Addendum to Gun Show Rules suggestion....

hoytinak · June 26, 2009, 12:16 PM

I see that Tuttle8 just added the new rule "you must be a member in good standing for at least 30 days and have 25 MEANINGFUL posts in the other discussion forums" for the classified section of the forum which I agree with. Must other forums I vsit have something similier. I've seen it many times where someone's first post is a complaint/warning/boycott/whatever about someone/something that happened on other forum and has nothing to do with TFL. I was wondering what yall thought about adding that same rule to the Retail Deals and Feedback section as well?

**Mal H** · June 26, 2009, 12:54 PM

We did consider that, but the thinking is that if a deal goes sour or we have a bad apple in our bunch, so to speak, we don't want any delay in getting the word out. That forum isn't quite the same as being able to use our resources to sell your wares without giving back anything to the main forum at all.

In addition, if a new member happened to buy from or sell something to an "established" member, there's no reason they shouldn't be able to give the established member an attaboy in a new thread.

**Brian Pfleuger** · June 26, 2009, 07:36 PM

Would it be possible to set the system to automatically delete the thread if they create a complaint thread and don't post anything else within some set time frame?

One post only, in feedback, no activity for 5 days = deleted thread. (For example)

**Mal H** · June 26, 2009, 08:19 PM

Let's not make it more complicated than it already is!

**Shane Tuttle** · June 26, 2009, 11:11 PM

It's a great suggestion, peetzakilla. But I don't think it's in the cards at this time.

**Mike Irwin** · June 27, 2009, 12:36 AM

"Would it be possible to set the system to automatically delete the thread if they create a complaint thread and don't post anything else within some set time frame?

One post only, in feedback, no activity for 5 days = deleted thread. (For example)"

What if they create a positive experience thread?

Delete it after 5 days? Develop a complex algorithmic-based parser that would determine if the message is positive, negative, or neutral?

Nah.

hoytinak · June 27, 2009, 03:37 AM

Yeah, I didn't want to make it complicated, like I said, it was just a suggestion, no biggie.

**Brian Pfleuger** · June 27, 2009, 06:14 PM

Quote:

What if they create a positive experience thread?

Delete it after 5 days? Develop a complex algorithmic-based parser that would determine if the message is positive, negative, or neutral?

Well, no, I'd just leave it at no feedback without some meaningful "other" activity. I didn't even realize the new rules were in effect for selling until I saw this thread. Seems like the same rule could easily apply to the feedback section as well.

**Mal H** · June 27, 2009, 08:39 PM

3 gun · June 28, 2009, 07:15 AM

So how do you get to start a thread? It's not like I'm new around here and I'm blocked.

**Mike Irwin** · June 28, 2009, 08:07 AM

3 Gun,

You're blocked? That doesn't make any sense.

I've posted in the staff board asking the admins to look into this...

**Shane Tuttle** · June 28, 2009, 10:00 AM

I checked your file, 3 gun. It's posted as you're gun show eligible. If you still can't post there, let me know. We'll get it ironed out...

3 gun · June 28, 2009, 01:57 PM

Seems to be OK now, thanks for getting it checked out.

hoytinak · June 28, 2009, 06:48 PM

That's good 3 gun, at least now I can say I didn't start this thread for nothing.

**Shane Tuttle** · June 28, 2009, 07:35 PM

Whether he did or not, I don't think your thread was for naught. Meaningful suggestions are always worth hearing from members. How else are we going to know what y'all are thinkin'?

June 26, 2009, 12:16 PM	#1
hoytinak Senior Member Join Date: July 5, 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 5,708	Addendum to Gun Show Rules suggestion.... I see that Tuttle8 just added the new rule "you must be a member in good standing for at least 30 days and have 25 MEANINGFUL posts in the other discussion forums" for the classified section of the forum which I agree with. Must other forums I vsit have something similier. I've seen it many times where someone's first post is a complaint/warning/boycott/whatever about someone/something that happened on other forum and has nothing to do with TFL. I was wondering what yall thought about adding that same rule to the Retail Deals and Feedback section as well? __________________ "Four wheels move the body. Two wheels move the soul."

