Mafia16 Posted at 2017-9-21 09:46
Please add flag in country we flown in the forum.

Like this idea too.

DJI Joe Posted at 2017-9-21 09:06
NOTE: User groups have been adjusted. The following changes have been made:

Thanks for exploring ideas; change is sometimes good.

KEDDK Posted at 2017-9-21 14:19
"it does have some purpose in limiting new users' abilities to post to the forums (to avoid spam),"

This makes absolutely no sense, all we got is a lot of irrelevant postings so that people can get a lot of points!

>This makes absolutely no sense, all we got is a lot of irrelevant postings so that people can get a lot of points!

You underestimate how much spam there was before I made this rule. It also encourages users to browse to find an answer rather than asking the same question for the 100th time.

As for the permissions list. Many of those permissions are outdated and unusable. That page definitely needs to be completely changed or totally removed. Ignore it for now. Sorry for the confusion.

Like some others, the flight distance shown under my name here is very understated. Now I started with a Phantom 3 Adv and then added a Mavic Pro (which I'm now flying almost exclusively).  Why aren't my flight distances updating?

Nigel_ Posted at 2017-9-21 00:29
Flying huge distances across a desert devoid of obstacles does not necessarily give people much knowledge about flying.
Reading all the training manuals ten times over doesn't either, but it does give people a lot of important background knowledge.

I agree....

DJI Joe Posted at 2017-9-21 09:06
NOTE: User groups have been adjusted. The following changes have been made:

Good job.....

DJI Joe Posted at 2017-9-21 09:48
The forum currently doesn't support this functionality. I'll bring it up to the devs when I can.

Being able to know each other what countries we flown would be a very useful functionality. Would help a lot to be able to properly be informed before travelling to a new country

The new ranking system is more sensible.
I think the veterans of this forum have a sense of whose advice is more reasonable as well.
I notice that there are more DJI staff assigned to moderate these days.
There should be a digest of the more informative posts to help new users as well.
The countries features is nice to have - some folks will blow the limits of the display though!

Posts that are informative (and I'm sure even the mods learn from some of them) should be given some bonus points. Moderators like Joe should be given the option to boost points.

Another related idea is to have the mods performance given points as well. A good tip really saves time and trouble and some mods are better than others. This will give DJI management a sense of who are more effective at communicating - something many posters IMO unfairly criticise DJI for. The company has come a long way now in customer service.

DJI Joe Posted at 2017-9-21 16:22
>This makes absolutely no sense, all we got is a lot of irrelevant postings so that people can get a lot of points!

You underestimate how much spam there was before I made this rule. It also encourages users to browse to find an answer rather than asking the same question for the 100th time.

Occasionally there are posts directly from the DJI Engineers, offering, or asking for information.  Now they usually appear as 'beginner' and a name, that does not reflect their position in DJI, which means their factual comments or requests for information often get lost in the myriad of other posts.

Could I suggest that the engineers/technicians are listed as such with the status of 'DJI Engineer', 'DJI Technician' or whatever may be appropriate, to add some weight to their comments.

Why is blank?

Da Lata Posted at 2017-9-22 04:46
[view_image]Why is blank?

Right now I don't see any at your infobar.

DJI Joe Posted at 2017-9-21 16:22
>This makes absolutely no sense, all we got is a lot of irrelevant postings so that people can get a lot of points!

You underestimate how much spam there was before I made this rule. It also encourages users to browse to find an answer rather than asking the same question for the 100th time.

I think this limitation is indeed a good way to prevent spambots from inserting fake posts.

Mark The Droner Posted at 2017-9-19 10:52
I think it's fine the way it is.  If we're gonna change things, make me an Admiral please.

Oh, btw, I have over 1200 miles distance but my flight distance is blank.  Not fair!  

Why should we listen to you?  Your flight distance is only 888!  (btw... this is sarcasm and proving his point!)  :-)

Aardvark Posted at 2017-9-22 03:46
Occasionally there are posts directly from the DJI Engineers, offering, or asking for information.  Now they usually appear as 'beginner' and a name, that does not reflect their position in DJI, which means their factual comments or requests for information often get lost in the myriad of other posts.

Could I suggest that the engineers/technicians are listed as such with the status of 'DJI Engineer', 'DJI Technician' or whatever may be appropriate, to add some weight to their comments.

This was simply a problem with miscommunication. It has been addressed.

