make it disappear as opposed to just having one of us delete it. Also, if people want to be dicks to a particular person or dev and make their OP disappear... it can be easily abused.
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To accomplish the same idea of ranking posts, could there be an option added to switch between chronologically sorting posts and having ones with a lot of thanks showing up first so that the useful posts can be quickly accessed instead having to go through hundreds of pages of useless posts. That way it would still be up to the mods to remove bad posts, but would potentially cut down on time spent seeing if someone else has had the issue you are experiencing and cut right to the answers so maybe useless posts will decrease, or at the very least you can jump to posts marked useful by the other members.
Just an idea, not sure if it could even be implemented. Just something that I have been thinking about for a while.
alacrify said:
ACK - Reddit disease! No thank you. Besides, Miami_Son would wear out his mouse in a week
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You are sooooooo on my list!
alacrify said:
ACK - Reddit disease! No thank you. Besides, Miami_Son would wear out his mouse in a week
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I lol'd in the office.
alacrify said:
ACK - Reddit disease! No thank you. Besides, Miami_Son would wear out his mouse in a week
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You are sooooooo on my list!
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I lol'd in the office.
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ROFLOL'd at my desk! Sorry, it's funning... Thanks for the laugh... I needed that to start my XDA day...
A self regulated system like reddit uses works WAY better then the ridiculously over the top, heavy handed, (I haven't closed a thread in 20 minutes!) moderated forum like this one.
.02 from a lurker.
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A self regulated system like reddit uses works WAY better then the ridiculously over the top, heavy handed, (I haven't closed a thread in 20 minutes!) moderated forum like this one.
.02 from a lurker.
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If you dont like it, theres the door. Goodbye.
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If you dont like it, theres the door. Goodbye.
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Bravo, Red. It never ceases to amaze me how people can so vociferously complain about something they get for free that gives them so much in return.
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Please be considerate when posting & avoid things like this. Then I don't have to delete or change your posts!
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GSLEON3
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Moderator Edit:
Please be considerate when posting & avoid things like this. Then I don't have to delete or change your posts!
Thanks.
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Okay?......
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Okay......
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thanks for agreeing =)
ibtl........
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took the words right out of my mouth lol.
I remember when I first bought this phone, being incredibly frustrated due to the fact I spend $$$ on it and it wouldn't/couldn't do all the things that other similar units could do. I found this site through Howard's Forums and I cannot say in words how much I appreciate what DCD/GC14/many others have done to make this phone into something that's just about a laptop replacement.
Please PLEASE let's not SCREW IT UP - these folks obviously spend a TON of time doing this with no rewards expected - the LEAST we can freakin do is to show them a little of respect and thanks for their hard work! Well said Kflip....
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I seriously hope this is just poor timing in posting this and is not an attack on DCD or Skywing over the VZW PDE IP debacle.
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I seriously hope this is just poor timing in posting this and is not an attack on DCD or Skywing over the VZW PDE IP debacle.
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If you read it you will see it is not against DCD...
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ibtl........
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Word
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Look - Most of you do not know who did what and when to get the info we needed to get aGPS functional on our devices. Some things were said that were in fact incorrect statements. The bottom line is, if there is a beef- KEEP IT PRIVATE, work it out or not, but do not air it publically........ That statement goes out to all parties.....
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I seriously hope this is just poor timing in posting this and is not an attack on DCD or Skywing over the VZW PDE IP debacle.
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its not poor timing, its good and needed timing. and this is in no way "attacking" anybody. i could care less about specific issues, but everyone is gunna be pretty upset when they log on to XDA to ask a question and find that their go-to guy(s) have left because people care more about taking credit and arguing than getting their phones working.
Ah, whatever...... its dropped.
wow, amusing....out of shear boredom, i'll retort...
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so i've been a member on XDA for almost 6 months....and it really pisses me off that some people want to run their mouths and disrespect the main people the rest of us depend on to actually get things working on our phones. its at the point now where i can't read a thread without someone talking **** to somebody else....
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welcome to the internet....i don't know where you've been for the last 10 years.....
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DCD and GC are obviously the main people we rely on to get things working correctly....
