Poll: Should .org have a section for paid add-ons?

[Revan]

Originally Posted by Chris M

Firstly - Re-read the threads concerning this - Some users are interpreting this as vBulletin.org hosting the mods and support... My annoying behaviour as you wish to call it is part of what I am trying to get accross - Explaining that scenario is not likely to happen, and as some users even on this page of this thread have already asked or pondered about is the case of everything being here...

You made it sound like you were one of those people you mentioned. That's why I said what I said. And because of

Originally Posted by Chris M

My own personal opinions are that something like that would be good but I am fearful of it destroying what sense of community we have left here, something these threads have already proven is at risk...

, I apologise.
I do believe that if such a directory WAS introduced, even just for a trial run, the users who misunderstood might realise that it's not what they thought, and be OK with it.

Originally Posted by Chris M

Secondly - Just because you state that they'd have nothing to do with vBulletin.org does not make it so; We already get several threads a week about another product relating to vBulletin not working, asking for support, or just bad-mouthing the author of it...

Do you honestly think that would stop just because we say it isn't anything to do with us? We already say what currently goes on is nothing to do with us; We already say not to post questions in release forums; We already ask people to search for mods and hacks and ask the hack author if they will port to 3.5 instead of creating a thread about if first, but they still do not listen...

By having links here people will assume that this site has a level or responsibility and connection to any site listed, and as such these kinds of misplaced threads will increase in quantity...

I can't say much about this as I have not seen any such threads, but I suggest appointing one or two new moderators, whose sole job would be to find, answer with a "we are not affiliated" quick entry like that unlicenced one, and close the thread.

Originally Posted by Chris M

And again, for a final point here - Revan, I've been discussing this before you got involved, publically and in private accross many mediums (not just limited to vB.org), and the consensus is that in a perfect world that idea that you have annoyingly () repeated has been suggested numerous times... It's not that I don't get it, I really do...

What you forget is that while you can sit there and back your idea because it's the best thing since sliced bread, I cannot - I, like every other staff member here, have to look at the bigger picture, and examine every possible outcome that such a change could cause...

So please - Don't try and insult me for trying to make things clearer for those readers who don't understand what this is about, and for also covering all bases and doing my job here...

Again I apologise, it was my own ignorance at fault. Now that I hear you say it, it's bloody obvious that you had to consider every side and argue for and against both sides.

So yeah, Im gonna go over there, and...