I just replied to (2) posts here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17912037&postcount=9, and it appears that because I got both of them in within "X" seconds (don't know the timeframe), the forum s/w has merged them into (1) post.
Why is that ? Not a big deal, of course.... I suspect it is to help with "post whores"
You pretty much answered your own question.
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Title says it all really, I was just interested in what all the different ranks you can have are, and what the requires are to get them, for example how does one become a recognised developer?
I'm assuming one becomes a recognized developer by developing something and getting recognized for it...
No kidding.... but there must be either a script or a way someone decides if you are or not
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there is a application, a committee and MANY posts about it on the portal (there was one today), and in the various 'About XDA' threads.
not being able to search is a good sign you wouldnt be accepted.
might want to check out the new user guide in my sig to find your way around the site and learn where to find the info you want.
TRusselo said:
there is a application, a committee and MANY posts about it on the portal (there was one today), and in the various 'About XDA' threads.
not being able to search is a good sign you wouldnt be accepted.
might want to check out the new user guide in my sig to find your way around the site and learn where to find the info you want.
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Trust me I have googled it but wasn't able to find the info....hence the question....but thanks anyway
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And besides the main question was what ranks are there, the recognised developer was just a example!
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I have found the search functions (especially in the app) significantly lacking. And *gasp* God forbid anyone ask a question twice! It's like mortal and eternal sin to not search. Don't know what I'd rather see: better search, or a little tolerance.
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Yes I am pretty sure ranks like member and all that is based off the amount of posts you make. If I am correct junior member is 0-29 post, member is 30-99 posts, and senior member is 100+ posts
Form
There's a form
Check these
Minimun Requirements
http://www.xda-developers.com/recognized-developer-program/recognized-developer-form/
Good luck
Editops didn't realise how old this thread was. LOL
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Title says it all really, I was just interested in what all the different ranks you can have are, and what the requires are to get them, for example how does one become a recognised developer?
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TRusselo said:
not being able to search is a good sign you wouldnt be accepted.
might want to check out the new user guide in my sig to find your way around the site and learn where to find the info you want.
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Well most of us do understand the rules. But to post a LONGER argumentative answer, rather than the right answer is unproductive of everyone's time. Maybe XDA should just flat out delete threads that were already answered instead of OPs constantly telling noobs to search and to carry on the thread longer than needed.
So.To answer your question... (16 words or fewer)
0 to 29 posts - Junior Member
30 to 99 posts - Member
100 + posts - Senior Member
What you already know is also listed below which is...
Anyone other user title such as "developer" or "contributor" has to "apply" or be "Granted" the title based off of what they do. ie. roms, kernels, themes, etc.
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Well most of us do understand the rules. But to post a LONGER argumentative answer, rather than the right answer is unproductive of everyone's time. Maybe XDA should just flat out delete threads that were already answered instead of OPs constantly telling noobs to search and to carry on the thread longer than needed.
So.To answer your question... (16 words or fewer)
0 to 29 posts - Junior Member
30 to 99 posts - Member
100 + posts - Senior Member
What you already know is also listed below which is...
Anyone other user title such as "developer" or "contributor" has to "apply" or be "Granted" the title based off of what they do. ie. roms, kernels, themes, etc.
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And replying to posts that are 3yrs old, productive?!? Thanks anyway, Good to Go! (14 words or fewer)
While trying to get past my 10 post "presumed noob" penalty (I am a professional dev IRL), I tried to reply to a thread where the box at the bottom of the page said that in that particular area I could post replies, but not new threads. As a good netizen I skimmed through the entire 100 pages+ of the thread before pressing reply, only to get an error page which (somewhat indirectly) told my I had no posting rights in that subforum.
This is quite disheartening. Not only are new devs forced to do 10 posts worth of "noob help duty", but the things telling us where we can carry out this penal work seems to be wrong, thus redoubling the penalty for signing up.
What is wrong with this picture?
Is the error page wrong, or the indicators at the bottom of the thread pages?
Either needs to be fixed.
P.S.
The "Is this thread a question" box is another harassment trick. I tried to tick it to indicate this posts needs a reaction of some kind (to fix the bug or explain what I got wrong about the UI), but all I get is a message that general questions belong elsewhere.
My profile is still new on this site, and therefore i must wait 5 minutes between posting threads / comments
however - if i spot a spelling error in my post, just after submitting it, i'm not allowed to edit the post until 5 minutes after !!!
couldn't this rule be deleted ? - not the rule of 5 minutes between posting, but the 5 minute rule of editing ?
Editing seems harmless compared to posting...
Montago said:
My profile is still new on this site, and therefore i must wait 5 minutes between posting threads / comments
however - if i spot a spelling error in my post, just after submitting it, i'm not allowed to edit the post until 5 minutes after !!!
couldn't this rule be deleted ? - not the rule of 5 minutes between posting, but the 5 minute rule of editing ?
Editing seems harmless compared to posting...
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Unfortunately there were cases of spammers editing and adding links to get around the limitation, so we don't have much choice really as the spam would be overwhelming without it. I generally suggest a variation on the old saying, "read twice, post once"
It does end at 30 posts when you go from Junior Member to Member.