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that is not obvious to me. no one or two people are greater then the collective. i have used(actually, currently using) dcd's ROMs before and appreciate his work but i am far from reliant on him or his ROMs. the only thing i have ever seen the other guy do in this forum is talk down to people. if thats your cup of tea, i charge $5 for swift kicks to the sack...pm me if you're interested.
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if you want to ***** and complain and cause drama, then go join a feminist group somewhere. we dont need any bleeding sandy vaginas on XDA. so if you dont have a technical question, praises, or a new idea to post, please..shut the **** up
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since the only thing this thread accomplished was *****ing and complaining and causing drama , did you join a feminist group after posting this?....did your vagina stop bleeding?.....please, shut the **** up
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the people we all depend on are going to disappear from these forums because they don't need their hard work overlooked just to hear about how someone thinks they deserve some credit.
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You never gave me any credit in your post!
LOL @ the newbie who wants to give credit to the entire site. (I'm the newbie, in case you missed it kflipproductions).
Not quite the way I would have said it, but I completely agree. Please seem to forget under the veil of the internet that their attacks and childishness is seen by all. I have tired of seeing endless attacks through forums. Take it or leave it....without leaving your ill opinions. I personally love DCDs and many other's work, but understand the feat of compiling roms and that this DO AND WILL go wrong...but honestly - I can't do it, so I would never complain! They gave me GPS before anyone I knew had it on their P4000s and for the bragging rights instilled - I owe DCD and noChem nothing but gratitude.
Thanks for making a great point!
Wow...I say just ban the idiots and move on...
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Wow...I say just ban the idiots and move on...
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agreed. people are dumb
For all of us jealous ones who have to wait to Friday please tell us your experience with the 3evo..not just the 3d but everything, gaming ..photos, web browsing etc..does it suck like the reviews say..gimme something to look foward to on Friday.
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For all of us jealous ones who have to wait to Friday please tell us your experience with the 3evo..not just the 3d but everything, gaming ..photos, web browsing etc..does it suck like the reviews say..gimme something to look foward to on Friday.
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No wifi, less space than a nomad...lame
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For all of us jealous ones who have to wait to Friday please tell us your experience with the 3evo..not just the 3d but everything, gaming ..photos, web browsing etc..does it suck like the reviews say..gimme something to look foward to on Friday.
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Seriously? Have you not taken the time to read? Not to be a smart a$$ but damn, there are countless threads you could read rather than start another one about the same thing....lol
Just sayin
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Seriously? Have you not taken the time to read? Not to be a smart a$$ but damn, there are countless threads you could read rather than start another one about the same thing....lol
Just sayin
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points to you sir.
I saw threads about individual attributes about the phone but nothing about the overall phone..but that's fine ill just wait till Friday and find out myself
I came to this thread, looking for the same answers as the OP was, but as with many threads, the responses were mostly douchified (yes its not a word). Thanks for nothing (so far).
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I came to this thread, looking for the same answers as the OP was, but as with many threads, the responses were mostly douchified (yes its not a word). Thanks for nothing (so far).
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Might I suggest starting your own thread?
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Might I suggest starting your own thread?
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You deserve a badge..since you have been.the post police..this is the general
Discussion board and all I see is people like you policing the boards and not helping at all..everyone is excited for the release but in every thread there is someone like you talking ****..if.u saw a similiar post don't be afraid not to read it ..it will be ok..we will all be ok without your stellar contributions..I hate assholes..probably a punk too..trying to bully ppl on forums
Make sure in your response you tell me how.bad my paragraphs are or whatever
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You deserve a badge..since you have been.the post police..this is the general
Discussion board and all I see is people like you policing the boards and not helping at all..everyone is excited for the release but in every thread there is someone like you talking ****..if.u saw a similiar post don't be afraid not to read it ..it will be ok..we will all be ok without your stellar contributions..I hate assholes..probably a punk too..trying to bully ppl on forums
Make sure in your response you tell me how.bad my paragraphs are or whatever
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Sure, I've been both helpful and a ****. I've also spent an inordinate amount of time on here today...
