Spamming would be making several topics in this case, which there has been, but they all get unlisted anyway since one already exists. So still no
I think he’s talking about the replies here, since they repeat the same points over and over.
To be honest many of these topics should be moved to #help-and-feedback:game-design-support so people post “is ____ against the TOS” in that category instead of Development Discussion.
So you are not getting the point of what I’m saying.
- The same topic style
- The same responses
- The same complaint
Depends, most of these topics don’t fit into a category at all and some are generally leaned towards just platform support questions (hence the creation of this forum request).
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Was it not always opened to members? I’ve been able to post since late 2019, I am not a regular, and have always had access to it.
I would definitely agree with this IF roles like regular become attainable again. There are more members than you think who know how to make a good topic and make use of these categories, and deserve to be regular. Closing it would also close it to these people. In conclusion, until Regular becomes obtainable, I will have to disagree with this request.
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It used to be only regulars and higher, but with more and more people coming onto the forum I believe it was opened up to the members so they can make topics for who knows what.
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Actually, maybe add a sub rank like advanced member or something so the members who are actually going to make stimulating and fresh discussions can make it?
I saw a guy posting, ironically(not intended as a callout btw), about how to fix spam in #development-discussion when that was the wrong category and he was guilty of posting recent spam.
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I also second this opinion, I’m enjoying using the forum and I want to become a regular, I actually wouldn’t mind Discussion being re-closed so I seek out other’s topics in place of my own when it just comes to talking about good development practices, that’s general enough to eventually find something where I feel like I would’ve made a topic on it anyway. I am looking forward to becoming a regular when I’ve earned it, but I’m also incredibly wary of how or when it’ll be possible to become a regular soon again.
(I think a more pressing issue is something like bug reports being closed to members, in my opinion that is much more worth fighting for any sort of Members to access if they’re having legitimate issues running Studio for the first time)
I don’t understand why people are using DD as a place to complain about not receiving their Bloxy Award items (as if that’s even important) and to talk about the awards in general which doesn’t concern development.
https://devforum.roblox.com/t/8th-annual-bloxys-what-are-your-thoughts/1134301
https://devforum.roblox.com/t/8th-annual-bloxy-award-rewards-not-being-given/1134240
https://devforum.roblox.com/t/did-anyone-else-not-get-the-imagination-core-badge/1134170
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If you made these posts and are reading this - FYI these don’t belong here
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My intention was not to be rude, it was for you and others in general to know a specific example of an unacceptable post in that category.
Hopefully, you read this before posting:
https://devforum.roblox.com/t/about-the-development-discussion-category/14
DD is not a place for people to ask for help on things such as not being awarded a prize from a Roblox event. It’s for developers to engage in useful developmental discussion that will benefit everyone.
I am human, I’ve made plenty of mistakes, take this as a learning opportunity to grow. I apologize if I made you feel inferior, but again, it was not my intention.
As someone who frequently looks at the “New” tab and the DD category, your topic isn’t hidden from the list, even if it was flagged down by the community.
I actually didn’t realize the topic is never fully hidden.
I’d imagine that’s what would happen to be honest.
Edit from September 2022: For anyone who’s somehow reading this now, then I apologize for my actions, after all of this I had some time to look back on what I did and realized how immature I was at the time, Thank you for reading this. 
Edit from the 1st of November 2023, I no-longer use Roblox for any of my projects/endeavors as I do not wish for my projects to be locked into this centralized ecosystem, Roblox have made horrific decisions in the past and there is nothing stopping moderation or a hacker from permanently nuking my project from orbit.
Examples: Project A is on Roblox, Account is hacked, Project is deleted.
Project B is standalone and hosted via a dedicated server on a VPS, Account is hacked, A few misuses of permissions and account is disabled temporarily via the server itself but the project is perfectly fine aside from minor damage caused by misused account permissions.
Think before using platforms like this, Their blessings can also be curses.
oh cuz i didnt see that discussion rule as well i would only make discussions about developments thanks
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I would like something like this but unfortunately, ranks are built into Discourse, the forum management software that is used to make the DevForums, and ranks cannot be edited or removed.
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I’m talking more like adding another rank. Member is allowed to post in D.d but Advanced member is allowed to make topics in D.d(kind of like bug categories). Get what I’m saying?
These are called trust levels. There are 4 built-in trust levels on Discourse. Only their permissions can be changed. New ones cannot be created and the existing ones cannot be removed.
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I wasn’t aware of that, thanks.
I’m surprised though-it seems like there should be more options on discourse in general to allow for a more customized experience
To add on to further statements, I’m laughing out loud when people who are clearly violating rules sometimes just after they do it(and they’re relatively new, even compared to people like me(7 months in here, not TOO bad). It’s like the equivalent of joining a discord server and right away acting like a mod.