congratulations for essential, but what about Ramy and Scott

[serkan sendur]

in our this months newsletter i saw that "essential" became a featured poster as well as a featured coder. if i compare number of his posts or reputation points or solved threads, i think Ramy or Scott(sknake) must be granted these before than him.

I think the problem is, neither Dani nor HappyGeek had some c# experience and these guys mostly post on c# forum. So basically they are not realized by the administrators.

I dont know but this is not fair, and this will demotivate our valuable posters(i dont include myself at this point as i still cant keep my promise about Narue, my disease will be cured hopefully)

And other thing, i PM both Dani and HappyGeek to have mark as solved enforcement right to mark some threads as solved if i am hundred percent sure that they are solved like in msdn forums. none of them even replied back.

[Ramy Mahrous]

I also nominate Danny (ddanbe) and adatapost, please take this issue into your consideration.

[serkan sendur]

Yeah you are right, i thought in terms of join date as well, that is why i didnt mention adapost. ddanbe is already featured poster as far as i remembered. What i like about Scott(sknake) is he is very stubborn in solving threads. He tries many times until he get it solved. He does not get bored easily. i think these are good qualifications for a programmer.

[MosaicFuneral]

You know those little bubbles don't mean much. Unless you're Mega Admin of ALL Awesomeness.

[serkan sendur]

looking at your reputation, you are right :)

[Ramy Mahrous]

I'm going to write a lot of code snippets.

[serkan sendur]

code snippets are not as well indexed as forum threads are by google. and code snippets does not allow attachments. and finally they are not as noticable as forum threads are. instead of writing a snippet, it is better to attach the solution as .zip file as i usually do.
compare the number of views of snippets and threads and you will understand which one is more useful. i had snippets and posts with the same content, posts won.

[Tom Gunn]

if i compare number of his posts or reputation points or solved threads, i think Ramy or Scott(sknake) must be granted these before than him.

If the criteria for being featured are post count, solved thread count, and reputation points then there are a lot of people in line before essential, or the two you mentioned. There has to be some other criteria, because look at people like Salem who aren't featured but blow everyone else away.

I dont know but this is not fair, and this will demotivate our valuable posters

I think the valuable posters are more interested in being valuable than being recognized as valuable.

[serkan sendur]

Just explain what is special about "essential" then?

[Tom Gunn]

Just explain what is special about "essential" then?

Everyone is special. :D It's not like I pick the featured people, but if there are tons who are active, smart, and well liked, it makes sense to look for the ones that stand out somehow.

Maybe the 'every second reply is supported by helpful coding' part of the nomination made essential stand out from the list of clones.

[Ramy Mahrous]

If the criteria for being featured are post count, solved thread count, and reputation points

then what??? looool what's the criteria?? I swear I'm not looking for any award from any kind but just I wanted to comment on this line :) I just need to nominate Danny he deserves it.

[ddanbe]

As I already said in earlier threads, I don't care so much about all those points and stars etc. They are a nice thing to have though (it's a sort of "stimulus" to carry on), but they are not essential.
More important is that I can help people(especially the newbies) and in the process of doing so help myself (starting learning C# about a year ago) If you can explain something to someone you learn yourself!
And also very important : DANIWEB is a nice site to be on with lots of friendly people!

[Tom Gunn]

then what??? looool what's the criteria??

Don't ask me, I just joined Daniweb. :(

[serkan sendur]

I didnt say that being a featured poster or coder(only "essential" for the time being) is something important. What i say is that if this thing is given to someone, there should be some justifications in the name of being a fair forum environment. How can in a website with 600.000 members, there is only one featured coder and that is "essential" ?, this i question.

[jephthah]

jesus shut up already. no one gives a flying shit that your best friends didnt get "featured."

[serkan sendur]

jesus :D, why do you call me jesus?
if my best friends dont get featured i am going to organize them to leave for a better c# forum where their skills are appreciated.

[serkan sendur]

anyway but jephthah you miss my point. i dont say they have to have that featured thing. even you dont have it with your significant reputation points. But i question the reasoning behind "essentials" getting featured.

[sknake]

jesus shut up already. no one gives a flying shit that your best friends didnt get "featured."

You could have expressed your jealousy in a number of other ways without cussing on the forum....

[jephthah]

you miss my point ... even you dont have it with your significant reputation points.

there are plenty of people with more rep points than me who haven't been featured. and rep points are just as subjective and arbitrary as being selected to get a "featured poster" bubble. i mean, look at you: you were "featured". that proves how meaningless it is.But i question the reasoning behind "essentials" getting featured.

it is you who miss the point. this is not a democracy. and featured poster is not some "American Idol"-like popularity contest that you get to vote on. the owners of this site can run this place any way they choose to do so, without soliciting your opinion or asking your approval.

Why'd they pick essentials? The real question is: why should you even care? What is it about essentials that makes you lose sleep at night? Personally, i dont care who gets featured or not. All i care about is becoming Super Mod. i am going to organize ... a better c# forum where their skills are appreciated.

yeah okay, don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out :)

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[William Hemsworth]

>if my best friends dont get featured i am going to organize them to leave for a better c# forum where their skills are appreciated.
Oh please, do you actually care about helping people or do you just want everyone to see you as somebody who helps people, there's a difference.

>All i care about is becoming Super Mod.
I think I have more chance of watching hell freeze over than seeing you become a super mod. :D

If you really want a better chance of getting some (good) popularity, be nice and helpful, and stop requesting.