But...bully? Really? I've always known the General sections to be full of idiots around release time but you take the cake buddy. I might have played police a few times but at least I did it with a grin on my face. It's just a message board, lighten up. The phone isn't out yet officially, everyone is all wound up with excitement and the amount of dumb threads and questions is through the roof...if you can't take it with a grain of salt I'm not entirely sure how you cope on the internet.
I think you need to take a chill pill, or a bottle thereof.
But, in the name of fairness I'll say that I also have jumped down a couple throats tonight...acted absurdly...called a couple names. But it was all in the name of fun.
I suppose now you want to fight about it. Well, I'll tell you right now my schedule is pretty busy when I'm not on here but I do have a window open between 5pm and 7:30pm tomorrow. I'm in the northeast US, I can't drive far given my schedule but I'll meet you half way. Loser pays for ice cream seems fair.
I'm sorry, sometimes I forget that the internet is such serious business.
So far I love the size.it feels sleek!!!
The screen is gorgeous!!! I love the brightness and clarity.
Power button is supper sensitive. So us the touch screen.
The build quality is very good. Some very tiny light leakage. But very sturdy design.
The camera still sucks in low light.
Battery I can't comment on just yet.
Shutter button is very small and not big like pictures make it out to be.
Heck once you have it in your hand you will be impressed.
Also the vibrate is great.
I'll update when I have more time with it.
I am very happy with it so far.
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ok, since we bombarded them over the source releases, I think in all decentcy we should return to say thanks. It's easy to picket and raise hell, so we should at least go clap our hands, they could of easily given us the big finger.
What is it i'm thanking them for again?
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ok, since we bombarded them over the source releases, I think in all decentcy we should return to say thanks. It's easy to picket and raise hell, so we should at least go clap our hands, they could of easily given us the big finger.
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At first I read this and agreed 100%. Then as I gave it more thought I realized that would be like a teacher thanking their student for doing their homework or you thanking your mechanic for fixing your car...that's what they are supposed to do...legally required to do (lets not start that whole 'GPL wiggle room' meme again)...and they did it late.
I'm glad they did, I'm not sure if the facebook assault had anything to do with it, but I'm not sure they deserve a thank you for doing what they are required to do.
Just checked and my phone still says no updates available.
Done!
zone23 said:
Just checked and my phone still says no updates available.
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Apparently you don't know what 'Source' is...
This doesn't mean they have an update for you to download, it means that they released a copy of their kernel.
They only release the source because they are required too not because we asked them. If that was the case well you know the story.
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Apparently you don't know what 'Source' is...
This doesn't mean they have an update for you to download, it means that they released a copy of their kernel.
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Apparently not, na just didn't read all the words.. still
Not only that, they released the wrong kernel source. They f'ed up
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Lol! I totally thank my mechanic when he fixes my car. You thank people when they do things that you appreciate regardless of whether or not its something you're paying them to do. Its Just plain good taste. But yeah, I agree with the OP. Whenever anyone opens their source its a good tying. It allows endeavors like the XDA community to keep on deving.
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The simple fact is, they didn't have to do anything. Do you honestly believe we have rights as consumers? I mean really? Do I feel I owed them a thank you?, no. Is it a decent thing to do after the fact?,yes. They gave it to us sooner rather then later, or even at all for that matter. Human decentcy is a funny thing lately in this country, but whatever.
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Lol! I totally thank my mechanic when he fixes my car. You thank people when they do things that you appreciate regardless of whether or not its something you're paying them to do. Its Just plain good taste. But yeah, I agree with the OP. Whenever anyone opens their source its a good tying. It allows endeavors like the XDA community to keep on deving.
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The simple fact is, they didn't have to do anything. Do you honestly believe we have rights as consumers? I mean really? Do I feel I owed them a thank you?, no. Is it a decent thing to do after the fact?,yes. They gave it to us sooner rather then later, or even at all for that matter. Human decentcy is a funny thing lately in this country, but whatever.
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I build ROMs and Skins and can't even get people to hit a simple "Thanks" button so you don't have to preach to me about it. Not that you are your just making a statement. I have no problem giving thanks, but I never *****ed about the source in the first place. I only *****ed about the other thing.
