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I saw some moderators closed a boycott apple thread. I mean if it's in a offtopic forum. Why does it matter? Its starting to piss me off.
Mavman42 said:
I saw some moderators closed a boycott apple thread. I mean if it's in a offtopic forum. Why does it matter? Its starting to piss me off.
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Probably because it was completely useless and was just waiting for a flame war to begin.
Moderators should be objective, so any flaming thread will be locked.
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veeman said:
Probably because it was completely useless and was just waiting for a flame war to begin.
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Why does it matter? I thought we could talk about anything. But they want us to praise them?
Mavman42 said:
Why does it matter? I thought we could talk about anything. But they want us to praise them?
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No. They want people to stop making useless threads.
How old are you? If you want a flame war then go to Youtube.
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I bet as they're primary phone they use isheep phone. Any moderators if I have offended you sorry to rotten your apple.
Mavman42 said:
I bet as they're primary phone they use isheep phone. Any moderators if I have offended you sorry to rotten your apple.
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Dude.. this is an Android forum. I'm pretty sure none of the Mods use an iPhone as a primary phone.
LordManhattan said:
How old are you? If you want a flame war then go to Youtube.
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Old enough to realize what's right and wrong.
veeman said:
Dude.. this is an Android forum. I'm pretty sure none of the Mods use an iPhone as a primary phone.
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They could just use taptalk
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Mavman42 said:
Old enough to realize what's right and wrong.
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Locking useless threads is wrong? So I guess it'll be wrong when this thread gets locked too.
I can guarantee that no mod has closed a thread because they either agree or disagree with a pro or anti apple argument.
If you have a problem with a closed thread then get in touch with the moderator that closed it.
We don't need a thread to discuss it, and with that, this thread is closed.
Before the moderators close this thread, let me ask one question. Is there an apple development thread on this site?
Mavman42 said:
Before the moderators close this thread, let me ask one question. Is there an apple development thread on this site?
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Try http://forum.iphone-developers.com
It's xda's iPhone site.
Mavman42 said:
I thought we could talk about anything.
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You thought wrong.
Threads like that are just immature and pointless, and almost always end up in flame wars.
Is it just me or does anyone else feel that the multiplayer playlist choices are a bit of a let down. Yes I'm sure well see more with updates but I love my Big Team Battles and to constantly play Slayer is a bit boring. Bring back big team CTF & Assault and maybe a bit of Rocket Race for good measure.
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mr_tris said:
Is it just me or does anyone else feel that the multiplayer playlist choices are a bit of a let down. Yes I'm sure well see more with updates but I love my Big Team Battles and to constantly play Slayer is a bit boring. Bring back big team CTF & Assault and maybe a bit of Rocket Race for good measure.
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Another game thread? Seriously?
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SimonTS said:
Another game thread? Seriously?
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Sorry to sh1t on your day pal. Got a bit bored of talking about phones and tablets. I take it you don't like the Halo franchise?
Maybe next time I'll post something off-topic in the Devs section just to cheer everyone up a bit more. What do you reckon.
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mr_tris said:
Sorry to sh1t on your day pal. Got a bit bored of talking about phones and tablets. I take it you don't like the Halo franchise?
Maybe next time I'll post something off-topic in the Devs section just to cheer everyone up a bit more. What do you reckon.
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Assassins Creed is way better. Halo is still cool though
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mr_tris said:
Sorry to sh1t on your day pal. Got a bit bored of talking about phones and tablets. I take it you don't like the Halo franchise?
Maybe next time I'll post something off-topic in the Devs section just to cheer everyone up a bit more. What do you reckon.
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There is a gamin thread already that's what he was saying so calm down.
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RawnyRom said:
Assassins Creed is way better. Halo is still cool though
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I'm waiting for Assassins 3 to be posted from love film! Can't wait.
Tezlastorme said:
There is a gamin thread already that's what he was saying so calm down.
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Deep breath.......I'm fine now thanks Tezla.Nice PIC. If there's a common thread for every game under one thread then I'll look out for it later. In the mean time at least my question won't get lost on page 459.....etc somewhere else.
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mr_tris said:
I'm waiting for Assassins 3 to be posted from love film! Can't wait.
Deep breath.......I'm fine now thanks Tezla.Nice PIC. If there's a common thread for every game under one thread then I'll look out for it later. In the mean time at least my question won't get lost on page 459.....etc somewhere else.
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It won't get lost, but it will get locked by one of the Mods.
