Canreef Classified Guidelines

[Myka]

Originally Posted by Proteus

Good to here. Myself I believe that this make the forum more geared toward a hobbiest community rather than a business opportunity.

Good job mods

This is what we're aiming for. We need hobbyists to make the forums work. Without hobbyists visiting the site, there is nothing here for Vendors to advertise to. There is always a fine line between pleasing the members and pleasing the Vendors, and it isn't always easy. We want to avoid knee jerk reactions in the future, and work towards making a better Canreef.

Please send us PMs! We get lots of PMs, so don't be shy! Whether it's something you like or something you dislike, whether you're a regular poster or a lurker, your ideas and views are important to us.

[subnet88]

Could the Buy / sell be put back into the "Active posts" section on the homepage too then?

As the forum is powered by hobbyists, the buy/sell populating the front page drives visitors to that section, as well as those who are just looking to buy / sell to other posts.

[WarDog]

Originally Posted by subnet88

Could the Buy / sell be put back into the "Active posts" section on the homepage too then?

This is something the staff will discuss, but it was removed from the Active Posts section a couple of years ago for reasons I can't remember. For now, you can just use the New Posts tab at the top of the page. All posts show up there and it's the one I use for refreshing.

Thank you for constructive input!

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by WarDog

This is something the staff will discuss, but it was removed from the Active Posts section a couple of years ago for reasons I can't remember. For now, you can just use the New Posts tab at the top of the page. All posts show up there and it's the one I use for refreshing.

Thank you for constructive input!

I actually looked at that this morning, and based on the number of buy/sell posts, I felt it would far outweigh the reef related posts. I think, for a board primarily aimed at the hobby and board as an information resource, it would detract from the theme of what we want to do.

That said, I always navigate from the New Posts link in the top menu as Warren described, and they are all displayed in that list.

We can discuss, but my vote would be to leave it as it. We did remove the vendor announcements highlights to facilitate the presentation of reef info, so replacing with reef sales and toys might defeat what we're trying to do

[albert_dao]

Originally Posted by WarDog

This is something the staff will discuss, but it was removed from the Active Posts section a couple of years ago for reasons I can't remember. For now, you can just use the New Posts tab at the top of the page. All posts show up there and it's the one I use for refreshing.

Thank you for constructive input!

It was moved because some people complained that they were tired of seeing a few people clutter up the front page with buy/sell posts.

Can't make everyone happy, haha.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by albert_dao

It was moved because some people complained that they were tired of seeing a few people clutter up the front page with buy/sell posts.

Can't make everyone happy, haha.

I recall it may have happened after one of our more "postier" members added everything from a tank shut down, one post per item. That would have made me crazy, although I can't recall the exact moment I lost it

But ya, you can't make everyone happy, and I think more come here for info over deals. I hope that's the case anyway -lol

[jus68]

Originally Posted by subnet88

Could the Buy / sell be put back into the "Active posts" section on the homepage too then?

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[kien]

Originally Posted by subnet88

Could the Buy / sell be put back into the "Active posts" section on the homepage too then?

As the forum is powered by hobbyists, the buy/sell populating the front page drives visitors to that section, as well as those who are just looking to buy / sell to other posts.

I think this suggestion has merit so the council will definitely confer on this to see if this is something that would make sense to (re)implement. We can't make any promises though. Here is a bit of background on this particular item for everyone's information. One of the main reasons why that the buy/sell was taken off of the active threads feed was because many people felt that it would often get to a point where the buy/sell activity would clutter the front page. While I agree that buy/sell posts are very useful to the members here, we have to consider one of our prime objects, and that is to foster an environment of knowledge sharing. That is after all what a forum is for, right ? When things got really busy in the buy/sell you could easily find the entire first page of active threads full of nothing but buy/sell, thus depressing the active discussion threads.

[hillegom]

I vote leave as is.
I click on "new posts" as well and it serves me well,
I get classified, which I can skip if I want, and discussions

[Ryan]

After coming back to the hobby I just shook my head when I read the new rules, anpther friend and long time canteef member just laughed. I always wondered what brought on thpse strict rules regaurding buying and selling. Its sad the see the good ol days of RCC complaining about the classifieds hasnt gone away, just switched vendors. Guess nothing has changed in the way the vendors treat the hobbiest. Only your friend until you start selling coral you got from them, then it turns cut throat. Sad to see.