True, This place is now useless.
Stackoverflow.com is where it's at... On Friday, September 2, 2016 at 12:33:28 PM UTC-4, jtoolsdev wrote: > > This place is a mess anyway. Like Trevor said Google+ developer groups > didn't work out. They became social networking brag stations. An actual > forum BBS would be better but perhaps Google doesn't have any such company > written software and they tend to suffer from the NIH syndrome. With a > forum you could have sections for beginners, a section for each area of > interest and yes a jobs posting section. History has shown forums work > better. > > On Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 12:36:23 PM UTC-7, Steve Gabrilowitz > wrote: >> >> Jason, the problem is that these scums keep changing their email - by the >> time an admin can delete their account they have already abandoned it and >> moved on to another! >> >> Only answer is to have active moderation where a moderator must approve >> all posts from a new account until the owner has "proven themselves". I >> would also volunteer as a co-moderator, if we can get maybe half a dozen of >> us splitting the task then new posts could be approved fairly quickly. >> >> On Sep 1, 2016 3:10 PM, "Jason Atwood" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> How easy is it to delete a spam account from the admin console? Single >>> button click? If it's easy, I'll volunteer to be an admin just to help with >>> the spam. If a few other people did this too I bet we could have it down to >>> zero in no time. >>> >>> On Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at 1:18:44 PM UTC-4, Streets Of Boston >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Please, make this group moderated again or figure something out to weed >>>> out all the spam, rants and job-postings. >>>> >>>> This group has been basically useless. >>>> Finding actual questions to answer is near impossible. >>>> Posting your own question will get drowned out in a sea of spam a >>>> second later. >>>> >>>> Thank you, >>>> --- Anton. >>>> >>>> On Monday, November 30, 2015 at 6:28:00 PM UTC-5, Trevor Johns wrote: >>>>> >>>>> *As of today, new members to this group are able to post immediately, >>>>> without being subject to moderator approval.* >>>>> >>>>> Previously, posts from new members to this group would be held for >>>>> moderation. However, with the addition of Stack Overflow and Google+ as >>>>> popular discussion mediums, it's been difficult to find volunteer >>>>> moderators. As a result, the moderation queue has been showing signs of >>>>> neglect -- which means that new posts just aren't getting through. >>>>> >>>>> To address this, effective immediately, I've removed the moderation >>>>> restriction for new members. >>>>> >>>>> While this means that some spam may get through, this is necessary in >>>>> order to keep this group functioning properly going forward. If you do >>>>> see >>>>> spam, simply report it through the Google Groups web UI. (Click on >>>>> "Report >>>>> Abuse" next to the "Reply" button.) For larger/urgent issues, you can >>>>> also >>>>> contact the group owners via email: >>>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!contactowner/android-developers >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Trevor Johns >>>>> Google Developer Programs, Android >>>>> http://developer.android.com >>>>> >>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Android Developers" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/android-developers. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/android-developers/0e27c1a0-b710-4cdf-aea3-be48bd50b85a%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/android-developers/0e27c1a0-b710-4cdf-aea3-be48bd50b85a%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/android-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/android-developers/89a8bce3-4f31-4dff-98b5-19dc0fe4392c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
