Thread: N900 device program for maemo.org developers and contributors
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2009-10-16 , 17:31
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Originally Posted by Nathan View Post
I never said that ALL developers where being ignored. But apparently some developers have been. If we have devs in the top 50 apps that haven't been targeted; then their is a problem.

300 devices @ maemo summit
and 180 devices in the device program. Easily half of that should have been targeted at devs.

Let me put it this way; Anderson Lizardo (INdt) has 195 Karma. Now, he probably got a pre-production device long before us just because of what they do. But being purely based on Karma, you don't think the developers of PyMaemo should have been targetted. Do you understand the point I'm trying to make. He (& his team) fortunately do have devices (I assume) -- but the karma will eliminate developers who don't post a lot. And it will eliminate developers who work on underpinnings since they only "users" of that will be other developers. Do you see the problem that we are trying to raise?

Nathan.
Maybe you're ignoring the fact that karma isn't comprised solely of your involvement in talk.maemo.org. Even just responding to bugs in Bugzilla for your project generates you karma.

I think that before you guys go on a witchhunt, you should have all the details first. Quim has stated time and time again that he's here to make sure "everybody wins".

200 karma is an extremely LOW bar to set for these discounts. Hell, look at Joshua. Dude's been here all of two or three months and already has more than half the amount of karma needed to get a discount.

If a developer of a popular application hasn't gotten enough karma then maybe he should try being a part of the community... coming here and posting about new releases, answering questions and so on. It's not like he/she even has to do it all that often. Remember, look at the title of this thread. These discounts are rewarding community engagement, not just developers.

Regardless, no matter what system we have, someone's going to feel like they fell through the cracks. I wish it didn't have to happen at all.
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