You know what they should do? They should make this like some of the other download sites. The promocode should be hidden until a person replies to a thread. That way at least we get registered users only who replied to the thread. Here's the vbMod for that I think: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=130887&page=56
Yup....again... Top three subjects that have been discussed to death here: 1. Lurkers taking promo codes. 2. Avatars: good or bad? 3. More catagories for membership: people who have no life feel there should be an extra-special title for members who spam the boards contribute over 5000 posts.
Join Date: October 2009 Posts: 12 And already complaining about lurkers? How long did it take you to register for your account? About 5 minutes? How is registering ONE time at all a deterrent from continual lurking? Why encourage more people to register so they can code grub? I'd rather they just do it in silence.
+1 Also, we actually have a fair number of senior members whose VAST majority of posts are about what promo code they got. But, people see they are a senior member and figure they actually contribute something. It is not a problem that is going to go away. It is more of a problem for the members then the developers. Some of them don't even want feedback here - they are generally looking for reviews on iTunes - if they are good. No easy answers - but where free promo codes go should never be decided on by the beneficiaries. That is the tail wagging the dog...