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Allow us to track relevant dev posts with the Dev Tracker
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Renan Ruivo
Forcas armadas
Brave Collective
#1 - 2012-11-02 21:44:56 UTC
While we all agree that the dev tracker in the forum is an awesome "tool" to help us in keeping up with all the information, I'm pretty sure that there are one or two other people out there who feels that sometimes having to dig through dozens of Alliance Tournament and Moderation posts while looking for Game Development posts is a little tiresome.

And while obvioulsy it would be very hard to properly track relevant posts, i feel that it would be cool if we could at least filter some stuff. We all know, for instance, that CCP Phantom is a community dev, and more often than not his posts will be about moderation. We also know that CCP Fozzie's posts are almost always related to content development.


Of course, we all love our community staff, feel that they are awesome and would like to constantly shower them with gifts ... but i don't really think that people who hit the Dev Tracker are actually looking for their posts.


So is it possible to create some type of relevant filters? Maybe being able to filter and only see posts from Team Super Friends, Team Five-0 and even Team Pony Express. (Just joking. We love Team Pony Express).



Sorry if i sounded like i don't care about all the other CCP guys posting. It's just that i'd love to be able to track each work group better =)

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baltec1
Bat Country
The Initiative.
#2 - 2012-11-02 21:50:37 UTC
GM need a tag first. Just because they live underground and get fed scraps from the CCP canteen doesn't mean we dont wantto skip to their postBlink
Petrus Blackshell
Rifterlings
#3 - 2012-11-02 21:51:36 UTC
TIL CCP Fozzie > CCP Phantom.

Sad Sorry, Phantom.

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TheBreadMuncher
Protus Correction Facility Inc.
#4 - 2012-11-02 22:01:41 UTC
Petrus Blackshell wrote:
TIL CCP Fozzie > CCP Phantom.

Sad Sorry, Phantom.


CCP Guard < Average height.

Lol

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Petrus Blackshell
Rifterlings
#5 - 2012-11-02 22:02:48 UTC
TheBreadMuncher wrote:
Petrus Blackshell wrote:
TIL CCP Fozzie > CCP Phantom.

Sad Sorry, Phantom.


CCP Guard < Average height.

Lol

CCP Guard < Average height < CCP Tallest

This thread is now about CCP comparisons.

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Renan Ruivo
Forcas armadas
Brave Collective
#6 - 2012-11-02 22:05:13 UTC
baltec1 wrote:
GM need a tag first. Just because they live underground and get fed scraps from the CCP canteen doesn't mean we dont wantto skip to their postBlink


GM's have tags. Still, i don't understand why community staff have developer tags.

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Petrus Blackshell
Rifterlings
#7 - 2012-11-02 22:07:22 UTC
Renan Ruivo wrote:
baltec1 wrote:
GM need a tag first. Just because they live underground and get fed scraps from the CCP canteen doesn't mean we dont wantto skip to their postBlink


GM's have tags. Still, i don't understand why community staff have developer tags.

Legitimizing that they are, in fact, endorsed by CCP, and not just random scrubs with "ISD" before their name?

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Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises
Otherworld Empire
#8 - 2012-11-02 22:07:52 UTC
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The Troll Bridge
#9 - 2012-11-02 22:12:51 UTC
Devs dont need to be tracked, they simply need to register with the proper authorities.

Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
Renan Ruivo
Forcas armadas
Brave Collective
#10 - 2012-11-02 22:18:20 UTC
Petrus Blackshell wrote:
Renan Ruivo wrote:
baltec1 wrote:
GM need a tag first. Just because they live underground and get fed scraps from the CCP canteen doesn't mean we dont wantto skip to their postBlink


GM's have tags. Still, i don't understand why community staff have developer tags.


Legitimizing that they are, in fact, endorsed by CCP, and not just random scrubs with "ISD" before their name?


I don't get your point.

GM's have tags that legitimize that they are, in fact, endorsed by CCP, and not just random scrubs with "ISD" before their name. And they don't have developer tags.

The world is a community of idiots doing a series of things until it explodes and we all die.
Petrus Blackshell
Rifterlings
#11 - 2012-11-02 22:27:12 UTC
Renan Ruivo wrote:
Petrus Blackshell wrote:
Renan Ruivo wrote:
baltec1 wrote:
GM need a tag first. Just because they live underground and get fed scraps from the CCP canteen doesn't mean we dont wantto skip to their postBlink


GM's have tags. Still, i don't understand why community staff have developer tags.


Legitimizing that they are, in fact, endorsed by CCP, and not just random scrubs with "ISD" before their name?


I don't get your point.

GM's have tags that legitimize that they are, in fact, endorsed by CCP, and not just random scrubs with "ISD" before their name. And they don't have developer tags.

Okay, I'm confused. The "name" tags are:


  • "CCP __________" - CCP employees; all developers have this tag, though not everyone with this tag is a developer.
  • "GM __________" - Subclass of CCP employees; deals with customer support in an official manner (petitions, etc).
  • "ISD __________" - Community volunteers; Not CCP employees, but part of a CCP crowdsourcing initiative; what I thought you meant by "community staff".


These are tags for "special people" on the forums. Tags on the threads show up next to threads that contain posts from CCP and GMs. Is the concern that instead of the blue tag reading "CCP", it reads "DEV"?

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Renan Ruivo
Forcas armadas
Brave Collective
#12 - 2012-11-02 22:39:02 UTC
The issue is that the "dev" tracker tracks people who aren't actually on any development team. You hit the dev posts button looking for development news and instead find that 8 out of 10 posts are thread-locks, thread-moves and other things that are otherwise related to the community staff. And the new "moderation discussion" thread didn't help matters either.

