Forum where the threads aren't constantly closed by over zealous moderators.
In 14 years of using forums i have never known one so badly moderated as XDA. While i have been a member here i have used the ZTE, Sony and Nexus forums and it is always the same story, the thought police shutting threads and demanding you post where they want, it is utter bollocks and it feels more like a police state than a community.
Well, XDA is not a place where you can post everything everywhere. That's our rule.
Thread closed.
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Annoy the hell outta me. I like to wander the forums, but lately its a ***** trying to find development threads since they are all moved around. Now we have Nexus 3G and 4G ROMs that are similar other than model numbers all being moved to the General forum. Cyanogenmod Kangs, Miui ports, Bugless Beast. This is confusing as hell.
So maybe these aren't meeting the developement criteria to stay within sub-forum. But maybe its time to reconsider rules of the forums. For someone new jumping into these threads, this General Forum looks like ass. I can't even count how many ICS ROMs there are, and then have to I have to put my Sherlock Holmes hat on and investigate which one is for my device.
I know I can bookmark threads, and save favorites. But I like seeing buzz in the development forums by seeing what stays bumped. Can't really do that in the general.
Just my 2 pennies on all this moderator power tripping BS going on here.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G
I agree. I've sent messages to other mods and the only response i get is that they will look into it. It is definitely an unnecessary move on the mods part, but what can we do. Look for this thread to be locked also before too long, because it probably will be, your not allowed to express your opinion in the general section now either. I wish we could get more developers over on Rootzwiki. I don't see this happening on all of the other forums either.
Sent from my super sleek NS4G
Agree...
I couldn't agree more. I made a thread in the General Section, the main General section, not for any particular device. The thread was "Show your ICS home screens". I said in the thread, "Here's my current setup on NS4G". So they moved the thread to Nexus s general. then another modderator moved it again. I gave up.
Devs come on to post thir work, they can't post in certain forums or post links until they have posted X amount of times. I get the idea, but it's stupid! I can open a new user acct, go to the iphone section post 10 posts totally unreleated to android, then come back to the Android section, & like magic, I'm qualified to post in the dev threads.
Another thing is the mods pissing off the devs. A development forum without developers posting to it won't stand long.
I can't believe this thread isn't already closed...
I also agree with everything that was said. Another issue that chaps my ass is the retards running rampant in development threads. Shame that the knowledgeable, skilled developers are treated like dogs while idiots who can't even make a phone call are allowed to clog up threads and curse at people who try to help them.
This forum has very quickly become unbearable to frequent. I know it's a free world and I'm free to post elsewhere, but what drew me to xda was its reputation as a true developer's site. Very sad to see what it's become.
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Ya, I also agree. It's a mess around here. This site was always my first stop in the morning. Now I hit Rootz Wiki and a few others.
And the General forum. Sheesh!
Agreed. With everything said here. This place is a cluster***.
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The best way to search threads is to go to google....
Then type what you want and at the end of your search criteria;
Type "xda"
This will pull the thread you need right up.
Hope this helps.
I have to agree as well. I don't know how the other phone sections are looking, but the Nexus S section is way too messy, not to mention the fact that 2 of the best Roms (GPA19 and Oxygen) are not even on this site. You gotta ask why the good developers are not on this site anymore. Yet Drew Garen's crap is everywhere. I have been using this site for over 4 years and this is the worst it has ever been. Something needs to change, and quickly.
*UPDATE* Jesus, as I was typing this the thread was moved. This is exactly what we are talking about here. Quit doing this stupid ****.
I guess I'm the only one here that thinks you basically need to learn how to use the forums, rather than expect them to suit your ideal. There's a few million other members to consider.
Lets see:
Sprint user
Sprint user
Sprint user
Sprint user
Sprint user
Sprint user
Not defined
Orange....
makes me wonder
Listen you guys...if you seem to have an issue with anything on this site and have already contacted "The Mods" and have not been replied properly..contact the Administrators with your concerns instead of opening yet another "Boo-hoo..I hate this site and everything it stands for but I'ma continue to download anyway" thread.
