Classified Section ideas....

Thanks for the feedback, I'd like to overhaul that system as well.

 

Solid ideas. I think the whole feedback system has been brought up and is being looked into from what I can remember.

 

Well, there's a plugin Rob has his eye on that should hopefully meet all the needs. Unfortunately his list of stuff right now is too long for me to expect it any time soon. Certainly not before MWC - which is where he is headed in a couple days.

 

Ironically, if it had been reported we would have taken care of it sooner


I'll say no they aren't free game. The reason for this is if by chance it's not a spammer (in this case it was) then it provides a bit more work to clean up threads. Additionally, it has the potential to scare away new users

 

Phases, has there been any progress on this?

 

We talked about it briefly today during our call, but he only thing that came from it was that the curren options aren't ideal. We do want to improve, though.

 

Some of the reported spam-looking posts in the Vendor section of Classifieds remain because they're not posted all over the place, just there, and often just the one post with the link.

When Guides see obvious spam, in Classifies or anywhere else we encounter it, we remove it from the forums and place it in a special Trashcan. But questionable stuff gets left where it is and reported by us just like other members do.

It's up to the Moderators, but as they always say, it's best to keep reporting because over-reporting is a lot better than under-reporting.

 

As long as they keep to their one thread within the Vender forum, then (for the most part) it is fine. Although, I've personally seen and deleted a few threads in that forum that were blatantly spam, so definitely report just to be sure.

As for the actual classifieds forum, I'd keep reporting those as well so that we (the moderators) can handle them accordingly. This is the best solution at the moment until Phases sets up something to combat the 1-post-and-I'm-gone posts.

I wouldn't go as far as 50 posts, but I'd say a 10-15 post range restriction should probably be implemented as well as a feedback system to keep things legit and safe for everyone involved.

 

Yep, "drive by" spam is still spam. Report what you suspect. It'll always be looked at.

 

It would be nice if items that get sold could somehow deleted or shown as sold.

 

The users should be locking their sold item threads (per classified section sticky of rules). If you see any that need locked, click the report post button and we'll lock it.

 

I'll bring it up with my next meeting with Rob and see what we can do.