DJI Joe Posted at 2017-9-21 09:48
The forum currently doesn't support this functionality. I'll bring it up to the devs when I can.

in reply to #73

please make sure if implemented that it is optional, i thnik the Distance should be that too, i have no interest in showing how much and where i fly.

DJI Joe Posted at 2017-9-21 16:22
>This makes absolutely no sense, all we got is a lot of irrelevant postings so that people can get a lot of points!

You underestimate how much spam there was before I made this rule. It also encourages users to browse to find an answer rather than asking the same question for the 100th time.

No i don't know how much spam there was before, but if would be spam from bots i guess that could be controlled with activation mails, instant banning/account lock and perhaps controlling that users without a DJI product registered would only have access to post in a few forums in order to get info before purchase etc.

Hopefully that is one of the things changed/removed is that it seem that new users would not be able to search, that is far out.

MrRobert5823 Posted at 2017-9-22 07:51
Why should we listen to you?  Your flight distance is only 888!  (btw... this is sarcasm and proving his point!)  :-)

I made the mistake of hitting the sync button last night dammit!  Is there an undo?  

Don't know the answer to your question but don't discount the knowledge of your users in any way. There is a lot of great advice here.

I like the game here.  I think it's fun

Sportbike_Pilot Posted at 2017-9-21 15:13
Like this idea too.

off topic sorry:

What does this mean?

I am a professional forum owner on other topics. i coem here for info and to add. This forum is not rmeotely user friendly.

I am an admin of numerous high end VB forums. This forum here with all the arcane riules suitabel for children is not rmeotely user friendly. Points to be abel to create a first post?  1 minute time limit to redit typos?! Come on....

Seems near impossible to use this disorganzied forum with juvenile brownie point rules suitable for kindergartners. New i2 pilot here.

rolling56 Posted at 2017-9-24 10:10
off topic sorry:

What does this mean?

It identifies what country you live in.

it was ok with me.if you counted rc planes i would have a lot of miles flown,which dont matter because we are here to help each other.

I would like the OPTION to be able to have the city/state shown on users.  It would aid in knowing what part of the country they are in and where someone might be nearby that we didn't know about.  For instance, I have no idea who else flies around here but there have been plenty of drones sold locally.

As for the drone icons under the user, mine still only shows one of my drones.  I have flown my P3A for over two years now and regularly sync records in GO, but it has never shown up.  My newer Mavic shows but I've never compared numbers to see if they look correct for flight distance, nor do I care how far I've flown.  If they are going to be shown though, they sould be correct.  I've reported this problem a few times before.

How do you sync to flight history?!

Mark The Droner Posted at 2017-9-19 10:52
I think it's fine the way it is.  If we're gonna change things, make me an Admiral please.

Oh, btw, I have over 1200 miles distance but my flight distance is blank.  Not fair!  

Mark,

Your Flight distance isn't blank, it currently says 888

rolling56 Posted at 2017-9-24 10:10
off topic sorry:

What does this mean?

The Emoticons don't seem to be working < this should be a smiley face.

EDIT: they now seem to be fixed

unless you WORK 4 DJI...rankings/mileage/status, to my mind, mean nothing.  

taurus35 Posted at 2017-9-25 23:12
Mark,

Your Flight distance isn't blank, it currently says 888

Yes, but that's not eight hundred eighty eight.  It's infinity x 3.  

Da Lata Posted at 2017-9-22 04:46
[view_image]Why is blank?

Exactly my problem as well. Plus the flight distance is shown in the user home page but not in the posts just like in your case.
Did not get any response yet, did you?

WernerD Posted at 2017-9-26 21:22
Exactly my problem as well. Plus the flight distance is shown in the user home page but not in the posts just like in your case.
Did not get any response yet, did you?

Nope, no reply! I think is not a big problem, just a software failure... normal

Wish I would have gotten here sooner...

" About 8 months ago we added the ability to sync your forum account with your flight logs to display what aircraft you own and how many meters you've flown."

How do we do this...?

I think flight experience is more important than posting experience, you don’t want a person without much practical experience but they’ve read the manual 20 times and spend all their time posting and as a result have a high rank. Would you fly on a plane if the pilots had only flown in simulators.

Would love to see a firmware update in the Mavic Air 2 that  would make the camera function  able to zoom as well. Like it does in the. Video mode.