Wayneo

@zark I/we are not blaming anyone. I personally would not want YOU to leave. Fudging the download count, for any reason is WRONG and deceitful. We are not ready to destroy anything, but even you must admit that if the download count of a theme such as yours is >20% wrong then that statistic has no value You are an engaged user and very helpful on many topics, including themes. I can only think of one user that might have a negative perception of you, and that is HIS problem. We look after an entire small community and will not play favorites. We try to be fair to everyone, but until we can stop this bad behavior, your theme like the other 6 will show a daily count of spammy and normal downloads until different themes make it onto that panel. Any new theme making it onto that panel, I'll do a 7 day look into the downloads and make it public. ... the ONLY PERSON that would want multiple downloads of a particular Theme would be the owner. Except in this case. This was clearly done to right a perceived wrong.

Here's a look at where we were, and where we are now. These are the 7 mentioned, and once again, I'm only taking a look at theme downloads since the incident. Names sorted alphabetically. Commodore theme. April 11, > 400 download count spamming, since then ~8 total and none since the 15th. Frank theme. Just way too many. Since then >20 spammy on the 15th. Otherwise, total ~20 normal. Khaled theme. starting around 7:30am > 700 download count spamming since then ~8 total mr.bottomfeeder theme. Since then 4 look normal, ~20 look spammy. Sk1t theme. starting around 7:30am > 200 download count spamming, since then ~13 total Stepladder theme. 9 look normal, ~20 look spammy. Zark theme. Just way too many. Since then zero downloads. And 3 more themes, looking back to the 11th (2 days before the incident and skipping the 13th maybe). Based on their prevalence on being on the "Top Downloads" list. NO NAMES ATTACHED Example 1 theme. 15th 4 normal, zero spammy. 14th 1 normal, zero spammy. 13th part of spam attack. 12th 1 download. 11th 5 normal, 27 spammy Example 2 theme. 15th 1 normal, zero spammy. 14th 2 normal, zero spammy. 13th 2 normal, 16 spammy. 12th 2 download. 11th 2 download. Example 3 theme. 15th 8 normal, zero spammy. 14th 9 normal, zero spammy. 13th 2 normal, 34 spammy. 12th 3 normal, zero spammy. 11th 11 normal, 20 spammy. Clearly behavior is changing. Every theme on that TOP PANEL I'M GONNA GIVE THE COUNT ON YOUR THEME FOR THE PRIOR DAY, MAYBE AS A REVIEW OR A COMMENT. Let's see who makes it to the TOP starting the 21st.

@gwyarThank you for your honesty. I can certainly understand the frustration you feel. Hopefully this topic will be the basis we all move forward from. Comrade @zark used to be the unofficial critique master. Because I'm a 'moderator' I try to stay out of reviewing or commenting on the work of others. I look at many themes but only commented publicly on two or three. That 'top panel' is a running weekly count usually hovering mid 80's to the odd 120's, so to see a theme jump over 120 in 12 hours is alarming. To see a theme jump 400 in a day is ludicrous, 600 is just downright crazy. So when 5 jump high I cannot sit back and turn a blind eye. Your themes were all originals IIRC, and I've looked deep into at least one. 👍My fear has always been that programmers like you would lose interest, and stop or leave due to the dishonesty of others. You're still a good man in my eyes.

My honest belief is that you 7 are all fallout. Just laying it all on the table, as another option. We have no idea yet how we as a moderator team will decide. Hence this conversation 😃

The 7 themes that I left the same discreet comment on. The 7 theme owners should all be aware as they were probably notified like you were, yet only you are commenting here.. In your opinion, would you consider this a respectful conversation? I do. Another option would be for us to completely delete the Themes and recreate them, attributed to the respective owner. Download count would start a zero. No comments, no reviews, no followers And I do agree, a captcha seems rather elegant as a start.

I never said the word 'attacker'. More some internet glory and fame seeker. Just saying, the ONLY PERSON that would want multiple downloads of a particular Theme would be the owner. Except in this case. This was clearly done to right a perceived wrong. I actually applaud the person because it's so glaringly obvious for all to see. We do log and can see quite a bit of information. I won't tell you what, but I will tell you the most outrageous is a user that downloaded his own theme >3,000 times. But here we sit and ponder the future of these 7. Do we hide them for a week from downloads. Let innocent downloaders get a 404? Do we start manually monitoring any theme that hits the top of the Top? And then what? Moderators leave a count and a 1 star review with that count? 3 days in a row, hide it (timeout) for a week. Do we remove that panel altogether? Thank you, I hope others speak up.

What a great comment. We moderators have been aware of the issues, but we'd prefer Evolv spend their time working on meaningful things instead of wasting time on stuff like this. Hell, one had a view count of ~260 with a download count of ~400. Obvious much. You were not the only person to comment/review their own theme, which was called out by another developer. Don't take this personally. Have any suggestions? Hell, if I knew where those counts were kept, a one line script in a Linux /etc/rc2.d file could keep it clean. (depending, depending, depending)

Today I left a comment on the Top 5 themes in the panel and the 2 prior top, that there's blatant spamming occurring. Some designers are spamming the system in various ways to make it to that top panel on the front page. JUST STOP! Some of the more ridiculous are designers reviewing their own theme with a 5 star rating. Seriously! Or how about an update on a theme that's supposed to be an unmodified 'original'. How does that get an update? Done only to make it to top of the updated list. Why would a Theme Designer download his own creation? JUST STOP! The behavior is clear, even if you try to hide behind a VPN because you're just not that smart. JUST STOP! The behavior is clear, even if you download as a Guest because you're just not that smart. JUST STOP! A 'good' theme, over time, by word of mouth or promotion will rise up to the top.

These are the words of the inventor/developer.

That doesn't look bad. So go to the 316 profile, measure and set the ohms. It should be close to one of those. Can you post a printscreen from escribe of the profile number you're using.

Can you check the stability of the cold atty/coil in escribe by using 'Atomizer Analyzer'. You should see very small fluctuations in the resistance (.002 - .004Ω) as low power is applied. Let me know. Is this that same mod you had issues with that off center 510 and check atomizer issues? Have you ever vaped in TC before?

Let the coil cool down to ambient/room temperature, remeasure the resistance of the coil, and then try again. Have you vaped successfully in TC with this mod before?

Try stealthvape or modmaker, both in the U.K

@host11 Go to any field you want. Options. Don't show units

Thanks, and this is before coffee. BTW, I've also been called the worst 🤣 Feels, man. Scary times ahead for you guys

Well Protovapor seems to have the small ones in stock. You can check if they're still shipping https://www.protovapor.com/product/replacement-dna-screen/

Outside of the U.S, probably stealthvape, or modmaker. Both in the U.K Hopefully they'll use discreet packaging. During non pandemic times, I've had Royal Mail deliveries take anywhere from less than a week to two weeks to Canada 🇨🇦 Edit: You don't have to use the Evolv data/charging board. Others such as the Delro and SXK BBs have used others. They can be found at mcmaster-carr (www.mcmaster.com) in the U.S