Specific Forum for Ads and Offers
- HighFrequency
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Specific Forum for Ads and Offers
Maybe there should be a separate forum for people to post their advertisements, special offers, and astounding deals. I know it won't stop blatant spamming, but it would be one spot for the honest guys to post their offers and whatnot. That way, if you don't feel like reading advertisements, you don't have to... and they're not in the way. That's just my two cents.
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I agree Chris.. keep the ads and sales people out of the forum.. don't need more SPAM!
• Ethics. Spam is based on theft of service, fraud and deceit as well as cost shifting to the recipient. The great preponderance of products and services marketed by UCE are of dubious legality. Any business that depends on stealing from its customers, preying on the innocent, and abusing the open standards of the Internet is -- and should be -- doomed to failure.
• Ethics. Spam is based on theft of service, fraud and deceit as well as cost shifting to the recipient. The great preponderance of products and services marketed by UCE are of dubious legality. Any business that depends on stealing from its customers, preying on the innocent, and abusing the open standards of the Internet is -- and should be -- doomed to failure.
I see no incentive for N&V to implement this on the Forum as it would likely cut into their print Ad sales. A pay for Ad section on the magazine website would be more appropriate. Indeed there are advertizer links but a lower cost text only classified section would be nice.
I'm really happy they are not selling banner or popup ads on this site!!!!!
I'm really happy they are not selling banner or popup ads on this site!!!!!
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I made the original post because I've seen a few blatant advertisements (the most recent one wasn't even written well). I'm tired of expending the extra nanojoules of energy required to click on a forum topic hoping for a good read, and find a bloody advertisement. I, too, like the fact that there are no ads on this forum.
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New Forum for trading/selling stuff
The commercial post that appeared the other day for cell phone stuff and whatever else has been deleted and the user banned from the forum. I agree that this is not the place for "spam" type posts and we will not let the forum be hijacked by "Pacific Rim" or other commercial interests.
Having said that, I do think that this could be a very good place for "private" individuals to post items that they have for sale, trade, or just give away to an interested party. There was a discussion a short while ago about how best to create this service. I had hoped to incorporate this into the new web site we are working on, but it apeears that the new site is not comming along as quickly as we had hoped.
I propose that, for now, we just add a new forum specificaly for this purpose. If we come up with a better way to facilitate it in the new site, we can always move it over at a later date. But, for now, a new forum should be a good place to start and can be implemented quickly.
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Having said that, I do think that this could be a very good place for "private" individuals to post items that they have for sale, trade, or just give away to an interested party. There was a discussion a short while ago about how best to create this service. I had hoped to incorporate this into the new web site we are working on, but it apeears that the new site is not comming along as quickly as we had hoped.
I propose that, for now, we just add a new forum specificaly for this purpose. If we come up with a better way to facilitate it in the new site, we can always move it over at a later date. But, for now, a new forum should be a good place to start and can be implemented quickly.
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The cell phone ad in Computers has been deleted and the user banned.
If you'll notice, we have added a section for listing equipment. The difference between this and eBay is that this is free of charge, is limited to electronic stuff only, and no commercial ads allowed. Those that have stuff they are not using and just want to give away to a deserving party, instead of throwing it away, can list it here for free. Selling is OK too, we don't really care.
As people start to list items, we'll see what kind of problems develop and try to add rules to keep things on the up and up. I'm sure the board users will report problems and suggest fixes. We'll be listening.
If you'll notice, we have added a section for listing equipment. The difference between this and eBay is that this is free of charge, is limited to electronic stuff only, and no commercial ads allowed. Those that have stuff they are not using and just want to give away to a deserving party, instead of throwing it away, can list it here for free. Selling is OK too, we don't really care.
As people start to list items, we'll see what kind of problems develop and try to add rules to keep things on the up and up. I'm sure the board users will report problems and suggest fixes. We'll be listening.
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