Hotrodders.com classified ad issues
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| − | ==Points in favor of== | + | ==Summary== |
| + | This wiki entry was started to organize and formalize the discussion surrounding potential adjustments to the way that classified ads and the related discussions are handled on the Hotrodders.com forums. | ||
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| + | Hotrodders.com currently has a [http://www.hotrodders.com/ads/ classified ad system] which offers unlimited free classified ads to its members. Per [http://www.hotrodders.com/help/board/guidelines.html Hotrodders.com guidelines], it is forbidden to buy, sell, or trade parts on the forums. | ||
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| + | ==Buy/sell forum== | ||
| + | One solution that has been proposed is a designated buy/sell forum, where Hotrodders.com members would be free to post and discuss the buying, selling, and trading of hot rod parts and services. | ||
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| + | ===Points in favor of a buy/sell forum=== | ||
*A designated buy/sell forum may reduced the moderation overhead required in adjudicating the more subtle potential business guideline violations. | *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. | *All questionable posts could just be placed in the buy/sell forum, and the tech forums could thus be kept clean and crisp. | ||
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*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. | ||
| − | ==Points against== | + | ===Points against a buy/sell forum=== |
*By allowing a designated commercial forum, we leave the door open for commercial marketers to find sneaky ways to bypass policy. | *By allowing a designated commercial forum, we leave the door open for commercial marketers to find sneaky ways to bypass policy. | ||
| − | *We already have a designated buy-sell area, in the [http://hotrodders.com/ads Hotrodders Classifieds]. A forum is redundant. | + | *We already have a designated buy-sell area, in the [http://hotrodders.com/ads Hotrodders Classifieds]. A forum is redundant, and sloppy. |
*The format of the classified ads is much more cut-and-dried than a discussion. This cuts down on using subtle conversational methods to game the guidelines. | *The format of the classified ads is much more cut-and-dried than a discussion. This cuts down on using subtle conversational methods to game the guidelines. | ||
| − | + | *Any potential commercial intrusion can't be handled lightly. | |
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