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[QUOTE]Originally posted by HondaGal
[B]My personal take on this issue is to come up with a solution to keep the private forsale items separate from the sponsor promotions.
Muz, we all know the quality of products you sell.
[B]My personal take on this issue is to come up with a solution to keep the private forsale items separate from the sponsor promotions.
Muz, we all know the quality of products you sell.
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From: Southeastern
I voiced my thoughts in the poll thread but figured I'd put em here too.
I think there should be separate forums for individual fs/gb and for sponsor fs/gb. The reason being I used both differently. Individual fs postings are usually one-of-a-kinds and the window of opportunity for purchasing these items is short, so having them turn-over quickly and 'paging-off' (dropping to page 2, 3, 4)is preferrable forsuch threads. I like 'browsing' through individual fs items in case something I wanted pops up.
On the other hand, the Sponsor GB posts seem to be pushing the same products most of the time, the GBs run longer and need to be more persistent. It needs to address the issue of constant 'topping' so that each sponsor's gb gets a fair share of eyeballs. (I never look beyond page 1).
Maybe the number of posts viewable on that page can be increased. Maybe each sponsor should only have 1 GB thread in the forum listing all their products and people should PM sponsors for inclusion in the GB rather than posting interest in the thread itself. Heck, you could even eliminate questions on the products in those threads and handle them all in PM. Sponsors could then post FAQs on their products as replies in their GB thread.
Lastly, I think sponsor's should be allowed to post announcements of new products, group buys, sales, solicit product ideas, show prototypes, etc. in any/all forums. (not all at once, just that no forum should be 'off-limits' except for the individual fs forum)
These changes would make both forums more useful to me and would more closely mimic the way I use them.
-Mike
I think there should be separate forums for individual fs/gb and for sponsor fs/gb. The reason being I used both differently. Individual fs postings are usually one-of-a-kinds and the window of opportunity for purchasing these items is short, so having them turn-over quickly and 'paging-off' (dropping to page 2, 3, 4)is preferrable forsuch threads. I like 'browsing' through individual fs items in case something I wanted pops up.
On the other hand, the Sponsor GB posts seem to be pushing the same products most of the time, the GBs run longer and need to be more persistent. It needs to address the issue of constant 'topping' so that each sponsor's gb gets a fair share of eyeballs. (I never look beyond page 1).
Maybe the number of posts viewable on that page can be increased. Maybe each sponsor should only have 1 GB thread in the forum listing all their products and people should PM sponsors for inclusion in the GB rather than posting interest in the thread itself. Heck, you could even eliminate questions on the products in those threads and handle them all in PM. Sponsors could then post FAQs on their products as replies in their GB thread.
Lastly, I think sponsor's should be allowed to post announcements of new products, group buys, sales, solicit product ideas, show prototypes, etc. in any/all forums. (not all at once, just that no forum should be 'off-limits' except for the individual fs forum)
These changes would make both forums more useful to me and would more closely mimic the way I use them.
-Mike
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The only people that give a shit about this problem are you "sponsors". What you have succeeded in doing, is creating a forum for sponsors to bitch about each other. It is not a problem, stop crying like little girls. We don't really mind the way everything is going.
Maybe you could create a new forum called "Sponsors who want to cry about other Sponsors!"
Maybe you could create a new forum called "Sponsors who want to cry about other Sponsors!"
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From: Southeastern
Originally posted by CRussel
You can control the number of posts on a page -- it's an option you set under MyS2000
You can control the number of posts on a page -- it's an option you set under MyS2000
Anyway, this thread is seeming to loose any credible value with people taking shots at the sponsors who help make this site available to us all FOR FREE.
I was just trying to provide some constructive criticism and suggestions for improving what is already my favorite site on all the internet.
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