BST gripe

[Leon]

I will kindly reiterate that I would appreciate it if folks wouldn't delete their BST posts when they are no longer valid. Take some info out if you need to but deleting the whole thing just isn't good for the board, imo. Ya' know, if folks see they missed something good it might make them be more active and that is a good thing too. To take this a step further we could actually completely delete a post and then it would look like nothing ever goes on, which would assuredly make for less activity. Just consider it a favor to me for not deleting posts or bumping sold items to the top. Much appreciated!!

[JP]

I undertand the concerns here, but I don't see enough offenders to make this a real issue. I checked the first 30 of the pre-war thread and the first 30 of the tobacco thread, and I only see one offense on each page...hardly an epidemic, right? I also don't see any deleted threads at all. So what section is this problem occuring in?

I also re-read the previous BST gripe thread and could not find a single example of anyone getting offended by having a few minor etiquette rules in place. What am I missing here?

[Leon]

Go to our Community area, go to the S's under members....go to Smokyburgess.....click on all posts by Smoky and then come back and let me know what you see. I don't think it's an epidemic but it's also something that does get done and really shouldn't. Not the end of the world but if we can make the place a little better then why not?

[JP]

Originally Posted by Leon

Go to our Community area, go to the S's under members....go to Smokyburgess.....click on all posts by Smoky and then come back and let me know what you see. I don't think it's an epidemic but it's also something that does get done and really shouldn't. Not the end of the world but if we can make the place a little better then why not?

Yikes....I see what you mean. I'm mental hand-slapping him right now.

[rc4157]

Just a reminder for some of us who didn't know how to change the title.
After hitting "edit", you have to hit "go advanced" to edit the title to "sold" rather than bumping the post.
Feel free to correct me if that's wrong.
RC

[Anthony S.]

I have seen enough offenders over the years to make it a real issue. 30 posts is a very small sample. The posts at the very top of the page get far and away the most views. I know that I often glance at the BST front page and if I see the same first post in each category, I assume that nothing new has been listed. Many others do the exact same thing. The page view numbers (both on this site and on my imageevent site) bear that out. You knock a post off the top peg and you cut the potential page views, at a minimum, in half.