Hotrodders.com classified ad issues
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| − | *A designated buy/sell forum may reduced the moderation overhead required in adjudicating the more subtle potential business guideline violations. *All questionable posts could just be placed in the buy/sell forum, and the tech forums could thus be kept clean and crisp. | + | *A designated buy/sell forum may reduced the moderation overhead required in adjudicating the more subtle potential business guideline violations. |
| + | *All questionable posts could just be placed in the buy/sell forum, and the tech forums could thus be kept clean and crisp. | ||
*Some posts are borderline commercial, or their commercial status can't be firmly established (like trying to determine if the poster is discussing a part that his brother's uncle's cousin is selling). Such posts could simply be moved into the buy/sell forum. The original poster couldn't rightly complain that their post was deleted, as it was simply moved. | *Some posts are borderline commercial, or their commercial status can't be firmly established (like trying to determine if the poster is discussing a part that his brother's uncle's cousin is selling). Such posts could simply be moved into the buy/sell forum. The original poster couldn't rightly complain that their post was deleted, as it was simply moved. | ||
| − | *The classified ads don't allow back-and-forth commenting. The conversations surrounding buying, selling, and swapping parts constitutes a legitimate part of hotrodding culture, and the classified ad format doesn't allow for it. | + | *The classified ads don't allow back-and-forth commenting. The conversations surrounding buying, selling, and swapping parts constitutes a legitimate part of hotrodding culture, and the classified ad format doesn't allow for it. For example, this thread: [http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/whos-got-predator-carb-laying-around-150184.html Who's got a predator carb lying around?]. |
*Moderators can't currently move commercial posts "into" classified ads, but they can move posts and threads in between different forums. | *Moderators can't currently move commercial posts "into" classified ads, but they can move posts and threads in between different forums. | ||
*By allowing buy/sell discussion within the forums, more people would make use of the ability to run classified ads on the site. | *By allowing buy/sell discussion within the forums, more people would make use of the ability to run classified ads on the site. | ||
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