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Regarding Off-Topic Comments In Trading Post Threads
Folks, this is becoming a problem and needs to be addressed. I'm getting the impression that not many of our members have read the unique set of rules that pertain to our Trading Post forums in addition to the normal TGO code of conduct.
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Lately the moderating team has been cracking down on off-topic remarks being made in Trading Post threads. This isn't being done because we're bored and had nothing else better to spend our time on. It's being done because off-topic remarks are a real problem within the Trading Post. Here's why: Many times a seller of an item will elect to receive instant email notification whenever a reply is posted to his or her ad in the Trading Post. They do this so that they can respond quickly to those looking for more information or making an offer to buy. Whenever someone posts something absurd like "I sure wish I had the money for this!" in their thread, the seller hurries back to TGO to see what they hope is a relevant reply, only to find a bunch of nonsense. This is extremely irritating to the seller and becomes a problem for TGO. At the moment, we are giving serious consideration to changing it so that the only person who can post a reply to a Trading Post ad is the person who started the ad to begin with. All other replies would have to go through Private Messaging. The reason we haven't done this yet is that I see several potential flaws in these restrictions. With your help we can avoid having to make any further changes to the Trading Post forums. We just need your assistance in keeping irrelevant chatter out of Trading Post threads. And in the meantime, the moderators will be sending warnings and, in some cases, infractions for chatter until the problem is resolved. Your cooperation with this is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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By way of an update...
I have received several PMs and emails asking that we please reconsider and lighten up the restrictions on chatter in For Sale threads since sometimes they are posts voicing support for the seller being a good person to deal with, or are voicing support that the price being asked is a fair deal. The moderators have, to this point, been acting on my directive that we needed to stop all off-topic remarks in Trading Post threads so they were just doing as they were instructed. Since we have had messages asking us to reconsider this tactic, I am asking the moderators to only crack down on rude, inconsiderate and "worthless" replies in Trading Post threads. Most others will be left alone, but subject to the moderator's discretion. Thank you all for the feedback.
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