http://www.largeformatphotography.in...=proposed+rule
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Solutions looking for problems if you ask me. Adding complexity to a system should be justified by the improvements it brings.
The first post has a whole lot of rules, but little explanation as to why this is any better than the current system. Is something wrong? What is it? Does this fix it?
Yes it's *different* and maybe certain people like it more, but is it a categorical improvement? No. Just different. And with more complexity, more bureaucracy.
But what do I know... Just been admin'ing vbulletin, drupal, and phpbb forums for over a decade, nothing to see here...
I'm sure it will work out fine. But I'm not going to try to read and understand all this now. I'll wait until I have to sell something. I'm sure this is most "interesting/infuriating" to people that buy and sell a lot (more than one item a month is a lot).
Are these rules being set up to deter trade on the forum, or encourage it? Honestly I can't tell.
So what's not 'workable' now? Seems to be working fine.
Seems quite sensible, it'll be far better with the FS/FT separated from the WTB.
Ian
You might benefit from reading the following threads:
Upcoming changes for the FS/WTB sub-forum, Part I
Upcoming changes in the FS/WTB forum, Part II
It should be remembered that the LFPF is a free resource, operated by volunteers on donated server and network resources. We don't have a paid staff monitoring activity 24x7. Thus, each violation of the rules, or perceived violation, generates one or more reported post e-mails behind the scenes that interrupt the moderators' days, each of which needs to be dealt with in a reasonable time. At the worst of times, that might reach a couple of dozen reports per day, suggesting the system is not working well. Since the For-Sale section is not the primary focus of the forum, the other alternative would be to eliminate it altogether. We'd rather not do that, since the sale of used equipment fosters growth within the LF community, and forcing people to use eBay and other paid market resources would diminish that benefit.
I understand the "PM sent" as it is redundant posts but what about the "clean out your mailbox" alerts? Are these type of post being considered as empty bumps? Did not read about these type of posts, please clarify as these are left to the discretion of the moderators.