Yes. This is Off-Topic, but XDA is a mobile phone site. OT is allowed and tolerated because it is well moderated, but ultimately there are far better places if you really want to discuss games. That is precisely why there is ONE thread for games discussion and all others get locked - otherwise OT would just be two hundred games threads and nothing else.
SimonTS said:
It won't get lost, but it will get locked by one of the Mods.
Yes. This is Off-Topic, but XDA is a mobile phone site. OT is allowed and tolerated because it is well moderated, but ultimately there are far better places if you really want to discuss games. That is precisely why there is ONE thread for games discussion and all others get locked - otherwise OT would just be two hundred games threads and nothing else.
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Understood mate, thanks and apollogies to youself.
P.S. it's going back to the shop today, there doing the Dishonoured Collector Edition for £29.99!
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mr_tris said:
Understood mate, thanks and apollogies to youself.
P.S. it's going back to the shop today, there doing the Dishonoured Collector Edition for £29.99!
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Omg! Someone that doesn't get all mad and start throwing tantrums when they are told that their thread will get locked. My life is complete.
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veeman said:
Omg! Someone that doesn't get all mad and start throwing tantrums when they are told that their thread will get locked. My life is complete.
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I came in here looking for storms and xobx posts, I now leave disappointed
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BeerChameleon said:
I came in here looking for storms and xobx posts, I now leave disappointed
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I like Halo 4 multiplayer.
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Josepho1997 said:
I like Halo 4 multiplayer.
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Me too but go talk about it in the gaming thread.
Also: coolstorybro.jpg
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I'm new to these forums and since this thread has kind of become a META thread about the off-topic forum, then I'm going to say that I don't know if I like how the off-topic forum works.
I have only given off-topic an initial browse to see what it's like, but it looks like 75% of the posts are huge archive posts on a single topic. Then there are like 5 or 6 scattered threads of varying levels of interesting topics. Why not just let all the posts roam free?
Since I'm new here I'm only guessing, but I feel like the off-topic community is being unnecessarily divided into huge black holes of threads where nobody really gets to know anyone else. Am I wrong in the that guess? Or is there really a community of people who hang out in the off-topic forum and manage to keep tabs on one another within these huge threads?
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wirther said:
I'm new to these forums and since this thread has kind of become a META thread about the off-topic forum, then I'm going to say that I don't know if I like how the off-topic forum works.
I have only given off-topic an initial browse to see what it's like, but it looks like 75% of the posts are huge archive posts on a single topic. Then there are like 5 or 6 scattered threads of varying levels of interesting topics. Why not just let all the posts roam free?
Since I'm new here I'm only guessing, but I feel like the off-topic community is being unnecessarily divided into huge black holes of threads where nobody really gets to know anyone else. Am I wrong in the that guess? Or is there really a community of people who hang out in the off-topic forum and manage to keep tabs on one another within these huge threads?
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Most of the regulars here know each other and know quite a bit about each other. There are some good people here and some muppets - if you hang around you will soon enough work out which groups people fall into (hint: I'm one of the muppets :silly.
The OT forum is really here for people to blow off a bit of steam and build a feeling of community, without needing to chat about phones and technology all the time - just like going down the pub after work with your colleagues and not talking about work. However some people seem to feel that they have an inherent right to just open a thread for anything they want - they social equivalent of meeting your colleagues down the pub and starting to chat about sex with animals - not what the rest of the group want to discuss.
SimonTS said:
Most of the regulars here know each other and know quite a bit about each other. There are some good people here and some muppets - if you hang around you will soon enough work out which groups people fall into (hint: I'm one of the muppets :silly.
The OT forum is really here for people to blow off a bit of steam and build a feeling of community, without needing to chat about phones and technology all the time - just like going down the pub after work with your colleagues and not talking about work. However some people seem to feel that they have an inherent right to just open a thread for anything they want - they social equivalent of meeting your colleagues down the pub and starting to chat about sex with animals - not what the rest of the group want to discuss.
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That's cool that a group of regulars persists here. I was a regular of the off topic forum at xbox.com back in the day, so I know what off topic forums can be like. The forums back then didn't have these huge archive posts though, like this forum has. It was more like jungle rules, I guess you could say, so I was just worried that the jungle rules were what made that off topic forum special for me.
But if you say that the archive threads work, then that's cool. I just have to get used to them, I guess.
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I do think that we shouldn't force everything related to gaming into one thread.
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Josepho1997 said:
I do think that we shouldn't force everything related to gaming into one thread.
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In that case, petition the people who matter to get a forum created just for games to be discussed - then you can have as many threads as you want.
