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ArcticMyst Security by Avery

Members with only one post selling items in the BST.

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I keep seeing members that join up just to sell a laser. As a membership we always jump on the thread, and give out the warnings, ect. Sometimes this goes good, sometimes bad. Its very frustrating trying to find out if they are legit or not. It often requires a lot of posts asking questions, making suggestions, and assumptions. This often leads to miscommunications, bad judgments, hurt feelings, and general drama. Which, if the sale is real, totally kills the sale. It does work well if its a scam though.

My thought is to make it so the seller needs a certain amount of posts before they can sell. Like 50. This would eliminate the majority of the drama, give us a good clue what type of person they are, and detour any hit and run scammers. Also it would give us a break from having to repeat the same speal to every new seller that comes here.

Can this be done??

EDIT: On a financial note, it forces them to hang around the forum. Which could drum up business, and maybe get more people into the hobby.
 
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We have the same rule on a different forum I'm apart of .. But the post limit there is 100
 
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Would be great, but there are a couple of problems.

For one, you risk people simply spamming like crazy to get to fifty posts.

The other problem is how to monitor compliance. I'm sure there is probably some configuration in vBulletin which could be made to prevent anyone with less than 50 posts from being able to make a thread in the B/S/T, but considering posts from the other and welcome section are still being counted even after almost a step by step guide was posted, it's not likely to happen on the admin side.

The burden would fall on mods, and they don't have the power to completely delete threads either, we'd be left with a ton of "this thread has been deleted" slots in the b/s/t.

If something could be done on the admin level, it would be fantastic.
 

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Unfortunately quite a few of these new members come here to ditch their Arctics and get out of the hobby :(

Would be nice to see a way to get new member to have to read AND AGREE to all safety threads before being able to post so we don't end up with multiple threads about when they can avoid wearing goggles.

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We all could agree on something like that, and maybe a middleman aswell.
 
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I think it's a good idea :)

Although I hope that in this "50 post" (for example) the new member not only put things like: Well, I like, interesting .....
or stuff like that only to increase the counter and get the number of post prescribed, hahaha

Thanks Mark for proposing this idea so interesting :beer:

Edit: How quickly people write, there was only one post when I was writing this one :eek: I am definitely very slow writing in English haha
 
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No way to mandate the use of a middle man. There is already a good thread on ways to avoid scams, and it's the number one recommendation in many many threads.

A post minimum requirement if it can be automated, or if the mods are up to it (I get the sense that they aren't due to volume of moderation already required) would be something everyone would get behind.
 
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Would be great, but there are a couple of problems.

For one, you risk people simply spamming like crazy to get to fifty posts.

Its easy to see if they are spamming posts, thats why its 50 posts.

The other problem is how to monitor compliance. I'm sure there is probably some configuration in vBulletin which could be made to prevent anyone with less than 50 posts from being able to make a thread in the B/S/T, but considering posts from the other and welcome section are still being counted even after almost a step by step guide was posted, it's not likely to happen on the admin side.

Completely off topic. Avery can do what he wants. He doesnt have to listen to us all the time. Its his forum.

The burden would fall on mods, and they don't have the power to completely delete threads either, we'd be left with a ton of "this thread has been deleted" slots in the b/s/t.

As a membership we will still monitor the threads. It would just make it easier for us to figure out if they are here to scam or not. It takes nothing to hit the report button, and have the thread either removed or locked. The Mods have way more power than you think.

If something could be done on the admin level, it would be fantastic.

I agree.
 
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The 50 posts is a good idea and I would add that the seller also
have a Positive Rep (in the Green with at least one comment).

vBulletin gives a Green rep to new members but there are no
comments on the Rep Page..

There is an option in vB to allow the Mods/Admin to hold new
Threads for verification/acceptance/approval before they can
get posted on the Forum.


Jerry
 
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I LOVE the idea!

It will, indeed, be more work, but it could be worth it

The B/S/T board is our most active board
However, there are usually less than 20 new threads a day in the board
It could be set up with "thread start" moderation with un-moderated replies
or
We could rely on YOUR eyes to alert us to someone not meeting the minimum posting requirements starting a thread

I like the idea of the board being un-moderated while relying on members to "watch" the threads being started

Otherwise, new threads may wait for "approval" only once or twice a day

No idea that I can think of around this concept is perfect, but it looks good to me

I wonder if this would require an alteration of the TOU :thinking:

Peace,
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Requiring positive rep might be a bit too much. Some folks have nothing to add to conversations and thus don't really get repped.

I'm all for rep being a marker of a person to consider, but we also don't want to make it so that it becomes an insurmountable obstacle for the less scientifically inclined.
 
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Requiring positive rep might be a bit too much. Some folks have nothing to add to conversations and thus don't really get repped.

I'm all for rep being a marker of a person to consider, but we also don't want to make it so that it becomes an insurmountable obstacle for the less scientifically inclined.

I think if a Forum member wants to sell his wares on the Forum
that he should also contribute to the community and not just use
the Forum as a Free Classified Ad.

By having a Positive Rep it will show that he has made some
kind of contribution.

You don't need to be "scientifically inclined" to help a member
and receive a "thank you" Rep/Comment....


Jerry
 
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