OK something's got to give.
#11
Re: OK something's got to give.
We used to have a trial member phase. a 30 day time period where users couldnt post in the classifieds. They were forced to contrubite to the site before advertising thier shit here.
I've ben pushing for them to bring that back forever but nobody seems to want to listen.
I've ben pushing for them to bring that back forever but nobody seems to want to listen.
#12
Re: OK something's got to give.
We used to have a trial member phase. a 30 day time period where users couldnt post in the classifieds. They were forced to contrubite to the site before advertising thier shit here.
I've ben pushing for them to bring that back forever but nobody seems to want to listen.
I've ben pushing for them to bring that back forever but nobody seems to want to listen.
Cheers,
ROBB M
#13
Re: OK something's got to give.
Who knows. They could've posted shit a week after they joined that would've made your balls drop, but because he drove a certain car, or autocorrect fucked up spelling, or some other dumbass thing happened in his thread, we won't know. I like most everyone on this forum for one reason or another, one run in or another, but purposely singling someone out because of something they said, spelled wrong, or whatever, just to run them off, does that make you any better than the classified junkies? All I'm saying, lay off. Give them a week or two, or hell, another post after their first to decide if they deserve to be ran off. Give some slack, have patience.
I like the 30 day idea, most other forums have it. 30 days and 5 meaningful posts before classifieds would be nice. If I have to do it to be allowed to sell a part to a car I will never own and don't have any knowledge or interest in, on NASIOC, or to sell my Z parts on 240SX sites, I don't think it is an unreasonable requirement for a forum that all sorts of car owners frequent.
Really what we need is more content. There are tons of cool threads that haven't been bumped in years that could legitimately come back and hopefully generate interest. More events posted would be nice too. Of course, I'm guilty myself because I don't post enough of this stuff so there's that. It could also be a chicken/egg situation where new members would generate more posts but there need to be more interesting posts to attract more new members.
Last edited by Yardjass; 10-10-2014 at 02:40 PM.
#14
Really what we need is more content. There are tons of cool threads that haven't been bumped in years that could legitimately come back and hopefully generate interest. More events posted would be nice too. Of course, I'm guilty myself because I don't post enough of this stuff so there's that. It could also be a chicken/egg situation where new members would generate more posts but there need to be more interesting posts to attract more new members.
#15
Re: OK something's got to give.
We used to have a trial member phase. a 30 day time period where users couldnt post in the classifieds. They were forced to contrubite to the site before advertising thier shit here.
I've been pushing for them to bring that back forever but nobody seems to want to listen.
I've been pushing for them to bring that back forever but nobody seems to want to listen.
Last edited by NasTHatch; 10-10-2014 at 05:52 PM.
#16
Re: OK something's got to give.
You're going to have 5x the bullshit stupid posts so they get the count up.
That didn't work then and it won't work now.
No set number of post just the 30 day trial, if they post stupid shit ban hammer.
But at the same time they aren't going to stick around if they have to wait 30 days to hawk some valve covers and rep wheels.
That didn't work then and it won't work now.
No set number of post just the 30 day trial, if they post stupid shit ban hammer.
But at the same time they aren't going to stick around if they have to wait 30 days to hawk some valve covers and rep wheels.
#18
Re: OK something's got to give.
some old shitty integra forum i used to be on had a trial period. you had to have 7 posts approved by mods in non classified threads before you could actively post and have full permissions.
#19
Re: OK something's got to give.
What we need is this.
A seperate forum. Newbies interested in becoming part of the site.
Introduction threads only. You come in state your name, interests, and why you're here.
You instaban anyone who doesn't read a single word and just makes it a FS post.
That gives everyone an idea of what kinda person they are. We could elect a commitee of reasonably sound individuals
To moderate that section and they could decide wether to give full access or not. If they are bots, idiots, or just trolls, they become restricted use members.
Thoughts?
A seperate forum. Newbies interested in becoming part of the site.
Introduction threads only. You come in state your name, interests, and why you're here.
You instaban anyone who doesn't read a single word and just makes it a FS post.
That gives everyone an idea of what kinda person they are. We could elect a commitee of reasonably sound individuals
To moderate that section and they could decide wether to give full access or not. If they are bots, idiots, or just trolls, they become restricted use members.
Thoughts?
#20
Re: OK something's got to give.
Beat me to it, we got rid of it for a reason. It ended up being way to much extra work and didn't even do what it was supposed to.
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