Dear XDA, for the love of all that is sane, could a format be designed that would allow for creation of a "Read Only" rom development threads which would spawn a read/write q&a thread elsewhere by default where users could post as is now. The format would allow only the developer and developer selected users to add posts originating from q&a thread that contained important info, fixes, workarounds etc. discovered by users.
I am a firm believer in reading....each time I log on I pick up at (first unread) in the threads I participate in and plow through it post by post. But the truth is that the threads are packed with useless posts that while fun to read at times stray away from anything beneficial or new and mixed up in that are very informative posts ......such as "once this rom is more stable it'll be my daily Flashed back to blah-blah rom." And that's in threads where no one else has that issue and it is a daily. Self promotion, rom promotions, other rom promotions, thanks promotions, flaming, naming, laming, tagging, bragging, one question....9 identical answers. You get my point, all the relevant info in most threads could be summed up around 5 pages max perhaps. Imagine rom threads that ONLY had a few pages of everything known about the rom like how to install, what features now and coming, troubleshooting and fixes, requirements, issues etc.
At the least if mods could allow the dev and/or dev helpers access to all posts in say first 2 or so pages of threads which usually comprise of "First", and the other regular break in lines, so these posts could be repopulated with the above mentioned scenario of information maybe that could be just as useful. Bottom line it is really hard these days to actually acquire info if you jump into a new rom thread which has been active for some time, and if you fail to use the right keyword in a search-box that function can be less than helpful.
The first suggestion imo would further highlight the brilliance and hard work of all that contribute to XDA in whatever means they do while keeping the chat community alive and healthy too. Great interactions happen here and they should as do great accomplishments, and miraculous workarounds/fixes what better way to highlight this than giving all of it a place upfront?! The second suggestion too would help highlight these same achievements.
Thanks for reading and any considerations given.
Louforgiveno
I am a firm believer in reading....each time I log on I pick up at (first unread) in the threads I participate in and plow through it post by post. But the truth is that the threads are packed with useless posts that while fun to read at times stray away from anything beneficial or new and mixed up in that are very informative posts ......such as "once this rom is more stable it'll be my daily Flashed back to blah-blah rom." And that's in threads where no one else has that issue and it is a daily. Self promotion, rom promotions, other rom promotions, thanks promotions, flaming, naming, laming, tagging, bragging, one question....9 identical answers. You get my point, all the relevant info in most threads could be summed up around 5 pages max perhaps. Imagine rom threads that ONLY had a few pages of everything known about the rom like how to install, what features now and coming, troubleshooting and fixes, requirements, issues etc.
At the least if mods could allow the dev and/or dev helpers access to all posts in say first 2 or so pages of threads which usually comprise of "First", and the other regular break in lines, so these posts could be repopulated with the above mentioned scenario of information maybe that could be just as useful. Bottom line it is really hard these days to actually acquire info if you jump into a new rom thread which has been active for some time, and if you fail to use the right keyword in a search-box that function can be less than helpful.
The first suggestion imo would further highlight the brilliance and hard work of all that contribute to XDA in whatever means they do while keeping the chat community alive and healthy too. Great interactions happen here and they should as do great accomplishments, and miraculous workarounds/fixes what better way to highlight this than giving all of it a place upfront?! The second suggestion too would help highlight these same achievements.
Thanks for reading and any considerations given.
Louforgiveno
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