02-09-2014, 09:47 AM
To be fair, it was me who brought up the idea of the higher post count..
So I don't care if you want to blame me for it - the question posed was, are we just a for sale forum where we want people with 20 posts selling and buying stuff and not put any effort into the community of the forum...
OR
Are we a community forum that also just happens to have a for sale section for users who contribute to the community of the forum... We've currently got a thousand members on 20 posts who have simply spammed their way to 20 posts with "hi" threads, have sold their dump valve T pieces and lexus lights and are pretty much gone...
100 posts basically makes people think "can I be arsed with 100 posts" - well as a general rule if you can't be arsed with 100 posts to be able to buy/sell stuff, you won't stick around anyway - no loss really. If you DO want to be a part of the community, perfect - and after 100 posts you'll be able to buy and sell stuff also!
We all agreed as staff that there are VERY few members who joined SIMPLY to buy/sell and just happened to stay and are now a part of the community - so if you want to put the effort in, you shall reap rewards.
So I don't care if you want to blame me for it - the question posed was, are we just a for sale forum where we want people with 20 posts selling and buying stuff and not put any effort into the community of the forum...
OR
Are we a community forum that also just happens to have a for sale section for users who contribute to the community of the forum... We've currently got a thousand members on 20 posts who have simply spammed their way to 20 posts with "hi" threads, have sold their dump valve T pieces and lexus lights and are pretty much gone...
100 posts basically makes people think "can I be arsed with 100 posts" - well as a general rule if you can't be arsed with 100 posts to be able to buy/sell stuff, you won't stick around anyway - no loss really. If you DO want to be a part of the community, perfect - and after 100 posts you'll be able to buy and sell stuff also!
We all agreed as staff that there are VERY few members who joined SIMPLY to buy/sell and just happened to stay and are now a part of the community - so if you want to put the effort in, you shall reap rewards.