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Obamabots ?? OMG, thats a good one eldbillbo, I am sure I'll use that some time, thanks
Well OK, here comes my two cents !! I consider myself a relatively new member having joined in March. I must say that I too was attracted to the site in search of a good local classified section. The thought of participating in a discussion forum could'nt have been farther from my mind. Now three months later, I have posted over thirty times in the various forums and yet, have only completed my first transaction through the classifieds as of today !
I tend to agree with treeman and nightshade. I think you have a good balance going here and tinkering with it much could jam the works.
As for the problem of low posting in the forums here, some people just are not going to do it until they're motivated by something they see in a thread that touches them personally (me included). That motivation has to be internal, not external. The suggestions of posting quotas, transaction fee's, etc. all have a negative connotation to them and would seem like somebody wants to crack a whip ! I can tell you that if any of those were in place three months ago, I would have said C-YA.
Now, for the "negativitiy". While I would say that I am personally somewhere in Rugerbub's neighborhood, I can see the points that eldbillbo is making. There probably needs to be some sort of civil limit to the extreme rhetoric. But.... That being said, each time a "moderator" steps in to the fraekus, you run the risk of P***ing off everyone on that side of the issue. Personally, I think that a libertarian-like approach would work...let the kids fight until there is blood drawn. If you are so thin skinned that you would take offense about something that is said on a thread here, it probably was bound to happen at some point anyway. Over-catering to the hyper-sensitive would leave you with a pretty sterile site.
OK....I'll get off the soapbox, did I make enough posting points with this ?
(just kidding)
Well OK, here comes my two cents !! I consider myself a relatively new member having joined in March. I must say that I too was attracted to the site in search of a good local classified section. The thought of participating in a discussion forum could'nt have been farther from my mind. Now three months later, I have posted over thirty times in the various forums and yet, have only completed my first transaction through the classifieds as of today !
I tend to agree with treeman and nightshade. I think you have a good balance going here and tinkering with it much could jam the works.
As for the problem of low posting in the forums here, some people just are not going to do it until they're motivated by something they see in a thread that touches them personally (me included). That motivation has to be internal, not external. The suggestions of posting quotas, transaction fee's, etc. all have a negative connotation to them and would seem like somebody wants to crack a whip ! I can tell you that if any of those were in place three months ago, I would have said C-YA.
Now, for the "negativitiy". While I would say that I am personally somewhere in Rugerbub's neighborhood, I can see the points that eldbillbo is making. There probably needs to be some sort of civil limit to the extreme rhetoric. But.... That being said, each time a "moderator" steps in to the fraekus, you run the risk of P***ing off everyone on that side of the issue. Personally, I think that a libertarian-like approach would work...let the kids fight until there is blood drawn. If you are so thin skinned that you would take offense about something that is said on a thread here, it probably was bound to happen at some point anyway. Over-catering to the hyper-sensitive would leave you with a pretty sterile site.
OK....I'll get off the soapbox, did I make enough posting points with this ?
(just kidding)
so i'm A ok with what even happens 
