New Members: 20 Posts in the Open Forums are Required Before Selling here.

[Harris HTM]

I guess the new rule worked for a while - a week or so. Again daily I come across new adds from new members who don't give a damn about the rules of this forum - I mean this thread is pinned as first at the Classifieds section. It is really tiring.

 

[Liam_Og]

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I guess the new rule worked for a while - a week or so. Again daily I come across new adds from new members who don't give a damn about the rules of this forum - I mean this thread is pinned as first at the Classifieds section. It is really tiring.

yeah. They don’t read it, and I guess it’s time consuming to enforce. There are also some who have been selling since before the new rule who have loads of posts but almost none outside of the classifieds.

 

[tapado power]

Two years in the forum, this is my first post. This is a good idea. I am basically a buyer, but is always good to know.

 

[Oswald]

a sound idea ; though ironically Ive been a member for several years and dont meet the quota as Im more a reader than a poster

 

[steve u]

I guess the new rule worked for a while - a week or so. Again daily I come across new adds from new members who don't give a damn about the rules of this forum - I mean this thread is pinned as first at the Classifieds section. It is really tiring.

I couldn't agree more...a couple today.

 

[Harris HTM]

I couldn't agree more...a couple today.

I had logged off for a week but I see that it's still the same. I know that the moderators do their best - from their free time - to remove these adds but I don't think this is sustainable. I - and others here - tried to refer these new members to the rules of the forum in a really polite way but at best we were ignored.
It is either making it impossible to post to the classifieds if your postcount is less than 20 (I have zero knowledge about software programming, is this possible?) or just split the forum into two: the classic Lounge and a Lounge marketplace.

 

[RDS]

I had logged off for a week but I see that it's still the same. I know that the moderators do their best - from their free time - to remove these adds but I don't think this is sustainable. I - and others here - tried to refer these new members to the rules of the forum in a really polite way but at best we were ignored.
It is either making it impossible to post to the classifieds if your postcount is less than 20 (I have zero knowledge about software programming, is this possible?) or just split the forum into two: the classic Lounge and a Lounge marketplace.

Obviously it will still be dependent on the moderators having to take action but should any offending sales posts not just be reported using the appropriate button ? They can then decide whether to just delete the post and/or advise the member of the 20 post rule.