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Originally Posted by socialnetworker  It is pretty frustrating that you will take time to post to complain that you do not have enough time to respond to all posts, but will not answer a specific question that has been asked repeatedly.
Why do you include Karma in the core if you are not going to support it?
At least *please* give people an explanation of why they cannot even get a response after months of requests. |
Wow, I was going to pretty much unload my thoughts on this post, but after having lunch and calming down, I'll keep it civil.
Has everyone become so spoiled to open source that we forget how much this software would have cost us just 8 years ago? Remember that AshDigg's support is mostly (or maybe completely) voluntary. This is a community where developers contribute by adding to the core and users contribute by reporting bugs and suggestions. Unless your contributing big bucks, you don't have a right to complain. Complaining is for the commercial world, not open source.
Now, I understand your frustration. After all, I was the last post waiting for the Karma solution. Luckily, you're not without options. For example, you could:
1. Hire someone to fix the problem. This is what we did in the olden days (8 years ago).
2. Pick up a PHP book. This is what I did for some other Pligg problems. Last year I couldn't spell PHP, but since no one on here had time to develop a way to completely delete stories, I learned a little PHP, hacked a script and shared it with the community. I'd fix the Karma problem except I'm not a math wiz and, after a little experimentation and tweaking, I've come to realize the Karma system works pretty well (at least until something better comes along).
3. Have patience and wait. It's not like they don't know the problem is there.
Well, anyway, that's my two cents.