[Adrian Schneider]

1. Why not? They are still useful to others. This ties into the 'users becoming lazy' discussion that the product system brought. Many 'hacks' are ways to edit your board; whether or not the author supports it, the value is still there.

2. I disagree. How do you expect people to learn? If this was the case, I bet you that 50% of the hacks here would be gone - including many of the popular ones.

3. They can always hold the license owner responsible...

4. They are based on # of installs. Don't take them so seriously; they are just for show.

5. I beleive the top 10 installed hacks are placed into the poll automatically, but the voting is done by users.

6. If something HAS been inspected by the coders, then yes, some sort of 'verified' status would be good. The downside, though, is that users will begin to not install unverified hacks. It should be a plus, not a requirement.

7. Yes, if the coder does something wrong, they should be pointed out. That is probably punishment enough.

You are taking the 'coders' usertitles and the 'coding team' way too seriously. Many users have far more talent who are not 'coders' or who aren't on the team. Everyone also has very different standards. What I consider a good coder, may greatly differ from who the staff considers a good coder (either way). Who's call is it? Are they qualified to make this decision?

-as a developer, so my thoughts may be a little bias.