Important: It is all about trust

[EasyTarget]

Originally Posted by peterska2

Pulling the HOTM now is much better then leaving it till later when more people have taken part.

Do you not remember the month when one of the choices was removed about half way through and a significant number of people had to PM one of the staff to get their votes changed?

That would be more disruptive, and as such, removing it now and having a month of in light of this announcement is much more productive.



The site will evolve. It is just a cycle. New coders are joining the ranks all the time.

which is why I don't understand why there's no multi-vote for the HotM.
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Originally Posted by Chroder

This is true. I think maybe we should create some sort of "verified" system. When we upload attachments, they are marked as unverified (but still downloadable). Then maybe have a team that goes around and checks newly uploaded or updated attachments for unsafe code. Once it's passed the check, display a "verified" badge on the attachment.

good idea.

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wow.. I actually read every single post. (oops, did I say that outloud)

a few more comments.. what about some sort of script that checks hacks for code which can be potentially damaging and then mods only have to look at those lines of code? (since I'm not a coder I may not realize there's no easy way to differentiate between hazardous code and safe code, but I assume there's some ability because sites and providers disable certain types of functions in order to preserve security.)

and whoever mentioned something about a contributor usergroup.. I agree with something like that. Then there's no hack that's a commercial hack, its just a group of people contributing $$ for maybe some added support, functionality, etc. Maybe only let coders participate in it after they've released X hacks (or X approved hacks) and then they must maintain a % of customer satisfaction or time of support for whatever hacks participating in the contribution section. Keep a % of the money for the site stuff, release a % to the coders participating after X amount of time to verify they've met the standards for whatever release they've made.

I've installed so many hacks off and on that its ridiculous (yes, sad that I still don't know a thing about coding), and there's no way I could afford to contribute to all the coders who have helped me in some way or another, but if I could contribute to the coding group in general (or approved/participating coders) then for sure I'd contribute some money. (monthly, yearly, whatever)