Anyone moderating Expertzzz?
This is the question we have been asking for so many months, and everytime we are told that Boonex is moderating it carefully. But i don't think so.
Earlier it was only that people used to post some nice paid posts for free,or for less fee, there...but now the scenario has changed much. They know their uploaded stolen mods would be removed someday, so they have found a new concept. They post links to the mods in comments to free mods. And what is the worst thing? Click on "Report" on those comments does not do anything.
I provided a free tweak to give a nice effect on hovering over member thumbnails by providing certain info about the member. But now i feel it is waste of time providing free mods there. Why? Someone wrote a comment on that mod linking to a site where almost every Dolphin mod is available for free. And the more bad thing? I clicked on "Report" link more than 10 days back, but the comment is still there. I thought i should wait for some days as the moderating team might be busy, but still no action.
So, does Boonex care about the developers? You made Unity Extensions in a manner that posting mod here is useless for all those which are not part of Boonex because it would take months for their mods to be approved. And now posting at Expertzzz is even turning useless.
Boonex had promised to improve Expertzz at the launching of new Unity, but what has been done till now? Nothing.
Either moderate the Expertzz seriously, or other wise close it if you can't manage it.
"Giving birth to a child is no good for a women, if she can't even take care of the child."
And one thing needs to mentioned by me. I'm not doing this just for me. Something bigger than the comment issue has just now happened with me, but i'm not complaining about that. I'm writing all this for all of the developers who make mods after so much hard work and these stupid fellows post them for free and think that they are helping the world. These stupid fellows would never look into the big picture. The sites to which they link contain almost every dolphin mod for free, and that's very bad thing.
What is Boonex planning about Expertzzz?
And what about approval system at Unity? Even Sammie had raised this issue some time back.
PS.: Now please don't say that i'm writing this due to the issue which struck me just now.
The new Dolphin solution is powered by UNA Community Management System.
As promised .. all wishes about mods (products) was applied at Unity site.
Here more administrators that able to moderate and site content and modifications. Here more strong procedure to publish extensions.
And as I know, BoonEx just keep this site working, just because not all able to follow code convention and other rules.
So any other expertzzz who want to do something can do it at expertzzz site.
Sometimes BoonEx check what in download section. And all suspect data checks. But it see more
though not a strict moderation, but atleast give them power to hide stolen mods.
this question is for Andrew Boon.
(this just doesn't seemed to have happened in the manner it was suppose too) so instead of 1 finely joined community we have 2 separate and disparate communities.
Regards,
CyberXing
even if they could not merge, they should atleast improve expertzzz. even today expertzzz is used more than unity extensions.
but it is not trying to do anything.
Even by imposing a single restirction of being atleast 10 days old memebrs can work. Most of stolen mods are posted through new profiles created on very same day. Those thieves don't have patience to wait for 10 days.
And a true developer would probably won't post a new mod in just 10 days of joining expertzzz. And in case he makes, he would be definitely able to wait for 10 days.
Just an see more
Regards,
CyberXing
Me personally I am a business man and always wondered about free open source how do you pay the bills if you give it away. I wonder if the person offering is a just digital hippie or if the code is full some sort of spyware.
There seems to be a fundamental flaws here which see more
this would help me help someone needy.
My Dolphin Mobile mod was posted by someone for free at Expertzzz. I have worked for months on this mod. The mod remained there for almost two days and more than 120 people downloaded it.
I'm angry that i've lost money, or something like that. What hits me is that Boonex is not caring about Developers at Expertzzz. And secondly, after this issue, i started providing the version 1.1. of Dolphin Mobile see more
...I'm *not* angry that i've lost money, or something like that. What hits me is that Boonex is not caring about.....
...I'm not much *effected* at the moment being a high school student who still feeds on parents money, but what about others?...
"So many people downloaded, but not even one of them cared to write a comment on it. They got it for free, but they still don't feel like writing just a comment."
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"I'm not much at the moment being a high school student who still feeds on parents money, but what about others?"
hi gautam,
if i count myself among those "others" (coz i wasn't programming mods for boonex, but something else), i was always doing all my software for free.
Maybe because see more
i meant to refer those people who have taken up developing modules and stuff as their primary job. i wish everyone had a decent job :)
it would take me atleast 3-4 more years to finally get a job see more
how do we earn pundit points at unity? i can't understand it yet.
hope dat atleast Sammie wud have d answer...
My only suggestion would be some sort post stating this point I think some people would understand the trick is somehow getting people to take the time to read it.
Two competing systems is not a great idea, so Expertzzz would have to change focus. The whole transition is slow unfortunately and it's mostly due to our current focus on Dolphin 7 and Poseidon development.
how do we earn pundit points at unity? i can't understand it yet.
hope dat atleast Sammie wud have d answer..."
easy, go and post in the pundit forum then you get pundit points. thats right, make posts as a non pundit in the pundit forum and you get pundit points.
now i aint sure why pundits would need points for posting in there, i guess its just the way the system is.
i would have thought it would be linked to points for pages i write see more
...looks like u even get pundit point if an administrator (i.e. someone from boonex team) clicks on thumb up in your post. Because earlier i did not have it, but when Andrey made a positive comment, i got one point. but still not sure!
System is quite confusing. no points for writing in TRAC, no points for posting free mods at expertzzz. ah, wat to say!
so i am not sure how that works.
http://www.expertzzz.com/Downloadz/view/5066
So, to avoid cheats - just don`t purchase this, in any case this mod will deleted, and you will lost transaction, so lost your money. Be carefully. Don`t support thiefs
I've been looking at the mod for so many hours and waiting for it to be removed. Though he is providing none of my mod, i still want some action against him.
His website is indiagang.net and he bought this domain just a month back and so is pretty new. His unity username is also 'indiagang'. I've sent him a warning, but i know he wont care about it.
Only action against such people can be cancellation of their dolphin license. I wanted to report this to his host, but the host see more
can't bear telephone costs... :)
What i mean is that in case several people report a product, the product becomes temporarily hidden. but this edea is not nice in a direct manner and would need something to restrain people from making every mod hidden. BUT ADD SOMETHING!!!
Expertzzz is in beta 5...and still so many issues...
http://www.expertzzz.com/Downloadz/view/5079
There are a lot of mad people using dolphin who feel that they are helping the world by providing mods for free. And you can find many sites where dolphin mods are available for free. People are giving almost every mod for free.
And sometimes these people who use those free mods have to suffer too! Like The v2.0 of my Mobile Mod was indeed like a trojan which deleted important dolphin files and dropped database tables. Those who would have used it see more