beachcaster Posted February 6, 2010 Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 I think removing the comments section from the Classified section is a good idea. I have been hoping that would happen for a while now. The quantity of sharn sprouted on some of the threads was ridiculous. Keep up the good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted February 6, 2010 Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 how about a feedback system then? there has been shady salesmen havin a go wi old hellery on here and some kinda thing ought to be in place as a warning to the uninformed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fjool Posted February 6, 2010 Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 ^ Best thing in this situation is to bring it to the attention of the moderation team using the PM system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted February 6, 2010 Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 useless debate, you wont get around clever wording n slime , is a salesmans forte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trout Posted February 6, 2010 Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 ^^ Do you have specific examples and links you would like to pass to one of the moderation team in regards any dealings you believe should receive attention? Thank you for your time in providing these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lastditch Posted February 6, 2010 Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 I have bought and sold on Shetlink and prefer the comments section. Makes the transaction a lot easier rather than having to check PMs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted February 6, 2010 Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 it truly is a great medium for buyin n sellin , excellant, and if there was a way of rating sellers fine , n if not fine too , just sayin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted February 6, 2010 Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 We may be able to incorporate a reputation system in a future version, t meanwhile, let us know about any body mucking you around. We can only try to sort things if we ken about them. Please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GypsyScy Posted February 6, 2010 Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 We've found the Shetlink classifieds brilliant, we've bought and sold, had some crackin bargains, had a couple of timewasters but overall a very postive experience, never found the comments very useful to us but often could be quite amusing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 Maybe a compromise would be to leave the comments facility live, and appoint a Mod just for the Classifieds section to hoover up the spam, irrelevant (or should that be irreverent) listings that inevitably will always be, and the off topic comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingaligator1 Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 thanks alot!! resell rights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 For what, exactly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foords_Chocolates Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 Maybe a compromise would be to leave the comments facility live, and appoint a Mod just for the Classifieds section to hoover up the spam, irrelevant (or should that be irreverent) listings that inevitably will always be, and the off topic comments. I agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fjool Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 Moderating the Classifieds is tricky in their current form, due to the way in which they are implemented. Although comments in this thread appear to suggest otherwise, we do actually spend quite a lot of time reading and tidying up already. Appointing a mod to this duty is possible, but the task is currently very onerous and demonstrably thankless. I doubt that it would be possible to retain an enthusiastic volunteer in this role for long. One crucial thing that's missing is the ability to sort by 'last edited', so finding changed adverts (and hence reviewing comments) is difficult. Keeping on top of this job requires regularly scanning and re-scanning a constantly changing list that, currently, spans thirteen pages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 ^^ I wasn't intending to suggest that the Classifieds weren't getting the same level of maintenance as the rest of the site, apologies if it came off that way. Rather, what I was trying to get at was that given the level of stuff I've seen posted, that had vanished next I came through, which obviously is only a percentage of the total that needed attending to in that period. I could understand why, when added to the work of policing the main boards, there could be a desire to try and keep the dross in the Classifieds as upfront and obvious as possible, to keep the time taken to find it minimised. Hence the suggestion that maybe the Classifieds had grown to a point that they could justify an additional Mod for them only, given the time they have to take keeping them in order. Point taken though about the lack of a most recent comments sortable option, that shifts the job from being a reasonably easy one to do, to being considerably less reasonably easy. I wouldn't have thought many folk would bother going back several pages and post irrelevant comments on older stuff, but I guess it shouldn't come as a suprise that it happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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