Newbies bumping old (Domains Wanted) threads...

[Prosperous]

Just some IDEAS:

Isn't there some kind of hack DNF can implement that prevents members that joined within the last 3 weeks and don't have an X-amount of posts (and thus hardly have any DNF experience) yet be prevented from posting in (= bumping) 'DOMAINS WANTED' threads that were started longer than, say, 3 weeks ago? And then when they DO try to post in such thread, maybe a 'warning' can open that says they should not reactivate old 'Domains Wanted' threads, plus it can also suggest they read the Forum Rules before they make any more 'mistakes'.

Alternately, prevent old 'DOMAINS WANTED' threads to show up for them in search results of searches they did! :-D That's how they come across those old threads anyway, by searching for certain topics that they hope they can sell their domains in.

Or:
Can't 'DOMAINS WANTED' threads be always automatically closed after, say, 3 weeks?

Rob

 

[JEsports]

I agree ... it seems everytime i look at that forum now the entire first page is filled with replies to posts that are 3 months old. I like the automatic closing idea in some reasonable time period. 3 weeks sounds good to me ... maybe even a month.

 

[blindchild]

Good idea but think about the mods. There are 200 threads so they look after all that and close and so.

Thats a hard work.

 

[JEsports]

Good idea but think about the mods. There are 200 threads so they look after all that and close and so.

Thats a hard work.

Automatic ... not manual

 

[lawpsych]

Thanks so much for bringing your concerns to our attention. I just wanted to let you know that we are aware of the problem and we have been taking a proactive stance to closing out old threads and trying to keep the forum working efficiently.

Keep us posted on any of your concerns, guys, and I promise that we will not only listen, but we will give serious consideration to your feedback and do our best to act on it.

Best regards,
Sheila

 

[droplister]

I agree they should not be bumped, but to remove them from the search is no fun, I like to look at older sales to get a feel for the current trends and compare current and past figures, I think having old posts accessable is needed, just dont over look the time stamp.


~ideas of a DNF newb
~but not new to forums in general

 

[GlobalFusion]

I think perhaps threads in that area should have a notice upon creation warning the author that the thread will automatically be closed after 1 month.

Surely this vB hack is floating around somewhere...

I think a 1 month window is long enough for any 'wanted' ad.

This would ensure that old threads can still be searched and viewed after the expiry date, but cannot be 'bumped'.

 

[SouthernTn]

I don't think its a hack out there now for it, but it could be made.

 

[Keyboard Cowboy]

I have a perfect example of what we're talking about here:

This was just bumped:
http://www.dnforum.com/thread43611-.html

(The thread is from 2003, now - what's the deal!!?)

 

[Mr. Pim]

I've seen a hack on an other forum that closes a thread after x time of no reply.
I think that would help against bumping old threads.

 

[Dale Hubbard]

The hack is being considered by the Administrators. In the meantime we're doing our best to monitor that forum closely. Another concern is bloated threads there with sellers eagerly replying, and the original poster giving no indication of interest. Very inconsiderate and time-consuming IMHO.

 

[linkman]

Maybe add something where the creator of the thread can specify the time to live of the thread? When the TTL ends the thread is locked automtaically.

 

[MediaHound]

Also consider making all domains wanted threads auto-locked.
This way the sellers must PM the thread starter, keeping the board nice and clean.

If the sellers want the rest of the world to know they are selling a particular domain, they can always use their one daily domain for sale thread credit for that.

 

[labrocca]

Domains wanted should be auto-lock.

 

[A D]

These will be looked at tomorrow.

There is a hack we can use that closes the posts after there has been no action in say 30 days or whatever we set.

-=DCG=-

 

[A D]

For those that care, here's the hack we will install tomorrow.

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=74764

-=DCG=-

 

[Theo]

Careful with this as the latter posts indicate the code is not fully cooperating:
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=74764&page=2&pp=15

 

[Theo]

It seems to me that the hack you installed closes threads that are currently active and were opened a while ago. This is unfair to popular threads that are actively on-going for a long time.

Example: http://www.dnforum.com/f60/2-916-good-letter-4-letter-com-domains-still-available-89353.html

 

[GlobalFusion]

I believe that falls into the castegory of "Tough S**t - new rules"

You cant have your cake & eat it too.

IN order to keep the 'dead threads' down, it requires a 'maximum duration' for threads.

This would mean that ongoing threads such as the one RadiStar referred to would have to be 're-listed' at the end of that duration.


Personally, I feel that is a small price to pay.

 

[Theo]

You know what, no problem with me. I will simply make a new thread every 24 hours - as I am entitled to. I sell *a lot* of those lists; so "tough sh*t" to all the natural bumping that will occur. So instead of having one tidy thread, the section will have several to wade through.

When common sense doesn't get utilized, the natural instict takes over (tm)