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Trading Post/PIF/Giving Tree Discussion Thread

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techvoodoo

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Bumping this for new trading post talk

 

 

Do you think that there should be a rule about having to delete a post if it is empty for some period of time? I would be concerned that people reserve space in the thread but don't use it and browsers have to go through page after page of empty posts.

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CAHokie

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Yeah...we were just talking about that. We will ask them to delete it but they could just ignore us. Same with comments...all we can do is ask.

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techvoodoo

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If they aren't participating then why would they follow the rules??

 

 

Well my hope would be that if it's a rule listed in the first post, and someone doesn't follow it, perhaps a forum moderator could be asked to intervene and delete the defunct post in the thread.

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CAHokie

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That is a very good question. I think the simplest way would be to to create a new thread each August 1st . It would be easy for people to copy and post their current code to the new thread.

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toro

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First, I think this is a great idea, but my concern is if you have too many people looking to trade. I know that if someone has posts on page 6 and the thread is up to page 25 I will never look back at their listings on page 6.

 

Possibly a sub area under Selling would be better and not in General. Or maybe 3 trading threads stickied in GA/SA/BA, Mixed and Modern. Just a thought.

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vaillant

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I would not divide the thread across the GA/SA/BA thread – this pretty much weakens the possibilities of trading across different interests/ages.

 

I would just stress one person should not set up a trade booth if he has no intention to keep it updated, and I would keep the limit of the slots to one per person.

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HarveySwick

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And if a booth goes for beyond the year that you can edit/delete it? Or is this not expected to go that long? Will there be a different Trading Post thread every year?

You can edit a post up to one year. The clock resets each time you edit a post - see *bronze age fan*'s thread that he continues to have the ability to edit and is a few years old. As long as you don't let it sit there and be stagnant, you can always edit it. This is a dilemma I was concerned about regarding the club lists I made and I believe it shouldn't be a problem.

 

If people decide to be trolls in a thread like this, I'd suggest you PM them and politely request that they delete their comments, if they don't - hit the notify button and maybe PM CGCMod0?

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HarveySwick

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Won't the trading thread quickly be off the first page once everyone picks a booth? Will the thread get stuck up top?

I'll add it to the Noob Guide. (shrug) I think people will just have to add it to their watched lists or save a link to it unless it gets stickied.

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