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The simple fact is, they didn't have to do anything. Do you honestly believe we have rights as consumers? I mean really? Do I feel I owed them a thank you?, no. Is it a decent thing to do after the fact?,yes. They gave it to us sooner rather then later, or even at all for that matter. Human decentcy is a funny thing lately in this country, but whatever.
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Back down there sparky...I believe I phrased my reply to indicate that I was indeed on the fence with the idea. I'm not laboring over my decision but I want to give it thought. The kernel source is subject to the rules of the GPL. They paid nothing for it and only have to abide by the rules of the license. One of those rules is that the source code must be made available (within a certain amount of time? I keep hearing 30 days but I'm not so sure).
I guess I just used poor analogies. You don't thank someone for not robbing your house...do you?
That said, in the name of fairness (and human decency...towards a corporation that has already demonstrated a desire to screw us as much as we will allow?) I'm still considering my stance.
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The simple fact is, they didn't have to do anything. Do you honestly believe we have rights as consumers? I mean really? Do I feel I owed them a thank you?, no. Is it a decent thing to do after the fact?,yes. They gave it to us sooner rather then later, or even at all for that matter. Human decentcy is a funny thing lately in this country, but whatever.
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Lol! I totally thank my mechanic when he fixes my car. You thank people when they do things that you appreciate regardless of whether or not its something you're paying them to do. Its Just plain good taste. But yeah, I agree with the OP. Whenever anyone opens their source its a good tying. It allows endeavors like the XDA community to keep on deving.
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I build ROMs and Skins and can't even get people to hit a simple "Thanks" button so you don't have to preach to me about it. Not that you are your just making a statement. I have no problem giving thanks, but I never *****ed about the source in the first place. I only *****ed about the other thing.
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I appreciate all the work that is done here, and I'm sorry that I cant contribute to that work. I wasn't calling out everybody here, most people didnt hit their page, but those of us that did, I felt a simple thanks would be good in the long term future. You know, maybe the evo3, instead of them being like **** those guys that spammed us last year and never came back, they may be like, hey lets get them the goods again, all the thanks looked good on our fb page. Social networking has given us power, much more than the old 800 number, simply because all complaints and gratitudes are in the public view of the world. Plus as a species thats struggling, again, simple decentcy is refreshing, and whats wrong with that?
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Back down there sparky...I believe I phrased my reply to indicate that I was indeed on the fence with the idea. I'm not laboring over my decision but I want to give it thought. The kernel source is subject to the rules of the GPL. They paid nothing for it and only have to abide by the rules of the license. One of those rules is that the source code must be made available (within a certain amount of time? I keep hearing 30 days but I'm not so sure).
I guess I just used poor analogies. You don't thank someone for not robbing your house...do you?
That said, in the name of fairness (and human decency...towards a corporation that has already demonstrated a desire to screw us as much as we will allow?) I'm still considering my stance.
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I appreciate all the work that is done here, and I'm sorry that I cant contribute to that work. I wasn't calling out everybody here, most people didnt hit their page, but those of us that did, I felt a simple thanks would be good in the long term future. You know, maybe the evo3, instead of them being like **** those guys that spammed us last year and never came back, they may be like, hey lets get them the goods again, all the thanks looked good on our fb page. Social networking has given us power, much more than the old 800 number, simply because all complaints and gratitudes are in the public view of the world. Plus as a species thats struggling, again, simple decentcy is refreshing, and whats wrong with that?
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When I first read the post I didn't read all the words like I said. I missed the part about the source code.
People just aren't as appreciative as they used to be. Thats what I think mostly America has become. I do get enough thanks for what I do and thats why I keep doing it. I know people like it even though they don't always show it.
I actually talked to HTC this morning and the first words out of my mouth were that I love their phones and what they do.
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That's pretty compelling...in the short run. In the long run I would hope that you are proven correct and it's certainly worth a shot. If they don't learn from this, well, we can always attack them again.
I think I just might give them a thanks. All of that positive PR would surely help convince them to do the same in the future.
