I don't like it at all. Where's the "dislike" button?
You had one good suggestion which I've made before.
Don't allow people to download who haven't even registered. Apparently, it's too difficult to implement, unless you release as an attachment, which is already implemented. (IDK about the rest of you, but most of my releases won't fit in an attachment, many couldn't even go in the downloads section; which is also, I believe, for registered users only)
I would only want to like a release I tried and found helpful. I've downloaded so many that where infected or packaged as .Net assemblies (or ActiveX hosts / COM surrogates etc.) without the requisite dependencies, and the developer (apparently) has no idea what "dependencies" are, much less which ones his / her program needs. (unless, maybe, they are children and elderly people not able to support them self
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The only post I would add to such releases would be "Borked! Fix it, or kindly leave the stage." XD
Additionally, when ever this suggestion has been raised, MentaL has always stated clearly that it is RaGEZONE core tenant to allow free and unrestricted access to all releases. It is actually in our
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Do not post download links that require a survey or advertisement to be viewed before accessing the content, this is strictly forbidden.
That's pretty much what you are insisting they do... fill in a survey (click "like") or make a dumb post. So you want us to implement a
rule which enforces that users break our rules?
It's never going to happen. Trust me.
If we could get a [hidden][url=myrelease.url.com\awesome-on-a-stick.zip]This release[/url] is for RZ members only[/hidden] which would not expand until you sign in... that would be ace.
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@Wucas: Why do you think I don't share any contact with RZ users except RZ?
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Now I'm on staff, sadly 0 post users can hassle me in PMs about releases too. (it's a hard life you know) I typically provide a reasonably "proforma" reply (one I have written so many times, it's almost identical each time) which goes a little like this:-
Thank you for your interest in my release. I am happy to provide support on the public forums. Please make this request in <insert correct sub-forum> so that your question can be searched by others, and my response can help them as well as you.
For the same reason, I will not provide one-time support via <insert rubbish chat / screen share requested>.
Additionally, this will increase your RaGEZONE post count by 1 excellent and worthy post, leading to an outstanding reputation as a fully fledged member of the RaGEZONE community, and entitling you (once you have a few more posts) to PM other regular users regarding matters which may not be of such public interest. (The only reason you can PM me, is because I am a member of staff here, and must be contactable in the event of Account / Login problems)
Welcome to RaGEZONE! I look forward to seeing more of you on the forum,
bobsobol
Users who are clearly struggling with translation issues, I dumb down the language a little, or attempt a translation to their language. But the essence remains the same regardless.
It's harder to get across in chat program, and that's a major reason why I don't give it out all that frequently. (that, and the fact that 13 yo's in West Coast USA get very annoyed when I'm not on-line at what is the middle of my night-time or work day and they are having a heart-failure because their server "dun work riet".
Another reason why forum support rox the world. It's always there, the thread of conversation is not lost by logging in and out, and time-zone is largely irrelevant.