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I'm creating this thread because of a situation I replied to here and a couple ideas I've had rolling around for a couple months. Erocker and I have talked about these, as I see him getting grief of said section that he covers. He's doing a damn good job in my opinion, as a mod in 2 other forums I envy his patience and persistence. On that note, the page where my post starts in the "What's wrong with our forum?" thread:
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?p=1289530#post1289530
In case you don't care to go there, I'll quote the couple of ideas I had to help with the B/S/T section of the forum, not just to help clean up that area, but to ensure the rules are understood and followed, or erocker's job is easier, and really because users not following the rules for that section is causing more grief than it should. I hope these ideas can bring some sort of agreement between staff and members, I mean no offense by this, but enough is enough...I've watched for months what that section is like, not saying the sellers that dont' upload images are bad sellers either, hell one of the worst scammers on TPU had images...but besides that point, here are my thoughts:
So let's get the ball rolling, I'd like to know what is able to be accomplished on the staff side of this, and I'd like to see what everyone thinks, is this really needed? I think something needs to be done, and instead of getting more mods to watch the section, we can help by reporting, pm-ing the poster of said thread instead of filling the thread, we can use forms to keep things uniform, which I think is a great idea, or we can do nothing. Who knows, between all the members here I'm sure better ideas await, and I'd love to see them, feel free to critisize or change my ideas around, if we can come up with something that is easy to deal with on both ends, and makes everyone aware of how the b/s/t section works on TPU, I think that'd be progress and one less problem in the "what's wrong with our forum" thread.
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?p=1289530#post1289530
In case you don't care to go there, I'll quote the couple of ideas I had to help with the B/S/T section of the forum, not just to help clean up that area, but to ensure the rules are understood and followed, or erocker's job is easier, and really because users not following the rules for that section is causing more grief than it should. I hope these ideas can bring some sort of agreement between staff and members, I mean no offense by this, but enough is enough...I've watched for months what that section is like, not saying the sellers that dont' upload images are bad sellers either, hell one of the worst scammers on TPU had images...but besides that point, here are my thoughts:
Solution 1:
Make all threads in the B/S/T section a form to fill out, you'll have Item name, description, price and picture, you can add up to say 10 items, maybe 15...if that's not enough, then contact the mod and wait for approval on a 2nd thread. For each item you add you MUST have a picture uploaded, or you will not be able to post. Simple as that...sure with that comes the arguement of posting pictures of things other than the item just to get the post up...then that's when the users come in and report it. Don't need to flame or troll the thread, just report it and move on. Not a challenge, not hard to do, and it will help a ton. If the mod doesn't catch it right away because of having a life, busy with something else or maybe enjoying their PC instead of playing 24/7 watchdog on TPU, oh well, there are other mods, and other things to worry about. You've done your part, as the poster of said thread, all B/S/T threads will be more uniform, easy to read, and should get the point across. If you have multiple images of an item, maybe an allowance of up to 2-3 images per item, or you could just add links via techpowerup.org.
Solution 2:
Add a checkbox agreement under normal thread starting procedures already instated, this agreement would acknowlege that you have read and understand the rules, also specifically going over the priorty of stating where, being clearly descriptive, price, must have pictures, etc. You must actually check this before you can post...something similar to bringing up a dead thread. If someone posts w/o meeting said agreement/acknowlegement, then that thread will be removed without notice, done so again will mean intervention/conversation with mod, possible infraction.
So let's get the ball rolling, I'd like to know what is able to be accomplished on the staff side of this, and I'd like to see what everyone thinks, is this really needed? I think something needs to be done, and instead of getting more mods to watch the section, we can help by reporting, pm-ing the poster of said thread instead of filling the thread, we can use forms to keep things uniform, which I think is a great idea, or we can do nothing. Who knows, between all the members here I'm sure better ideas await, and I'd love to see them, feel free to critisize or change my ideas around, if we can come up with something that is easy to deal with on both ends, and makes everyone aware of how the b/s/t section works on TPU, I think that'd be progress and one less problem in the "what's wrong with our forum" thread.