Is there any better way to get around the minimum prior post restriction? The only forum I view requires a minimum post count. The only way to post is to go elsewhere. Seriously, I'm beyond flustered by the stupidity of the design. I've been a lurking, downloading, and using those ROMS for over 4 years and I can't even post a single question because I don't flood the forums. Great.
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Hi, I wanted to post some feedback/ideas in the ZDbox development thread ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=963199 ) and possibly a couple of others, but I cannot post in the thread.
Is this simply because I have less than ten posts? I now have the grand total of one post! If this is the case, I don't really fancy posting 10 useless posts elsewhere, and I'm pretty sure this wouldn't be appreciated either!
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I agree I totally joined this website so that I could express my thanks to a specific person for a thread and then ask a qualifying question or two. But I do think that the 10 post requirement is a bit high but I also don't understand how someone who only showed 5 post was able to post whereas I was unable to. Have you had any luck?
Nah, I just emailed the developer directly. Same with a couple of other apps I like but aren't quite perfect yet. But doing it this way no one else gets to read it and agree/disagree etc. Seems a bit daft to me.
Agreed
I have to agree, I now only have a couple of posts, but I can't really post in the thread I need to because of the limitation. I'm all for helping others out, but seeing as I'm just getting started with some of this, its a bit of a steep climb just so I can post an update on what is working/not working on the current flavor of ROM I got from a developer posting.
It is not the quantity of posts, it is the quality. You could make 100 ****ty posts and still not be allowed to post in developers forums.
For some people it might be unjust to enforce this rule.
But in general it keeps 90% of idiots from creating an account and spamming the dev forums, thus anoying developers and making it unnecessary difficult to find stuff in there or have a decent high level conversation.
If you look at those 1000 pages threads of some ROMs 70% of those posts are unnecessary.
-'Thank you posts' we have a button for that...
-Countless posts with "HALP MY PHONE NOT BOOT what wrong"
-And a ****load of others posts which could have been answered by the search function or actually reading the thread which no one does because it is so huge due to unnecessary posts...
Read this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2031989&postcount=45
hi, i want to post in android apps&games, however, i will not have access to do it untill i've posted 10 posts.
i'd like to know that are replies counted into the above "posts"?
TouchPal said:
hi, i want to post in android apps&games, however, i will not have access to do it untill i've posted 10 posts.
i'd like to know that are replies counted into the above "posts"?
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well !
did they or din't they ?
I would like to know the same. I have gotten to 10 posts yet still cannot post in the only thread that i want to post in.......
This 10 post thing seems pretty annoying
Yes, replies are counted in your post count. You don't have to start 10 threads to be able to post elsewhere.
Borat38 said:
Yes, replies are counted in your post count. You don't have to start 10 threads to be able to post elsewhere.
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that would suck!
stewlounse said:
This 10 post thing seems pretty annoying
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lol, so it is that a line of sorts is drawn beneath this tawdry affair.
Yeah, really anoying..
Hi i‘m also new here can you help me ?
That's odd.
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Guys, not to be harsh, but did we really need to make yet another thread about the minimum post count?
The administrators and moderators on this forum placed the minimum post count to stop spam. If you really, really, really need access to a forum just pm a mod/admin - more than likely they will help you out of your pickle. Otherwise, just take some time and post around the forums you do have access to... just remember quality is always better than quantity.
Threads like this only encourage the minimum post count to be raised (considering the vast majority of posts are essentially trash).
this 10 post thing is really irritating
i wanted to post but for that minimum 10 posts are needed
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that would suck!
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That does suck.. theres 3...
It would be nice if devs could lift the restriction on a per-thread basis. I'm sure it's too complicated to implement.... but the OP of this thread now has a thread in the Apps forum asking for beta testers for his app.
However, since he wants the beta testers to reply to the thread in the Apps forum to sign up for the beta, it's a little frustrating to have to make 10 posts in order to reply in a thread like that.
newbie4ever said:
That does suck.. theres 3...
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or maybe it was only # 2
AnnoyingBunny said:
Guys, not to be harsh, but did we really need to make yet another thread about the minimum post count?
The administrators and moderators on this forum placed the minimum post count to stop spam. If you really, really, really need access to a forum just pm a mod/admin - more than likely they will help you out of your pickle. Otherwise, just take some time and post around the forums you do have access to... just remember quality is always better than quantity.
Threads like this only encourage the minimum post count to be raised (considering the vast majority of posts are essentially trash).
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why would we want to poke around a bunch of post that we have no interest in...
Just saying....
this is going to be the thread where people eliminate their post limits, or at least thats what i'm doing
i still think it's dumb how XDAD limits users until they have the 10 posts, and I wanted to post on a thread i have been following for a few months now.