June 26, 2009, 07:36 PM	#3
Brian Pfleuger Staff Join Date: June 25, 2008 Location: Central, Southern NY, USA Posts: 14,487	Would it be possible to set the system to automatically delete the thread if they create a complaint thread and don't post anything else within some set time frame? One post only, in feedback, no activity for 5 days = deleted thread. (For example) __________________ Still happily answering to the call-sign Peetza. --- You do not HAVE a soul. You ARE a soul. You HAVE a body. -C.S. Lewis He is no fool who gives what he can not keep to gain what he can not lose. -Jim Eliott, paraphrasing Philip Henry.

June 26, 2009, 11:11 PM	#5
Shane Tuttle Staff Join Date: November 28, 2005 Location: Blue Grass, IA Posts: 8,209	It's a great suggestion, peetzakilla. But I don't think it's in the cards at this time. __________________ If it were up to me, the word "got" would be deleted from the English language. Posting and YOU: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/posting Last edited by Shane Tuttle; June 26, 2009 at 11:39 PM. Reason: wrong dude...

June 27, 2009, 12:36 AM	#6
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 14, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 33,116	"Would it be possible to set the system to automatically delete the thread if they create a complaint thread and don't post anything else within some set time frame? One post only, in feedback, no activity for 5 days = deleted thread. (For example)" What if they create a positive experience thread? Delete it after 5 days? Develop a complex algorithmic-based parser that would determine if the message is positive, negative, or neutral? Nah. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.

June 27, 2009, 03:37 AM	#7
hoytinak Senior Member Join Date: July 5, 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 5,708	Yeah, I didn't want to make it complicated, like I said, it was just a suggestion, no biggie. __________________ "Four wheels move the body. Two wheels move the soul."

June 26, 2009, 12:54 PM	#2
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern VA Posts: 14,080	We did consider that, but the thinking is that if a deal goes sour or we have a bad apple in our bunch, so to speak, we don't want any delay in getting the word out. That forum isn't quite the same as being able to use our resources to sell your wares without giving back anything to the main forum at all. In addition, if a new member happened to buy from or sell something to an "established" member, there's no reason they shouldn't be able to give the established member an attaboy in a new thread.

June 26, 2009, 08:19 PM	#4
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern VA Posts: 14,080	Let's not make it more complicated than it already is!

June 27, 2009, 08:39 PM	#9
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern VA Posts: 14,080

June 28, 2009, 07:15 AM	#10
3 gun Senior Member Join Date: December 23, 1999 Location: N41 24.283 W81 43.370 N.E.Ohio Posts: 557	So how do you get to start a thread? It's not like I'm new around here and I'm blocked. __________________ Change you can believe in... Pre-65 US silver coins NRA RSO & Certified Instructor in rifle, pistol, shotgun. An unloaded pistol is a paperweight. Opportunity knocks..Trouble kicks down the door.

June 28, 2009, 08:07 AM	#11
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 14, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 33,116	3 Gun, You're blocked? That doesn't make any sense. I've posted in the staff board asking the admins to look into this... __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.

June 28, 2009, 10:00 AM	#12
Shane Tuttle Staff Join Date: November 28, 2005 Location: Blue Grass, IA Posts: 8,209	I checked your file, 3 gun. It's posted as you're gun show eligible. If you still can't post there, let me know. We'll get it ironed out... __________________ If it were up to me, the word "got" would be deleted from the English language. Posting and YOU: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/posting

June 28, 2009, 01:57 PM	#13
3 gun Senior Member Join Date: December 23, 1999 Location: N41 24.283 W81 43.370 N.E.Ohio Posts: 557	Seems to be OK now, thanks for getting it checked out. __________________ Change you can believe in... Pre-65 US silver coins NRA RSO & Certified Instructor in rifle, pistol, shotgun. An unloaded pistol is a paperweight. Opportunity knocks..Trouble kicks down the door.

June 28, 2009, 06:48 PM	#14
hoytinak Senior Member Join Date: July 5, 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 5,708	That's good 3 gun, at least now I can say I didn't start this thread for nothing. __________________ "Four wheels move the body. Two wheels move the soul."

June 28, 2009, 07:35 PM	#15
Shane Tuttle Staff Join Date: November 28, 2005 Location: Blue Grass, IA Posts: 8,209	Whether he did or not, I don't think your thread was for naught. Meaningful suggestions are always worth hearing from members. How else are we going to know what y'all are thinkin'? __________________ If it were up to me, the word "got" would be deleted from the English language. Posting and YOU: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/posting