Well I stopped by their Facebook to say thanks as soon as they posted it. I hit them up in a polite way every day asking for it, so I felt that I wanted to thank them for doing it in a timely matter. Other companies and phones take much longer. Now, if I still had my OG EVO, I would not have thanked them for releasing today. I mean when did the GB update for the OG EVO come out? And they are just releasing it today? This is my opinion, not that anyone asked for it.
Let's clean this up a bit, shall we?
I get the impression sometimes that we (speaking about everybody here in the 3D forums recently) make this place sort of "unfriendly" with sarcasm and troll posts, rudeness when people post in the wrong section, create duplicate threads, so on and so forth...
First of all, I will say that I am fully aware of my own contribution to this, lol. BUT... i was thinking earlier about when I started out over on SDX and how friendly and eager people were to help me when I was new to the android/Linux scene (although I still had somewhat of a basic understanding of it because of my knowledge of windows, Linux and especially android was a new world to me and much of the knowledge I have picked up since then was simply because people were so willing to offer help and their own knowledge - regardless of "noob" questions (when I simply could have used a search button).
Yeah, for whatever reason you just want to punch people through the computer sometimes when they post in the wrong section or make "hAlp my phonez is teh broken" threads that can easily be fixed with some searching around. But I think we should try to be a little bit more of a friendly and tolerant (and therefore tolerable... ironically) of the things that go on around here.
Anyways, just some dumb ass rant post. But I thought I would share this thought because I feel the action of it could be a positive thing around here.
oouuut.
So, I will be nicer to people. Let's all try this, shall we?
except for freeza.... i am still trolling you.... on a regular basis. lulz
Cool story bro
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Cool story bro
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I think that's exact reason why the op posted this thread,childish stuff like that.
If I helped, give thanks, if you please.
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Cool story bro
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lol... touchè
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l000000000l as a youngster I used to be the lookout ;-)
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Would be a change of pace. A nice one. Maybe this should be some sort of pledge to help teh n00bz.
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Yes,I'm one of the sorry trolls you are talking about
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In the Netherlands we always say: there no such thing as a stupid question but only stupid answers.
You hit the nail right ok the head. I joined
XDA almost a year ago and everyone was very helpful. I learned a lot. Now its a lot of people b***ing about stupid things like a devs work or a question they they have decided is "dumb".
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If I've helped you in any way... hit the "Thanks" button.
I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that since there's been a flood of Android phones hitting the market over the last year and a half or so, there's also a flood of people who come with it. They buy a new Android device, hear about 'rooting' and jump on here. Not everyone knows the meaning of respect, and they expect things to just be handed to them. There's definitely more idiots on here than before, but also just more people overall. No matter where you go, the more people around, the more idiots there will be. It's unfortunate indeed.
I try to be helpful, but it's definitely aggravating when someone just flat out doesn't read a damn thing, and asks a question that's clearly typed in the OP. When I joined, I didn't know ANYTHING about rooting, ROMs, etc. but I read a few things and learned.
There are a few forums that I use that have a n00b section with zero intolerance for the replies to questions in said sub-forum, maybe that would be nice, then we can segregate the n00bs and flame more well-known users for asking stupid things. Lol
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I used to get on here several times a day, reading these forums, but it took me a long time to actually register because the few immature people that start a fight in the thread made it look irritating. Like whoever posted in the recent ICS thread about how the OP was information from another thread, even though the OP was several pages long.
Who cares? It's something else to read. That's why most of us are here, for some form of entertainment.
n00bs != newbies
Newbies don't know things and after TRYING to figure it out themselves, they have ended up, seeking answers for uncommon situations. This is OK.
n00bs, on the other hand, don't know ****, they don't give a crap about learning and expecting from others to give all the answers on a gold plate without moving a finger on their foot. This is not OK.
The sooner pseudomoralistic idiots realize this, the sooner will be this place be as it used to be before. If not, I'll continue to troll n00bs for my own amusement and you can kiss my shiny ass.
'Nuff said.
Every time I see someone say "cool story bro" I add them to my ignore list. Just added another..
That said XDA has gone steadily down hill. I remember when I first came here I was actually afraid to post. Now XDA is so addicted to member counts that they let just about anything go. Had a guy yesterday asking how to hack Amazon this is the crowd being attracted now. Its a shame and like many others i'm looking for the next XDA. Problems is the asses will just following. BTW I have no idea what the OP posted because he is already on my ignore list as it the poster below him now.
