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Ok, how about a compromise, NO sales on the FB page, ALL sales must be via the forum and MUST be completed by SST holders using the forum?We could at least trial this.
It was originally stipulated that sales threads were to be only forum links but this seems to have lapsed a little. Ditch the bitch
Quote from: That Swan Guy on October 21, 2014, 09:02 AMIt was originally stipulated that sales threads were to be only forum links but this seems to have lapsed a little. Ditch the bitch It's too hard to moderate due to its instant accessibility, and I wouldn't even attempt to try tbh.
If most people want sales taken off (apart from links to here) that's easy to implement very quicklyJust moderating it as it is, to ensure people only sell BMX stuff/put a price up etc is already a pain in the arse so in terms of workload there's not much difference - in fact it would probably save a bit of work and would mean only people with SSTs can sell stuff The only reason that that restriction was removed before was due to people complaining that it's too difficult to post links to the site or difficulties accessing the forum on phones etc. Personally I would prefer this option but this needs to be your call too, don't want to keep chopping and changing as it will confuse people/piss them off
a lot of people are saying ban sales on the FB page so they have to bee on here......thats not going to happen, people will just sell on one of the many other FB pages out there like they already do, most sales pop up on my news feed on 3 or 4 different pages at the same time. you cant make people buy/sell on here and there are way to many outlets for sales now to even hope people will only use RAD.
This all reminds me of that King Canute fella ... he had about as much luck.
We have plenty of users online on a daily/nightly basis but half the time nobodies saying fook all. Think more effort is needed from all of us. It's good to talk.
Quote from: 58 delray on October 21, 2014, 09:40 AMa lot of people are saying ban sales on the FB page so they have to bee on here......thats not going to happen, people will just sell on one of the many other FB pages out there like they already do, most sales pop up on my news feed on 3 or 4 different pages at the same time. you cant make people buy/sell on here and there are way to many outlets for sales now to even hope people will only use RAD.They can sell wherever they want Andy, fine with me there are as you say loads of places to sell.If people are only using rad FB to sell then I don't care if they leave the FB group as they are not contributing to the site.Our SST's are our life blood not some random con artist on FB.Personally I would like to make MK weekend SST only(or maybe SST +1 guest), too many times I see people that contribute nothing to the site all year and then turn up at MK and drink free beer and have a great time. When MK is over they just go back to either not contributing to Rad or even worse bad mouthing the site.
Lets talk about the elephant in the room...If most folk on this site spent more time contributing towards what this forum is meant to be about "BMX" rather than "what silly things annoy you" (25 pages FFS!) there would be no competition, you wouldn't even worry about FB.There are some folk in this thread that have been on here longer than me but I can only conclude that they don't actually own a BMX - well you can't do right? I can't see anything from you in the parts reference section of this site. I gave up adding parts as I ended up feeling like a fookin show off.TO BE CLEAR, I'm not saying there is anything wrong with the lounge and banter, but (i say) contribute first, talk sh1t later. Imagine if say... since the forum rebuild, every member had added 1 OS ad or 1 OS part a week (whats that a 5 minute investment?) imagine what this site would be like now... We wouldn't be having this discussion...