Definitely not 10 threads!
Not to circumvent the 8 thread limit. But this should be noted to place beginners forums. I need 8 post so will place all my 8 posts here.
Lol wtf. you just made this to post 8 posts?
For every worthless off topic post you get deducted 2 posts.
I tried to post a question about rooting the noot tablet and was told I have to have posted at least ten times here to be able to post there. Why do I see a junior member post with four posts over in the nook tablet thread. BTW not a rookie. I have rooted my Droid and played with ADB quite a bit.
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Depends on when they joined the forum. That rule isn't retroactive (IE if you joined before that rule, you don't need 10 posts to post in development sections).
Thanks for your response
The rule is meant to encourage people to post in the general section. Its a very widely held belief that the dev section is not for questions, its for dev work, and questions just clog the board and threads. There is no restriction to posting in any of the non-dev sections.
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While I understand with the general point of having to weed out the newbies's (and I include myself in that!) general questions/queries, I disagree with the 10 posts cut-off rule entirely.
One example: I have quite a trivial problem with compiling/upgrading certain packages (i.e. compiling and preparing .apk file after altering the source code and patching it) and building the rootfs for my phone.
This is a query only the devs would be able to address, quite easily, as they have been doing this for ages and know this process like the back on their hands.
This query is well-suited to be posted in one of the devs forums in here, but since I have less than 10 posts I can't do it and I am, quite literally, stuck!
It is not very likely that the devs are reading all the Q&A forums as the traffic on these is quite high and single queries like the one above could easily get lost among all the other stuff.
One of the Q&A forums had a traffic of about 6-7 pages of new threads per day, so you can understand why a single message could get lost there quite easily.
I did post my query, but, unsurprisingly, this was not answered.
I know I could wait and "blagg" my way through with meaningless posts to reach that 10 post minimum count, but I don't think this is a proper way of addressing this issue.
My two pence worth, of course.
I agree much with this thread. I dont believe I should have to post 10 times somewhere else that I have no interest in. Im looking to dev on the kindle android builds but I cant do anything but watch what others are posting. I personally believe this is bologna.
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While I understand with the general point of having to weed out the newbies's (and I include myself in that!) general questions/queries, I disagree with the 10 posts cut-off rule entirely.
One example: I have quite a trivial problem with compiling/upgrading certain packages (i.e. compiling and preparing .apk file after altering the source code and patching it) and building the rootfs for my phone.
This is a query only the devs would be able to address, quite easily, as they have been doing this for ages and know this process like the back on their hands.
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No, the dev forums are not there so you can ask the devs to answer your question.
This is exactly what the 10 post rule is there to prevent.
People using dev forums as Q&A forum, because they think they will receive quicker answers there.
Post your question in the question&answer forums, and if a dev wants to answer your question, he will do so, if not, well tough luck!
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No, the dev forums are not there so you can ask the devs to answer your question.
This is exactly what the 10 post rule is there to prevent.
People using dev forums as Q&A forum, because they think they will receive quicker answers there.
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I disagree - a cursory look at the Android Software Development (Discussion about Android-specific software development) forum shows at least 6 threads on the first page alone started by various posters either describing a specific problem/bug/feature (asking for clarification/assistance) or placing a direct question - see for yourself, go and have a look.
The other point I've made was that all these questions get drowned in the sea with all the rest and the chances of someone seeing, let alone addressing a specific problem are slim-to-none.
One other thing - when I get to test/implement something I've seen in a given dev forum (a package, a specific update zip etc - you get the point) and find an issue/bug or simply wish to post a comment or give a feedback, I can't do that, but have to go and do it in a completely different place, together with all other (unrelated) queries/questions from all other users - do you honestly think that makes sense, because to me it doesn't - at all!
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I tried to post a question about rooting the noot tablet and was told I have to have posted at least ten times here to be able to post there. Why do I see a junior member post with four posts over in the nook tablet thread. BTW not a rookie. I have rooted my Droid and played with ADB quite a bit.
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That are the rules that you agreed
I know, the reasons why there is a 10 post minimum before a noob can post to the developer section of a phone is legit.
But my phone is rare and thus there are few people posting about it with just a few devs that are active.
If I do a search for the phone, (huawei ascend mate) all i get is the threads where I am not yet allowed to post.
I did post a question about my phone being bricked in the section where it was allowed but did not get answers. Why?
Because the devs only visit the dev threads, which are located in the forums of yet another phone, the P6....
So it may be valid to have the 10 post minimum but it leaves me out in the cold!
Now there is a forum dedicated to the mate 2, why not move the mate 1 forum in to that section?
At least that will make the devs take more notice of nooms with general questions.
Feel free to give your ideas on how it should be done here:
Alternative to 10 post rule