And its not their fault, obvioulsy. They are doing their job. But i don't understand why their posts are tracked by a "development tracking" tool.

The world is a community of idiots doing a series of things until it explodes and we all die.
Petrus Blackshell
Rifterlings
#13 - 2012-11-02 22:43:34 UTC
Renan Ruivo wrote:
The issue is that the "dev" tracker tracks people who aren't actually on any development team. You hit the dev posts button looking for development news and instead find that 8 out of 10 posts are thread-locks, thread-moves and other things that are otherwise related to the community staff. And the new "moderation discussion" thread didn't help matters either.

And its not their fault, obvioulsy. They are doing their job. But i don't understand why their posts are tracked by a "development tracking" tool.

Ah, so I misunderstood when you said "community staff" by thinking you meant "staff from the community" rather than "staff which deals with the community." My bad.

Yes, there should perhaps be some differentiation between CCP Phantom's and CCP Fozzie's tags (for example) to prevent blue-tag blue-balling. If that's what you meant, +1.

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Renan Ruivo
Forcas armadas
Brave Collective
#14 - 2012-11-02 22:53:25 UTC
Yeah. One idea was maybe formalize the development work groups. So you could see filters for Team Five-0, Team Super Friends, Team Pony-Express, etc. Since each team works with a certain area, that would go even further in helping with clarity.

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Cutter Isaacson
DEDSEC SAN FRANCISCO
#15 - 2012-11-02 22:55:40 UTC
Renan Ruivo wrote:
baltec1 wrote:
GM need a tag first. Just because they live underground and get fed scraps from the CCP canteen doesn't mean we dont wantto skip to their postBlink


GM's have tags. Still, i don't understand why community staff have developer tags.



Your problem seems to be that you don't understand what the word Developer means. It doesn't just mean "Someone who makes game content" it means "Someone who develops something", In this case Community Development. It might also be worth finding out exactly what roles the Community Team at CCP have, like for instance developing, running and managing the Fanfests. I highlighted the important word there.

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Gilbaron
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#16 - 2012-11-02 23:01:50 UTC
there is a way for CCPers to post without showing up in the dev tracker, phantom, for example uses it often to make moderation posts

the new community reps are learning right now, but i have confirmation from eterne and falcon that they are aware of the "problem" and will try to avoid making posts :)

https://twitter.com/CCP_Eterne/status/263991270962249728
https://twitter.com/CCP_Falcon/status/263931564608614400
Renan Ruivo
Forcas armadas
Brave Collective
#17 - 2012-11-02 23:04:04 UTC  |  Edited by: Renan Ruivo
Cutter Isaacson wrote:
Renan Ruivo wrote:
baltec1 wrote:
GM need a tag first. Just because they live underground and get fed scraps from the CCP canteen doesn't mean we dont wantto skip to their postBlink


GM's have tags. Still, i don't understand why community staff have developer tags.



Your problem seems to be that you don't understand what the word Developer means. It doesn't just mean "Someone who makes game content" it means "Someone who develops something", In this case Community Development. It might also be worth finding out exactly what roles the Community Team at CCP have, like for instance developing, running and managing the Fanfests. I highlighted the important word there.


I honestly don't think that's the case. And even if it is, i don't see a lot of interest in tracking a lot of whats under the Dev Posts tab.

The world is a community of idiots doing a series of things until it explodes and we all die.
Cutter Isaacson
DEDSEC SAN FRANCISCO
#18 - 2012-11-02 23:15:19 UTC
Renan Ruivo wrote:
Cutter Isaacson wrote:
Renan Ruivo wrote:
baltec1 wrote:
GM need a tag first. Just because they live underground and get fed scraps from the CCP canteen doesn't mean we dont wantto skip to their postBlink


GM's have tags. Still, i don't understand why community staff have developer tags.



Your problem seems to be that you don't understand what the word Developer means. It doesn't just mean "Someone who makes game content" it means "Someone who develops something", In this case Community Development. It might also be worth finding out exactly what roles the Community Team at CCP have, like for instance developing, running and managing the Fanfests. I highlighted the important word there.


I honestly don't think that's the case. And even if it is, i don't see a lot of interest in tracking a lot of whats under the Dev Posts tab.



From ccpgames.com

Community Developer

That looks like development work to me.

"The truth is usually just an excuse for a lack of imagination." Elim Garak.
Kono Kai
Doomheim
#19 - 2012-11-03 00:52:32 UTC
Cutter Isaacson wrote:
Renan Ruivo wrote:
Cutter Isaacson wrote:
Renan Ruivo wrote:
baltec1 wrote:
GM need a tag first. Just because they live underground and get fed scraps from the CCP canteen doesn't mean we dont wantto skip to their postBlink


GM's have tags. Still, i don't understand why community staff have developer tags.



Your problem seems to be that you don't understand what the word Developer means. It doesn't just mean "Someone who makes game content" it means "Someone who develops something", In this case Community Development. It might also be worth finding out exactly what roles the Community Team at CCP have, like for instance developing, running and managing the Fanfests. I highlighted the important word there.


I honestly don't think that's the case. And even if it is, i don't see a lot of interest in tracking a lot of whats under the Dev Posts tab.



From ccpgames.com

Community Developer

That looks like development work to me.


...

Shocked

How about a GAME dev tracker? You know, the ones that people clicking on a "dev tracker" actually care about...
Renan Ruivo
Forcas armadas
Brave Collective
#20 - 2012-11-03 00:58:19 UTC
Cutter Isaacson wrote:
From ccpgames.com

Community Developer

That looks like development work to me.


Ok. Fair enough.

Game development tracking then :)

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