Terepin said:
n00bs != newbies
Newbies don't know things and after TRYING to figure it out themselves, they have ended up, seeking answers for uncommon situations. This is OK.
n00bs, on the other hand, don't know ****, they don't give a crap about learning and expecting from others to give all the answers on a gold plate without moving a finger on their foot. This is not OK.
The sooner pseudomoralistic idiots realize this, the sooner will be this place be as it used to be before. If not, I'll continue to troll n00bs for my own amusement and you can kiss my shiny ass.
'Nuff said.
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Yes, the "an answer is easily found by a very fast google search but I'm too lazy to do it or just expect you tell me" crowd is the problem I agree. Even if they are not the majority, when I see a new thread or question that seems like an easy find, I get really mad because I had to take the time to learn and search on my own. I've been on here since 2006 and I guess because of all the new androids out there you get people who are not technologically inclined trying to do technicological things.
zone23 said:
That said XDA has gone steadily down hill. I remember when I first came here I was actually afraid to post. Now XDA is so addicted to member counts that they let just about anything go. Had a guy yesterday asking how to hack Amazon this is the crowd being attracted now. Its a shame and like many others i'm looking for the next XDA. Problems is the asses will just following. BTW I have no idea what the OP posted because he is already on my ignore list as it the poster below him now.
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However, I agree it has gotten out of control, and the mods are unwilling or unable to do anything about the newbs or the a%*holes that are attacking devs when they know nothing about any of this development stuff.
cobraboy85 said:
except for freeza.... i am still trolling you.... on a regular basis. lulz
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^^^ most important part of your OP...
:sidenote: your like the XDA ghandi >>
"be the change"
/trollio
EDIT: I applied to be a mod (again) - and I'm all about reducing the jackassery around here. If accepted, I'll do what I can
zone23 said:
Every time I see someone say "cool story bro" I add them to my ignore list. Just added another..
That said XDA has gone steadily down hill. I remember when I first came here I was actually afraid to post. Now XDA is so addicted to member counts that they let just about anything go. Had a guy yesterday asking how to hack Amazon this is the crowd being attracted now. Its a shame and like many others i'm looking for the next XDA. Problems is the asses will just following. BTW I have no idea what the OP posted because he is already on my ignore list as it the poster below him now.
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raptoro07 said:
Yes, the "an answer is easily found by a very fast google search but I'm too lazy to do it or just expect you tell me" crowd is the problem I agree. Even if they are not the majority, when I see a new thread or question that seems like an easy find, I get really mad because I had to take the time to learn and search on my own. I've been on here since 2006 and I guess because of all the new androids out there you get people who are not technologically inclined trying to do technicological things.
However, I agree it has gotten out of control, and the mods are unwilling or unable to do anything about the newbs or the a%*holes that are attacking devs when they know nothing about any of this development stuff.
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il Duce said:
^^^ most important part of your OP...
:sidenote: your like the XDA ghandi >>
"be the change"
/trollio
EDIT: I applied to be a mod (again) - and I'm all about reducing the jackassery around here. If accepted, I'll do what I can
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/pulls out soap box and stands on it
first off you wouldnt believe the amount of buttholes and douchebags mods put up with on a daily basis. most often we only get called in when there is a problem, so everyone wants to talk about how things have changed and how it sucks putting up with the idiots. put on mod glasses, i would 75% of the people on here, instead of just reporting a troll or a n00b posting in the wrong spot or a spammer, they in turn flame, troll, spam the person that just needs reporting. so that means, we then have to clean everything back up, figure out who to get rid of and sort the whole situation. its not fun. if you want to see things change, be the change. report posts, dont flame the idiots, dont feed the trolls, just move on with your day. we arent afraid to boot people, we arent about "registration numbers", we are about supporting developers. but we cant be in every thread at once or all the time. if you see something out of place, report it, everyone has that ability. but most of us just return the favor of flaming people.
i became a mod, because i believed that a difference could be made. i reported posts, before i was a mod, i was helpful to people, i tried to teach n00bs the correct way of doing things instead of treating them like trash. yes there is an over abundance of users now due to the influx of android devices, most of the new users dont know anything, and they wont ever learn anything if we all are douchebags to them.
if XDA is becoming something that it wasnt in the past, its because we as a user base are allowing it to be so. be a respectful user, help people out, if someone is doing something they arent supposed to report them. serisously, how are we supposed to know whats going on if we arent notified?
