Guys, I see your point and I agree. However, who draws the line? I can't quit my job to monitor the board all day, and what is the difference between a camera and a stereo and a hard drive and a BBQ and....
As an example, i have a list of 57 things I can post right now for sale that aren't reef related, claiming that they would benefit my reef buddies. If only 9 others had similar lists, we now have roughly 600 posts for nothing to do with reefs and everyone starts with bump and "to the top" and the board gets to be unreadable. I guarantee you would start Q&A threads on "gee, how cam we stop the ruination of our board" posts. Imagine if every member just posted 1 thing for sale. Sure, not likely to happen, but what if it did? Who cleans the mess? You? Nope, me. And while I'm cleaning the mess, you guys are over at RC, because you really want to read about reefs, not garage sales.
Every time I log into the board, I pick the threads since last visit. Lately, at least 50% are items for sale, and only reef related. Think of what the board would look like if we allowed a free for all? If I have to start looking too hard for something to actually do with reefs, I'm gonna be surfing elsewhere. And sure, maybe that wouldn't happen to that level, but maybe it would, and then what?
We've decided as a board that we don't want to go there. And without sounding too much like a shithead, if you really need a reef board that sells cameras, and you know of one, I suggest you take your reef BBS activities there. They deserve the support of people whose ideas align with their board's philosophies.
Thanks for shopping, please come again.
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Brad
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