<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I have seen some of the developer frequent releases an unwanted updates each week in order to boost their download counts and to have their theme on most popular list at home page of WordPress themes directory. Which was not a good idea and it have to stop. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Users download the themes from most popular list to get a real popular themes not a popular themes that comes from download counts with unwanted updates.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">+1 for Otto for making a </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">best </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">decision. :)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- Sovit</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br>On Jul 26, 2014, at 6:54 PM, Otto <<a href="mailto:otto@ottodestruct.com">otto@ottodestruct.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 2:00 AM, Greg Priday <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:greg@siteorigin.com" target="_blank">greg@siteorigin.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">If there wasn't a boost to downloads, developers would naturally reduce updates to only what's necessary.<div>
</div></div></blockquote></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">If I find anybody making frequent releases in order to boost their download counts, then their code will be removed from the directory so fast that their head will spin.<div>
<br></div><div>Don't try to game our systems. Not even once.<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>-Otto</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div>
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