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    Ophiuchus rhea drache's Avatar
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    Re: Classifieds overhaul?

    bump
    still interested in this subject
    could we at least clean up the current section?
    my assumption is that most ads placed last august are no longer relevant
    perhaps we need a classifieds manager?
    we could have an attendant thread with a weekly summary or some such thing
    sort of like real estate where they list open houses once a week
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    Re: Classifieds overhaul?

    You mean you can get them other than WC or from Scott????
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    Re: Classifieds overhaul?

    Quote Originally Posted by prattypus View Post
    You mean you can get them other than WC or from Scott????
    well yeah - there are people who breed (both intentionally and accidentally) on this forum
    have you looked at our current classified section?
    there's a tab in the top right corner of this very page
    however, it needs something to get people to look at it a bit more
    and it needs a tiny bit of maintenance
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    Re: Classifieds overhaul?

    i would appreciate the thread based classifieds, but if the current classifieds can be improved, then by all means go for it! im sure it would be visited more often if it was more up to date and easily accessible.

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    Re: Classifieds overhaul?

    i do think it's pretty accessible through that tab at the top right - it's always there
    but i never go to the gallery either, because i like seeing the photos in threads (there's a second reason not relevant to this thread)
    the classifieds is perhaps a more specific utilitarian destination? i do go there when i'm looking for something, or when i want to sell, trade, or give away
    btw - there are also featured ads right on the home page
    i do believe that many of us who are regular forum visitors, don't go to the home page very often; i know i don't go every day, so i just had to go to check whether those featured ads were still there, and yes, they are - including one placed by a member who hasn't been active on the forum since early last summer, and the ad has been running for almost two years now
    so perhaps we do need some sort of limit on running time, and people can renew if they need to
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    Re: Classifieds overhaul?

    Quote Originally Posted by drache View Post
    well yeah - there are people who breed (both intentionally and accidentally) on this forum
    have you looked at our current classified section?
    there's a tab in the top right corner of this very page
    however, it needs something to get people to look at it a bit more
    and it needs a tiny bit of maintenance
    Yeah, I knew that, I was just being a smart alec. I've bought from Scott before, and I know that a bunch on here have as well.
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    Re: Classifieds overhaul?

    I thought I'd bring this up again ... I still think a thread based system would work better. Older adds would just drop off the radar, when posted they would be a part of the 'unread threads' section (better for the seller as it might peak more interest) and easier to deal with for the mods? (ie older threads could be deleted?).
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    Re: Classifieds overhaul?

    I will post a poll in the next couple days. If enough members would prefer just using the forum for the classifieds, so be it.

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    Re: Classifieds overhaul?

    clearly something needs to change. I'm against getting rid of it altogether, definitely. But an overhaul in time for all those babies this year would be nice.

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    Re: Classifieds overhaul?

    I'm member of another forum with a nice system. There you have a classifieds section, like here, but for each add that is posted also a thread is started on the forum. The thread links to the add in the classifies and you can not post there.

    Would this be a possibility maybe here to?
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