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Community Platform Patreon platform upgrade

Background intro of Community Platform

Community Platform is an initiative to improve global IP camera compatibility. By sharing IP camera connectivity information, you can contribute to the IP video community to help everyone connecting to the same type of camera you're using. You also benefit from the knowledge shared by others. Visit our official website for more information: http://geniusvision.net/cp 

Rationale of Policy Change

Use of the Community Platform will always be free. However, it takes human power to review user-submitted content. As the Community Platform has grown more and more popular, reviewing these changes takes significant human power. Some of the users may notice a prolonged waiting time before a change is approved by the administrator. This is because too many change requests has piled up in the queue, and we insist on maintaining the high review standard. Especially during these days, information such as default password could be used as an security exploit tool. We want Community Platform to be useful, but we don't want to be an accessory to cyber-crimes. Therefore, some measures need to be taken in order to offer more careful review process which is required to maintain the high quality standard of our Community Platform.

Policy Change

Starting from 2019/3/1, all change proposers need to have an active $5/month patronship established through the Patreon platform.

Note:

  1. This does not guarantee your change proposal will be approved after you become one of the patrons. This is merely a simplified measure to reduce our reviewer's loading and to increase the barrier of change proposal submission. All change proposals are still under the rules specified at "Community Platform proposal and approval guidelines". Please read the rules carefully. If there are any doubts, please use the forum to discuss.
  2. We cannot guarantee review timeframes at this particular moment (even if you think you may have "paid" for the service). The fact is, becoming a patron does not mean you're purchasing for a service. It merely means that you are supportive of our causes, and we appreciate that, but it will not bend the rules that have been in the place for several years. Again, if there are any doubts, please use the forum to discuss.

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