[About XDA developers] egzthunder1:
YAY!! It is that time of the month once again where all the conspiratorial theorists come out and start talking about how the big bad xda-corp is sucking every penny out of your pockets while you are browsing OT... (this is a reply to multiple posts above but I didn't multi quote for the sake of keeping this post in one page. So, if your post is not quoted, it does not mean that this is not directed to you).

Ok, where to start.... ahh.. sleepykrushna (gary, I will address your posts in a separate one)

It always makes me sad to see people make public messages/outbursts/cries for attention, claiming that they are leaving IF the person is a productive member of the site (be it a dev, a user, RC, RT, RD, etc). I am not sure who the person in your specific example is (I have not had a chance to look at his/her profile) but if this is someone who has given his/her time to the site in any way, shape, or form, it is a sad day indeed. We try our absolute hardest to keep good people on the site by trying to weed out the people who make everyone else's stay on xda miserable. I am a large advocate of trying to have the community in a happy state and to that effect, I try my hardest to analyze usage patterns and behavior of as many people as I can to come up with potential tweaks to the site's day to day operations. I want xda to be an enjoyable experience for everyone who comes here. Having said that, I will always look after good members of the community and fall in favor of them when problems arise.

As for your concerns about n00bs asking silly questions, or people getting/being stripped titles, have you any idea of the complexity of the systems that we have in place for determining the latter? Have you any idea just how large this site is? Most devs and users don't see how big this forest is since they are always in their trees. We cannot catch everything, but we do what we can (and rely on good members of the community to help us). We try our best to filter people not suitable for titles, but like with ANY filter, you are bound to get something that you don't want going through, plain and simple. Have a dev in mind who should not be an RD? Please let me know and I will gladly look into their status. However, do keep in mind that RD titles not only convey technical expertise but also overall support, attitude, and helpfulness on the site as well. The higher tech side is what sets them apart from RC's in case you were thinking about asking that. Are you an RC who lost status for throwing a tantrum? Please write to PG101 and he will gladly look at your situation. Maybe it was a bad day you were having, who knows?

XDA needs a reboot? Not really.... what xda needs is for its members understand what this place is about, what the site is for, who it is aimed to, and most importantly, for them to understand that it tries its best to please everyone while attempting to keep its purpose and true mission statement in check and not get diluted in the tides of time.

Next up, quasimodem...

uhu... so you have a bunch of moderators and admins discussing things with you all in this very thread, as I type this, and yet you have the audacity to say that no one is reading the "suggestion box". Really? What channel are you watching? The very concept of me (or any other mod replying here) writing a post in here, trying get past the dribble about corporations and money that you just put out there, is a key concept that we are looking at what you are all saying and suggesting. At least sleepy's concerns were more valid, but yours? You are not contributing anything to this thread by stating what you did or helping the site for that matter. xda, despite of what you may think, is not a place to make money.... do you have any clue the amount of server power that it takes to have a place like this running 24/7 with as little down time as we have? Servers cost money... hmm, that wasn't loud enough and maybe you didn't hear me all the way in la-la-land... let me repeat it... RUNNING XDA COSTS A TON OF MONEY PER MONTH.

You posting in this thread means that you give a damn about the site and thus wanted to suggest something to help it run better. Your post does none of that and in fact it does the exact opposite, it stirs up crap in people's minds, generates unneeded unrest, and as a result, it creates more work for mods and admins, because now, we have to come in here and start discussing stuff that has absolutely 0 beneficial effect on the site. Don't believe me? Look at sleepy's post right after yours... his post before (which I addressed above) was a real concern. Your post came on and the next thing he posts is utter garbage about a Moto ad compared to azrienoch's rant against Moto (to be addressed in a second).

@sleepy (again),

I will keep this short and sweet.... I have personally ranted against virtually every single major manufacturer out there in many of my articles (HTC, Samsung, Sony, etc). Under your logic, we should not even have forums for any of the companies we have ranted about as showing "support" goes against what we say or write about, right? We point out fallacies, mistakes in the way they do things... that is what ranting is. Not agreeing with certain aspects of what they do has absolutely nothing to do with them buying ad space. Don't like to see the ads? Use an ad blocker, there... problem solved. By God, it irks me when people come up with arguments like this....

@roofrider,

Each mod team is responsible for an area and as such, the team will dictate how the area is to be run in terms of cleanliness... want to have an OT place to vent and it is no longer supported by your local mod team? Then I suggest you bookmark this for ease of access. Simple as that.

You all ask for more consistent moderation across the board, why? Do you even know what you are asking for or are you simply echoing what others have said?...I'll tell you what, give me an example where moderation is inconsistent and that it negatively affects the site. Do keep in mind that having unactioned items does not mean that mods treat things differently, but it may just be that it may have flown under the radar... so, careful with the example that you are about to post.

more later...