Because on his PERSONAL site he linked to adfly.
Rules are made to keep things into boundaries and rules are needed, but the reason why Huexxx his threads are closed i can not agree with.
If adfly is not permitted on xda i think you stand in your right to lock the thread when they are put directly on xda. But this is not the case here. They are on his personal site. That's why I don't think you are even remotely in your right to regulate the content of someone his personal blog or site. Because it's PERSONAL.
You are not the ones to put any kind of censorship on someone his personal site or blog, unless the content linked to or placed there is illegal by law.
My opinion about this is that all threads that are closed for the same reasons should be reopened.
All i can say is, welcome to little Chin(XD)a.
Regards.
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I think you are approaching the subject from a little narrow angle. And rules are rules. And the rule goes like this : "Off-site downloads are permitted if the site is non-commercial and does not require registration." XDA is not designed for profit making, so moderators put rules like this. Personal opinions are irrelevant. I don't mind this kind of thing either. Waiting 5 seconds is nothing for me. But rules are rules, and if you are here then you have to respect them.
I only wish Huexxx wasn't offended by this thread closing, we are all looking forward for his ROM.
Pondera said:
I think you are approaching the subject from a little narrow angle. And rules are rules. And the rule goes like this : "Off-site downloads are permitted if the site is non-commercial and does not require registration." XDA is not designed for profit making, so moderators put rules like this. Personal opinions are irrelevant. I don't mind this kind of thing either. Waiting 5 seconds is nothing for me. But rules are rules, and if you are here then you have to respect them.
I only wish Huexxx wasn't offended by this thread closing, we are all looking forward for his ROM.
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Not designed for profit making....
Have you ever opend the site from a desktop / laptop?
The site is sooo slow because it's stuffed with commercial banners. I think they should change the line in as long as xda can't profit from it it's not allowed... ect.
And i stick with my opinion btw. Even if it might be narrow minded.
Edit: i know the rule you quoted, and i still think that xda is not someone who has any power over content placed on people's own private websites. Unless they can show me an official document that says otherwise. If xda does not have this, the only content they should worry about is the content on xda itself. Not somebody his personal "private" space wich is not related to xda forums.
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Duumke1 said:
Not designed for profit making....
Have you ever opend the site from a desktop / laptop?
The site is sooo slow because it's stuffed with commercial banners. I think they should change the line in as long as xda can't profit from it it's not allowed... ect.
And i stick with my opinion btw. Even if it might be narrow minded.
Edit: i know the rule you quoted, and i still think that xda is not someone who has any power over content placed on people's own private websites. Unless they can show me an official document that says otherwise. If xda does not have this, the only content they should worry about is the content on xda itself. Not somebody his personal "private" space wich is not related to xda forums.
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I totaly agree with you ! :good:
I highly agree with you, Duumke1.
Closing Huexxx threads is only harm for OB users, as we don't have any other dev that is working on offical ics base.
(I know about Trasmusic, but he uses IZS as base).And as you mentioned before without adblock site is useless, slow and overloaded with ads.
So XDA is place to make money but not for developers... Personally i can only hope that Huexxx won't abandon our phone - we can make for free simple forum beyond xda. Just my 2 cents.
Regards and all hail Huexxx!!!
Nihiliu said:
I highly agree with you, Duumke1.
Closing Huexxx threads is only harm for OB users, as we don't have any other dev that is working on offical ics base.
(I know about Trasmusic, but he uses IZS as base).And as you mentioned before without adblock site is useless, slow and overloaded with ads.
So XDA is place to make money but not for developers... Personally i can only hope that Huexxx won't abandon our phone - we can make for free simple forum beyond xda. Just my 2 cents.
Regards and all hail Huexxx!!!
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Just like you i hope Huexxx doesn't stop making roms for our device. I also know that xda probably need the ads to keep the site running.
If some of the income they make from those commercial banners goes to the devs here, they actually would be in their right to put up rules like discussed above, but because this is not the case i even think xda is in error by locking threads from Huexxx or any other thread closed for similar reasons.
In my opinion they don't have the right to do this if the content is not directly placed on xda forums.
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They dont closed the Thread for Huex Blog links, they closed cuz somebody put ad.fly links in it, the thread is old enough, so, isnt about Huexxx blog, is about other members giving links to Ad.Fly.
Mexickano said:
They dont closed the Thread for Huex Blog links, they closed cuz somebody put ad.fly links in it, the thread is old enough, so, isnt about Huexxx blog, is about other members giving links to Ad.Fly.