Thread closed because I felt the need to do so and to flex my Mod muscles....Ta-ta
M_T_M
Wait... what's a smartphone? My Samsung Fliptop is now an outdated piece of tech
Have you ever thought of the fact that before smartphones, there were flip tops, normal cellphones and pocket PDAs?!
Well then this is the thread for you minority of people, including myself! In this thread, us minority can all discuss what ACTUALLY was considered "an awesome phone" before smart touch screen devices were made!
Ahh, I still rememb-... I'll stop there.
Post your photos of old phones, discuss what cell phones were like before smartphones, and have fun!
(In my opinion, a pocket PDA isn't a smart phone )
Thread already exists.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1084240
I am posting here prior to a moderator deciding this thread no longer needs to be open!! Note to mods: I didn't say IB4L!!!
85gallon said:
Thread already exists.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1084240
I am posting here prior to a moderator deciding this thread no longer needs to be open!! Note to mods: I didn't say IB4L!!!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I don't think there's anything wrong with posting the link to the already-existing thread. That actually serves a useful purpose whereas the IB4L people are just boosting their post count. Closed.
I found xda forum very stupid. I had been visiting xda forum for like two or three years but I registered this account way later like some months ago. Then, when I had some real serious problem that I wanted to ask in a development thread, it just won't let me. It's so stupid although I totally understand the intentions of this but really, what if someone like me really need to address some serious issues like some serious bugs in a new ROM or some boot failure issues? And the most stupid part is that you got to post 10 spams before you can speak in the development forum then I was like WTF??
This forum is not a support forum. It's here for developers to discuss and share their development work.
See the link in my signature about the 10 post rule. It will explain why it's in place and help you become a constructive member of the community, rather than a whining leech (not calling you a whining leech - just saying you won't be one ).
Thread closed.
As suggested by BLADESMAN1889, this is a place for users from the UK Thread for Information on ordering the Nexus 4, to come and discuss other topics, to stop that thread becoming irrelevant.
Cheers
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I'm sorry, but we already have an Off-topic thread. Please just use it.
If we start having country-specific Off topic threads in addition to the dozen or so country specific threads we already have, this board will be even more cluttered with the kind of conversations a lot of people are sick of reading on XDA.
Thanks
Ok, this is getting crazy over here. Why on earth can we not have a SINGLE THREAD about Android L? It is the biggest release for Android and some people are excited. Everybody was confined to one thread prior to this, and guess what? That thread was closed. Why? Because people were apparently "spamming questions" (I didn't read through the entire thread so I don't know exactly what was going down, but the last couple pages didn't see all that bad).
Every other thread now is getting shut down. Seriously, what does it matter if people are asking too much? They are excited! Closing all of these threads are just going to make new people (those who weren't here last night or today) keep posting more topics on the matter. So what if people are being annoying. That main thread that was closed still had some genuine people in it. Who cares if there are a few people throughout the thread asking too much? Let them be! At least it is in one thread and not making a mess of this and the Q&A forum, likes its been since the main thread was closed.
Let this topic stay please, and let anybody speculate, ask questions, build hype or whatever towards Dev preview!
May I just remind everybody who would say something along the lines of "Oh XDA is a developer forum not blah blah blah", which is what I have seen numerous times in these topics that have been closed:
Quoted Directly above the threads here in General!
"Since this is not a development section, you can post on general topics that all users will encounter with the Nexus 5. Any registered XDA user can post in this forum."
I believe all users will encounter Android L, so why can't there be speculation, posts about things that were discovered, new pictures ect.? Look I know it gets annoying, but that's when it is all over the forum. Can we just keep this one topic open and confine everybody to it? It will make those who want to talk about it happy for they have a place and it will make those annoyed happy for it is only one thread.
Noble cause, but it won't work. It will derail in a matter of seconds and none of us mods feel like taking on the burden of keeping it in check simply for speculation purposes. Wait for the test version to drop, until then nothing is allowed.
Thread closed.