Everyone is doing lots of gum bumping. Evidently we have issues here. I'm ready to solve them if we're ready to do that as a community. I and a couple others seem to have some good ideas to make things better.

I know a few tricks on building loyalty and community. First, share information. If something requires an advanced skill set, give resources to attain those skills. If something can brick your device, let them know, and require they show the ability to backup and recover that device or they acknowledge they're taking an expensive risk. EVERY app should have a thread, and the opening post should be updated to include the latest version's installation, recommemded skill level, and warnings and disclaimers on its use. There should be illustrated guides on setup and usage, and links to post bugs. This could actually be embedded into the app as well, so when help is needed, it takes you there.

These are things we take for granted in other forums, and we need to step our game up. And we really need a code of conduct or a post voting mechanism to "dim" rude, useless, disruptive, disrespecful, and abrasive commenters like on Engadget. Maybe have a goodwill button, and jerks lose karma or something for rudeness. Its getting old.

I've made efforts to be nicer, but quite a few here are always jerks, and its tolerated. Why not more heavily moderate things and outlaw this useless rude behavior and move forward? Must we beef daily?