/steps off soap box
I think a large problem too is it really does feel like the mods play favorites. I don't want to bring up the whole Chad.Goodman thing, and how he was reported and pulled in a matter of hours, yet, when he reported other non-GPL complying dev's nothing was done to them. Or my own situation, having important threads detailing hostile actions from one particular user being deleted without any reply or communication from a mod as to why. That user having no repercussion for his actions.. It's really feels that it's not an equal ground forum a lot of the time.
felacio said:
I think a large problem too is it really does feel like the mods play favorites. I don't want to bring up the whole Chad.Goodman thing, and how he was reported and pulled in a matter of hours, yet, when he reported other non-GPL complying dev's nothing was done to them. Or my own situation, having important threads detailing hostile actions from one particular user being deleted without any reply or communication from a mod as to why. That user having no repercussion for his actions.. It's really feels that it's not an equal ground forum a lot of the time.
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i agree that it may feel like that sometimes, and sometimes mods need to do a better job in communicating. users will not however see everything that goes on behind the scenes. if we infract someone we dont broadcast it, its really no one else's business if i infract you, thats why other users cant see other peoples infractions. if you dont like the way a mod handled something, ask him (or her) how/why they did what they did. dont be hostile about it, just pose a question. i know we are more than willing to talk to users about their issues, and come to the best possible resolve.
Maybe I'm just getting grumpy in my old age, but do we really need to post, "downloading", every time a new ROM version is released? It's hard enough to get through threads that are multiple pages, without having to sift through the, "downloading", pollution. It serves no purpose. You may as well tell everybody what you had for breakfast, while you're at it. How about we all make a New Year's resolution to cut down on frivolous posts? Rant over, thanks for listening, carry on.
spotmark said:
Maybe I'm just getting grumpy in my old age, but do we really need to post, "downloading", every time a new ROM version is released? It's hard enough to get through threads that are multiple pages, without having to sift through the, "downloading", pollution. It serves no purpose. You may as well tell everybody what you had for breakfast, while you're at it. How about we all make a New Year's resolution to cut down on frivolous posts? Rant over, thanks for listening, carry on.
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Sometimes you just gotta let it out man.
Sent from my VS985 4G using XDA Free mobile app
I'm skipping breakfast and going straight to lunch. I'm working from home today and my wife prepared good old franks n' beans. Yum yum........ LMFAO!!
Anyway, what's your favorite lp rom so far? I keep trying them and going back to beans stock with skydragon kernel and xposed. The bugs and lack of customization (mostly bugs) keep sending me back.
Always appreciate your input.
Relax and have a good one!
spotmark said:
Maybe I'm just getting grumpy in my old age, but do we really need to post, "downloading", every time a new ROM version is released? It's hard enough to get through threads that are multiple pages, without having to sift through the, "downloading", pollution. It serves no purpose. You may as well tell everybody what you had for breakfast, while you're at it. How about we all make a New Year's resolution to cut down on frivolous posts? Rant over, thanks for listening, carry on.
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Id rather see a post saying "downloading" then a thread created saying "Downloading really?"
aonavy said:
Id rather see a post saying "downloading" then a thread created saying "Downloading really?"
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At least it's in it's own thread, and not polluting someone else's. See, the thing is, from the title, you probably could get an idea what this thread is about, and decide if you want to read it or not, but if you're trying to get information on a ROM, 100 posts that say, "downloading", are no help whatsoever, but hey, thanks for sharing.
bkrickles said:
I'm skipping breakfast and going straight to lunch. I'm working from home today and my wife prepared good old franks n' beans. Yum yum........ LMFAO!!
