This feels like a terrible philosophy if I’m being honest. The solution to people making bad threads isn’t to just ignore them, because they’ll just keep doing it.
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The point being: there are going to be (more, and there already are several) layers of different skill levels on this forum, and we are not expecting you to be interested in everything people post. People with a lower skill level won’t be able to participate in higher skill level discussions, and higher skill level users might be ticked off by lower level threads. You are always going to want to discuss with people near your own skill level because this is the most meaningful for your own learning process. Pick the threads you are reading and participating in by that principle.
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Fair enough to assume but they do, and when, the quality falls short of what that topic requires. As a product of 20-30 extra posts that lack professionalism and quality, the ‘higher skill level’ users:
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Send us examples via DM and we’ll iterate on forum entry/category requirements where needed.
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This will help engage more people in the fourms.
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Hmm anyone remember the days when Roblox first started the forums and Roblox Invited Developers to join back in 2013.
Time has changed, bit worried now that low skilled “developers” possible some immature people may get accepted though but we will see. Hopefully the forums stays at the professional standard with all the new systems in place.
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As I can now use the DevForums due to these changes, I can also see why a lot of people that were here before are bothered by these choices. I had always heard about the wait times for approval and it really kept me away from trying, one of my friends never heard anything back and they’ve been waiting a few months.
I can see the problems of professionalism between the people that were here beforehand, the people that are here afterwards (that actually want to use this properly), and the people that’ll go around making low quality posts. But the upside for me, and a lot of other people, is that we can finally engage with more experienced members and seek the help and tips we’ve been lacking the ability to get, since the old Roblox forums were closed.
All in all, I think the changes are really helpful towards new developers that are serious about engaging and learning from other people, but there needs to be some way of filtering out the people that want to use the platform from the people that’ll mess around.
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Additionally developers who waited extensive periods of time (I applied when the forums first opened, and once a ways after, and never heard anything back either time) and whom are experienced can finally participate in polls, report bugs, and request features that they were barred from previously.
I personally was very against having a arbitrary elite class that was hand selected who got speical previlage to the ability to have that kind of input and I’m happy to see a system that removes the “popularity contest” feel from it.
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I am very happy that this change was made. When I first submitted my application, I never seemed to get a response back so I assumed that I was rejected. To be honest though, the examples of work that I gave at the time were rather lackluster (:P). I was a bit annoyed though as I have been using Studio since 2009 (so I do have a lot of experience with the features and quirks of it IMO).
Personally, I still think there needs to be some sort of extra requirement on top of the promotion to Member process. Perhaps 100 total visits on your games? I don’t know.
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I understand the whole idea, the only thing I’m confused about is if you’re currently a “New Member” and you want to become a full dev-forum “Member” does a top contributor have to notice you being active/helpful or can you actually re-apply with better work and be promoted to “Member”?
Thanks,
Sandro aka IXDark00LordXI
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There’s no application process anymore, Members have to be ranked based on contributions.
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Oh okay, I guess I missed that part. Thanks.
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To become a member, simply send in a request for an evaluation to Top Contributors. If they like what they see, they’ll recommend you for promotion and the staff will determine if you’re ready. That process took me roughly a week
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We all can say we disagree and agree with this entry process. Most people say that they are worried about non-developers entering the forum, and many unintended users. However, I am sure the moderations team has that under control.
Now going to what I believe was said by @Arcuatus, people won’t want to lose what they worked hard for which he is absolutely correct! That just means that if people can earn an entry without much effort, they would tend to do whatever they want without the fear of getting removed from this forum. Of course, if they get removed, what may happen? They may decide to use an alternative account of theirs, I did try using an alternative account a while back and I couldn’t. I guess that means that really isn’t any problem at all. Even though they get an entry, it would be a big mistake to use it the wrong way. For scammers and trolls, I am sure it goes the same for them, as every user must follow the rules for this forum.
So really, for those of you worried about non-developers entering, you shouldn’t be! They should have everything under control.
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Exactly what I’m afraid about. Hopefully there’s something like a mandatory tutorial for all new members to prevent these immature “developers” from gaining full access without having any idea about the rules.
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That’s great! Awesome, the community will be expanding more and more! Another great change.
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That’s what the Full Member category is for.
New Members are only able to post on a portion of the boards, which is the only group that this new entry process effects.
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This is a really cool update, I have saw many friends trying to get in for months…
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