Updated process for achieving "Regular" on the DevForum

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#66

You can 110% fine do that without having full- or even any access to the developer forum.

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#67

Well, It is your opinion and I cant change it but I think you’d feel more motivated if you look at forums in a different sight.

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#68

DevRel have already stated specifically that learning and knowledge sharing is one of the goals of the devforum, and they want to open it up to a wider audience to contribute their questions and knowledge. Quite literally the point of these forums nowadays is, to a large extent, exactly what you’re pushing back against.

It’s better to embrace and extend help to the people who are misguided rather than turn them away.

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#69

Finally! If this change is implemented and adjusted well, this seems like it would be a great system.

#70

We’ve been in need of something like this for a while now, thank you. :clap:

For any curious pasersbys, you can view all the newly promoted members here:
https://devforum.roblox.com/g/trust_level_2?desc=true&order=added_at

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#71

Most likely contributing a lot to the DevForums, such as staying on-topic to a topic, etc.

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#72

I was one of the instantly promoted :smiley:

Glad to be a full member of the Developer Forum

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#73

Thing is, in my opinion at least you shouldn’t see the full Member title as a proof of your skills, nor should you think that the more advanced scripter/builder you are, the more you deserve the title.
The title means you are a helpful person, your posts are high quality, and you are trusted enough to omit the post approval process.

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#74

If I wasn’t clear, I was not necessarily referring to past incidents or, at all, lack of activity (I never mentioned activity in my post). I was referring to behavior demonstrated by Members that does not reflect the values of the forum or the implicit expectations for Members based on those values, but also does not necessarily violate the rules.

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#75

Member status is not a sign that you’re a “legit” developer, and New Member status has never been a sign that you’re not. The automatic approval process would’ve made it easier for people like me to make it to Member when the moderators were too picky about my posts to even consider it. This is a good change all-around, a lot more people will be able to make it now.

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#76

If you break the rules, you will receive a strike (or ban, depending on severity). As far as I know, the rules don’t list a punishment of demotion. There is no mention of punishment for a member who’s demeanor is not befitting of their title.

#77

That’s not what I’m talking about. Why would you need a full membership status in order to learn how to develop? I fully managed to teach myself how to do a lot of various things including modeling, programming, UI design and animation on my own without having a membership in any way on the developer forum.

“New member” was fair enough. I didn’t like it, but I still accepted it being a thing. However, now that they remove the only other thing that let you feel like you’re one of the exclusive, and verified developers, I see no point in this anymore.

After “new member” came, I thought of having a full membership status here on the developer forum as a private section for those who are serious, committed and have impressed in some sort of way to achieve that status.

Now, there’s no point in “new member” and “member” anymore as they just give you more permissions.

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#78

The point is to restrict new members.

They can earn their restriction being lifted by going through moderation a hundred times.

That is the point. To give you more permissions.

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#79

As @buildthomas said, this isn’t an “exclusive club”. All of the members automatically added deserve the role. Looking through the list, each one has made useful and meaningful contributions for a noteworthy length of time.

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#80

Thus bringing me to my question. There has, so far, been no need for this, as members were selected manually based on the quality of their contributions. With an automated system, the quality of a user’s contributions can not be considered. As such, introducing a system where the status of users can be re-evaluated based on the quality of their contributions may be beneficial. The purpose of my reply was to ask the people responsible for this change, or those responsible for moderating the forum, if they had considered the potential for this issue or considered the option.

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#81

People will never get demoted, for better or for worse. They just get their devforum account suspended or terminated.

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#82

That’s what I was saying.

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#83

From the link, it shows that only 11 people have been promoted within the last day.
Interesting stuff there actually, maybe the new requirements are stricter than we thought?

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#84

I highly doubt that this will be a problem. People who work hard enough to meet such criteria have to be making useful contributions. It’s quite impossible to get multiple hundreds of likes when your posts are off-topic or spam. I have no doubt that LTCs look through those who are automatically promoted, and if such a problem ever arises they will take action.

In the worst-case scenario, other members will have to report such a member to the LTCs, but I find that unlikely.

#85

This system is awesome! I’m a member at last!

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