Anyway, what's your favorite lp rom so far? I keep trying them and going back to beans stock with skydragon kernel and xposed. The bugs and lack of customization (mostly bugs) keep sending me back.
Always appreciate your input.
Relax and have a good one!
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Using Bliss Pop. The performance of Lollipop goes a long way to overcome the lack of customization. I see CM12 has gotten the camcorder fixed, so I'm sure the other ROMs will have it shortly.
I get tired of dimwits that don't read the OP, ask the same question over and over again, and have entitlement issues.
I was on carbonROM on my n4 and literally every other post was "does this have pie?"
Sent from my LG G3.
Steak and eggs here.
I agree there's too much noise in threads, but you're never going to stop it.
Sent from my XT1254
This thread is like them posts really isnt it but hey ho i had toast with jam
Strwberry jam loved it
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Neurom707 said:
This thread is like them posts really isnt it but hey ho i had toast with jam
Strwberry jam loved it
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Again, it is it's own topic, so NO, it's not. Pay attention, please.
How do I install this?
Does MMS work? (read OP)
Will this work on VS985? (read OP)
Is this lollipop? (read OP)
When will this be updated?
Can you do something special for me?
I've been on XDA for years, and its amazing the amount of crap that people put in development threads now.... Its been getting worse and worse over the years....
I hope everyone realizes, that this thread is half serious, half tongue in cheek, so don't get all butt hurt.
Downloading now....
Mr. Orange 645 said:
Downloading now....
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I cant find the download!
edit: nevermind, found it. Downloading now...
halojinx said:
I cant find the download!
edit: nevermind, found it. Downloading now...
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Fabulous!!!
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Noise ratio
zakkyzombie said:
I get tired of dimwits that don't read the OP, ask the same question over and over again, and have entitlement issues.
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I used to, until I realized that if they won't read what has already been posted, they probably won't read what I post in response, so I don't.
My favorites are the ones that post a question in the middle of the night, and then three hours later, start to complain that no one has answered their post. Those I DO respond to.
A close second are those that are TOO LAZY to use simple punctuation and capitalization of their sentences when they ask for help. Apparently they feel that even though we are doing them a favor in helping them, we should also have to figure out what their mumbling are, because they are TOO LAZY to spend a few extra seconds to be clear. Needless to say, such individuals seem to have greater difficulty with their devices than the rest of us; I wonder why that is ...
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I used to, until I realized that if they won't read what has already been posted, they probably won't read what I post in response, so I don't.
My favorites are the ones that post a question in the middle of the night, and then three hours later, start to complain that no one has answered their post. Those I DO respond to.
A close second are those that are TOO LAZY to use simple punctuation and capitalization of their sentences when they ask for help. Apparently they feel that even though we are doing them a favor in helping them, we should also have to figure out what their mumbling are, because they are TOO LAZY to spend a few extra seconds to be clear. Needless to say, such individuals seem to have greater difficulty with their devices than the rest of us; I wonder why that is ...
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Sometimes I post questions at 2am. And I don't get mad...normal people are asleep. Lol. If its a pressing issue, I google If its somewhat severe, I do a restore. I backup before everything. Everything else can wait. WHY CANT PEOPLE JUST WAIT. I'm currently waiting. I want a 100% working aosp. And it doesn't exist yet. Most devs aren't worried about kk now. Its all l.p. which I love. But it's so buggy. So I wait. I'll ask maybe once a week or so "what's the bugs in the newest build" and I wait...and data is still iffy? Okay. I'll wait.
Sent from my LG G3.
To get quick response ask the same question in different threads. When everyone is sleeping...
twistedillutions said:
To get quick response ask the same question in different threads. When everyone is sleeping...
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Just had one in the LG G3 forums:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/help/usb-internet-mode-verizon-t2969583
Threads like this are exactly the reason I tend to avoid speaking up at all in any of these forums. They tend to be a full of cliques where you're either part of the "in" crowd of "smart" or "experienced" people or just another stupid noob who either doesn't know how to read or are "too lazy" to search. How about you guys either just answer the questions or keep your smart mouths shut. There's no need to belittle or insult someone just because they're not as "smart" as you are. I've had my say, so I'll go back to quietly perusing the forums....
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