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Then they should have notified the users who did so and removed those links and give the users a warning, not close the whole thread.
An owner of a thread is not responsible for the content placed in it by other users unless they give the thread owner the ability to personally edit comments placed by others.
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@Duumke1 They are the Mods, There are rules, if nobody read the rules before post whatever, we should stick to the consequences. They dont close threads for fun.
Mexickano said:
They dont closed the Thread for Huex Blog links, they closed cuz somebody put ad.fly links in it, the thread is old enough, so, isnt about Huexxx blog, is about other members giving links to Ad.Fly.
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That makes even less sense.
The users who put the links should be warned, not the thread closed.
And it off curiosity, if xfa rule is to be observed, I love to see a non ad-sponsored download host that can take a lot of simultaneous downloads.
They all make you wait suggesting that paid membership is fast, instantaneous,etc.
Mexickano said:
@Duumke They are the Mods, There are rules, if nobody read the rules before post whatever, we should stick to the consequences. They dont close threads for fun.
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The job of a moderator is to check and see if the content of posted threads comply to the rules. If it dies not, warn the people who are in error and mod their posts so they comply to those rules. Locking down threads because not the thread owner but other people violated those rules is just a easy/fast way of doing your job as a moderator in my opinion.
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So, why start a Topic claiming for a thread closed, instead pming to the Mod who closed it?
Mexickano said:
So, why start a Topic claiming for a thread closed, instead pming to the Mod who closed it?
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If you read everything you should know this question is obsolete, because it is a shout out to the moderators and the above mentioned rule of xda.
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And Mexicano, don't take it personal but I'm just speaking my mind here.
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Ok lets me just confirm the reason for the thread being closed, and i will then concider the matter closed.
1. The use of a personal website to host the downloads and infomation for your Rom is allowed.
2. You CAN NOT use XDA to make money, simple.
3. Ad-Fly is a way of making money through referal, so those download links are not allowed on XDA.
4. If you host your Downloads on your Website, but those download links are Ad-Fly referals, then you are breaking XDA rules by just having a link to your personal website on XDA.
Result - Links to website have to be removed from Thread, as you are using XDA to make money with those links and thread has to be closed as the links are removed from the thread.
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Just wanted to pop in and say hey, I have been lurking around for along time and finally decided to sign up and join in.
This is my first smart phone that I have ever attempted to root/unlock (note 2) and had absolutely no idea how to go about it, so after about a week of reading I finally took the plunge, and from guidance from you guys it was all worth it. So I just want to give a big Thanks to you guys for the videos, write ups and the time you guys spend doing what you do.
And if this us posted in the wrong place sorry. Thanks again guys.
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Not that you so much posted in the wrong place, as you should of never made this thread.
To introduce yourself, go here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11092640
OT "Say Hi" thread
Also, while you're at it, read this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13588922
Ten post rule, and why it's needed.
Like I said above, sorry if I posted in the wrong place. I didnt see the thread to post just to say hi. I also didnt start this thread to up my post count, but to say thanks for the work that these developers put in to their work. I posted in the off topic discussion because I thought it was off topic and by all means please move it to the right thread if it offends anyone.
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chizler said:
Like I said above, sorry if I posted in the wrong place. I didnt see the thread to post just to say hi. I also didnt start this thread to up my post count, but to say thanks for the work that these developers put in to their work. I posted in the off topic discussion because I thought it was off topic and by all means please move it to the right thread if it offends anyone.
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If you want to Thank the dev, send him a PM or press the "thanks" button . Development threads are for, well development, just saying.
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LoopDoGG79 said:
If you want to Thank the dev, send him a PM or press the "thanks" button . Development threads are for, well development, just saying.
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Dude don't be so harsh to him. He's New here and it's normal if he doesn't know much.
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Welcome to the forum mate. However, I do need to close this thread. We have about 1500 new members a day sign up so you can imagine what would happen if they all made a thread like this
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I haven't done a OT thread in a long time.... (dem modz)
But here is a new a revolutionary thread! (To Mods: Go Ahead and lock this thread if there is a thread that exists already)
Like the title says, this thread is for ALL members (no under-10-posts junior memebers allowed) of XDA, trolls or non-trolls, to post bizarre and wildly amazing or plain crazy things you find on the Internet (InterWebz for short) however they must comply to XDA rules, which is pretty much no illegal things such as..... you know what you shouldn't post. But whatever, go ahead and get crazy
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Yay! This dude doesn't even make good threads.
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Some people never learn...