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Unfortunately there were cases of spammers editing and adding links to get around the limitation, so we don't have much choice really as the spam would be overwhelming without it. I generally suggest a variation on the old saying, "read twice, post once"
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The 5 minute barrier isn't hard to live with - but i hope its gone soon...
but i fail to see why it would limit spammers...
Hi,
Got an improvement suggestion for the desktop site under Participated threads section:
This section shows 15 threads I participated in. It could have been OK, if not for the following:
1. Threads are sorted by their creation date. This means that if there are new posts in "veteran threads" (and there are lots of mega threads like these), they will soon be out of the list.
2. There's no way to see the next threads in the list (next 15 or so).
This means that if there are new posts in such threads in which I participated, I will not see them at all. Of course I can subscribe to all these threads, but why do so if there's a section for it?
Just to compare, if I browse the forum via the Tapatalk app, I'm able to see new posts in this section sorted by the date of the last post. I believe this should be the right way to go.
I think this is a small and necessary change that should be quite easy to implement.
Cheers.
Anybody home? Maybe this is not the right forum to raise such a suggestion?
Thanks for the suggestion, but we recommend subscribing to a thread if you want to be kept up to date on progress. The "Participated Threads" tab sorts in order of last update.
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Thanks for the suggestion, but we recommend subscribing to a thread if you want to be kept up to date on progress. The "Participated Threads" tab sorts in order of last update.
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Thanks for your answer. However, it seems that at least on the desktop site, the "participated threads" section is not sorted by last update (as it should), but by thread creation order.
Kindly would like to bump this:
The participated section should have the exact effect as performing an advanced search with myself as the posting user. In this case, I'll get a list of the threads I have posted in, ordered by post date (threads with newer posts are shown first). If number of threads exceeds a page, then I can select the page for previous posts.
However, the participated section button shows only one page, where this page holds threads ordered by thread creation date.
What I think that should be done is that the participated button will simply imitate the search action described above. This is exactly what Tapatalk does, but unfortunately not what happens here. Of course I can always perform this advanced search to see what happens in the threads I participate in, but this is very cumbersome.
When I reply to two posts in a thread, my posts are merged into one entry. I thought it was based on the amount of time between my posts. I see no warning while composing the second post that this will happen. In particular, "PREVIEW POST" does not show this.
I'm sure I have seen consecutive posts by one person, *not* combined into one post, with timestamps that differ by much less than the difference in timestamps of two of my posts that *were* merged.
Is there some setting I need to use to keep posts separate?
When two posts by one person are replying to different posts in one thread, it is *not* helpful to merge those posts. The target of the second reply is less likely to notice that he received a reply to his post. A reply to the combined post will probably quote *both* replies contained in the combined post, making it harder to tell to which part the third-order post is replying.
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[Disclaimer]I did nothing to split the last three responses into separate posts, and in fact was intending for them to be in one post. XDA Labs app just posted them that way.
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I thought the merging was done by the server, and would be independent of whether the posting was done using an app or a browser.
Maybe your reputation entitles you to post without being merged.
Do you have the patience to make two posts here using a browser?
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I thought the merging was done by the server, and would be independent of whether the posting was done using an app or a browser.
Maybe your reputation entitles you to post without being merged.
Do you have the patience to make two posts here using a browser?
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Since within a few weeks XDA will be switching a new app and back-end and (probably also web UI) I would not spend much time troubleshooting the outgoing system but I can share what I've learned in the past.
- Timer: yes, the one hour was what I used to follow when waiting to make a separate post.
- There are some odd little differences between the way merging is handled by Labs app an browser. Timestamps for merged posts in Labs use UMT-0 whereas in browser the stamp corrected for region is used but this does not seem to affect the trigger for when to merge or not merge.
- There have been ways to force a new post which I have occasionally used to seperate a serious bug report or an OT rant from the normal thread discussion.
- As to RC title I don't know of any exception for that but it could be possible.Whatever it is, it is not absolute because there are more times that the posts would be merged than not.
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Having previously posted from a web browser I could not resist seeing what happens with merge now posting a new reply in XDA Labs app.
[EDIT] Interesting. It automatically threaded them. Anyhow it seems that the landscape of this queation has gotten messier perhaps as the XDA maintainers complete the move to the new resources and the old resources to deteriorate so I'm going to put a pin in the map here in case this comes up again in the new interface.
Hi @J.Michael,
I think you should read this old thread (only 2 pages): https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1341333
It will give you some clues why this feature was implemented in the past on XDA.
Prior to my research today, what I had in mind was that it was there for anti-spam purpose, to avoid:
- multiple posts easily and quickly made by a new member trying to increase their post count and then be able to post advertising links, other malicious stuff (info: you can't post links or add attachments when you are below 10 posts)
- members who are just trying to increase their numbers for no reason.
Hence if there is less posts, it is also less work for reporters and then moderators.
In the thread I've linked, you will see that it seems there were other reasons to implement this, like reducing resource usage for instance.
Also this feature is disabled for moderators and admins FYI due to our moderation and maintenance duties.