Classified Rule Change Vote

[carltalon]

The new system works alot better then the old system (mods yelling etc). But It would be nice if the ads could be approved faster. and if an ad is declined the poster should be informed via PM why, and what they can do to get it aproved. The classifieds section is alot cleaner and easer to understand now. so I think we should keep the system we have now and just work on ways to improve it.

[HKSenilyks]

So is it still 50, or is it down to 25?

[TheBlizzard]

50

[Pimpin Dsmstyle]

I think a 50 post count for a WTB seems appropriate. However, I have personally had issues with getting my WTB part ads up in a timely fashion. I do not mean to imply the mods slack because they don't. I'm simply saying if you are in urgent need for a part, you should be able to find someone with it ASAP! WTB ads are usually very brief and to the point. For example-

"WTB 91+ Power Transistor Unit" (then explain what it looks like)

It took more than 24 hours ( which I could understand ) but I needed the part right then. Granted you might not have anyone chime in, at least you have a chance. Maybe a WTB section could be seperate. I don't know. I'm obviously not an owner of this site, but I do really miss how it used to be. Although, I am thankful for the lack of stupid / worthless ads that no one wants to waste their time reading. That's just my .02.

[AJ]

We try and get them up within 48 hours. That's all I can say. I don't know how many times I say this, but we aren't here to provied a free slot to have people sell and buy parts. Some members sell a shit ton of stuff on here and have never donated anything to the site. Some members have given more than their fair share time and time again. So I do feel bad when I can't get some posts up fast enough, but it's the right thing to do with moderating the post right now. About the only way I could see it changing would be to up the post count requirement to 100 or more in order to pull off admin moderation of every post.

[Jakey]

There's nothing more annoying that classifieds that are titled WTB:.....NEED ASAP PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! or FS:.......I'M GOING BANKRUPT, HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[b00stcreep21]

if the classifieds are completley limited to 50 posts, the only people that are going to be buying/selling are people that frequent the site alot. (obviously) but, if it's opened up a lil more, i think that the classifieds will have alot more to offer for new guys that show up, and will give the the more frequent users a little bigger of a market to get rid of their crap as well

[AJ]

That's taking away from the point. We don't want to just let new members show up to sell shit and never come back, and that's what happens. You'd be surprised how many members work up the 50 post mark, sell some misc item on here, and then never return again. I fucking despise that. Persoanlly I'd prefer to open up the classified to everyone on every level and just charge a small flat rate for an ad on here. And put all that money into all these funky ideas Chris, Jana, and I have for prizes. Like turbos and shit ;)

[Jakey]

You'd be surprised how many members work up the 50 post mark, sell some misc item on here, and then never return again.

Don't forget about those people who list all kinds of shit for sale, get people's interest, and then never follow up with it again.

[Pimpin Dsmstyle]

We try and get them up within 48 hours. That's all I can say. I don't know how many times I say this, but we aren't here to provied a free slot to have people sell and buy parts. Some members sell a shit ton of stuff on here and have never donated anything to the site. Some members have given more than their fair share time and time again. So I do feel bad when I can't get some posts up fast enough, but it's the right thing to do with moderating the post right now. About the only way I could see it changing would be to up the post count requirement to 100 or more in order to pull off admin moderation of every post.

I was talking specifically about WTB ads. I totally see your point with for sale threads. Another good point to that is it keeps the thread creation down. Like me again for instance. Instead of making 2 new threads, I've just added to the one I've had up forever. Bump the post count to 1000 for all I care ;)