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Originally Posted by DBlain  yes but it will also erase a lot of threads here as well. I just wish they would leave it be and if someone felt it was being abused just report the post and the admin people could address it with the poster. Reporting a post is annoymous so I would think if someone felt strongly they would have no problem doing that. |
Ostensibly, this was the original thought. However, when people have reported some threads in the past - we go to look at them (Admin or Mods) and the threads truly
appear to be no different from most of the other threads in this section. As a result, we don't really see how we can close this or that reported thread, as compared to other threads that are virtually the same. In other words, it doesn't really leave us w/ anything tangible to address privately w/ the posters whose threads are reported.
Hence, this thread...in order to better understand how people view and use this section.
What I'm hearing is that people are
mostly happy w/ the way things are now (and no worries, there are no plans for splitting this section into sub-sections at this time).
For now, I'm not really sure that add'l hard and fast rules are truly needed in this section. I'm hearing that there
are some concerns about whether this section is another marketing tool for sellers. I suppose we could say the same for the
Product Feedback/Review section too though - I know a number of times sellers have posted for product feedback in that section, and a buyer might ask "when will you be selling these, I want one!" -- which could also be viewed as sidebar marketing.
At this point, I'm mostly inclined to leave it as is - while also suggesting that posters be aware of the concerns about posting items in here that they'll later sell in the For Sale section. I'm just not hearing we really
need a firm rule on this concern, as I'm not really seeing measurable or significant damage being done as a result of this section. I am hearing, however, that a LOT people simply enjoy this forum and would be disappointed to see it change or be overly restricted due to the concerns stated above.
Perhaps we leave it alone for now, and reassess later if necessary....? Unless people have additional things to say before we put it to rest...?