pros and cons
 

First off, I do support and strongly appreciate the initiaves to promote in depth discussions of this hobby.
However we should not overlook the advantages of the high volume of buying and selling on the board. One of which is the increased opportunity to meet the people (in person) on the board which is why I believe that Canreef has become much more of a community board than the other boards.

In addition, a lot of the beginners who are doing the buying will get the opportunity to acquire livestock and hardware for a relatively good price as well as the opportunity to see other more experienced people's tanks and setups for ideas, methods, and goals to achieve with their new system.

I can appreciate that many people on this board are from areas that have very limited opportunities to personally meet the people on Canreef. However I give this perspective from a local reefkeeper in the Lower Mainland and I believe the same can be said in Edmonton, Calgary and possibly Manitoba. From a statistical perspective, by viewing the posts on this board, it can be suggested that Canreef has evolved more to a buy&sell than an information board; I am in the opinion that the buying and selling has advanced this hobby to another level that would have otherwise been unachievable in its absence for the members in the above mentioned places.

Nowadays with the internet and advances in technology, it is often said that we have replaced our interpersonal social and communication skills with a keyboard where many of the words are so often lost in translation. But for many of us, Canreef has provided us with the opportunity to put away that keyboard and to meet and speak to each other.

I think that's a brutal idea, and you'll end up killing the traffic on this board by doing that. These kinds of boards can't compete with the larger boards for knowledge and advice, if I need an answer quick I'll go there and post something or search rather than coming to here and waiting perhaps days for a response. If there are questions I have that relate to something local then I have no problems posting here, nor do I have any problems giving advice (the little that I have to offer) to those who need it.

The buy and sell however is a great way to meet people, as well as be able to share frags and sell used equipment locally. Like Chin said, this board is like a community and it's often nice to put the name to the face (so to speak).

Well maybe there are more buy and sell posts because the hobby has grown ten fold since you started posting on this sight.

Also i dont think you should have to pay for an add, it would kill the traffic on the site. When i come on here i chech the buy sell to see if theres anything interesting then read the posts. Which i believe most people do, if you wanted to do something to stop people from using this site as a revenue generater make people have to be a member for a month. or a certain amount of post before they can sell somthing.

My only suggestion for the buy and sell thing is you should have to put a price down, none of this best offer junk.

Hey man? What about us VI'landers?:mrgreen: Ya, we bombed in totally not getting a reefmeet together this year (goodbye summer), but the Buy/Sell Forums do have there advantages here too, with regard to what you say. I totally agree with you.

Cheers:smile:, (totally)

Hello,

The discussions are deviating from the original topic. For those who input their ideas on the Buy & Sell, thanks.

Titus