Silk Road forums
Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: kwikEmart on January 30, 2013, 01:05 am
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OK, after half a day wasted of reinstalling Tor and trying to troubleshoot why my "reply" buttons were missing, I finally PM'd someone who explained this new "newbie" policy.
First off, we're not newbies. We've been vending on SR for 6 months. We have an established review thread. Now, not only are new customers not able to join in that thread, we are locked out of our own thread!!!!
Whoever came up with this lame policy should really rethink it. In the meantime, I guess I've got a whole bunch of spamming to do to get access back to our thread.
~kwikEmart
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OK...let the spamming commence
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Spend a few posts here in the newbie section starting a 'kwikEmart Newbie Review Thread'.
Add a link to your vendor page in your signature. Then every helpful post you make in the newbie section will be a sort of advertisement to potential customers.
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*sign*
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OK, after half a day wasted of reinstalling Tor and trying to troubleshoot why my "reply" buttons were missing, I finally PM'd someone who explained this new "newbie" policy.
First off, we're not newbies. We've been vending on SR for 6 months. We have an established review thread. Now, not only are new customers not able to join in that thread, we are locked out of our own thread!!!!
Whoever came up with this lame policy should really rethink it. In the meantime, I guess I've got a whole bunch of spamming to do to get access back to our thread.
~kwikEmart
I, for the life of me, cannot understand this sort of mentality! You spamming the sub-forum is one way for you to have your account banned, not to mention the extra work you're creating for the forum's Mod's. How about helping some newbie's out with some posts on what to do and what to avoid doing? Start up some threads on how your customers should order from you and what you expect from them. Doing these little things will increase your post count whilst helping others out instead of just spitting the dummy and having a whinge! ??? ???
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It's horse shit
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Seems a bit counter-intuitive...implementing a policy to reduce spamming...which effectively increases spamming.
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Seems a bit counter-intuitive...implementing a policy to reduce spamming...which effectively increases spamming.
You're missing the point -- yes, some new members have chosen to waste their 50 posts here by spamming with a bunch of crap posts. However, the entire reason for this policy is to reduce the SCAMMERS' spam: the "virwex" aka "bitcointalks" aka "bitkoin" spam which - before this policy was implemented - filled all of the forums. So yes, some new users decide to spam here, but it's not the kind intended to rip off members of this community -- therefore, this policy has helped BIG TIME.
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me again?
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ditto that
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First off, we're not newbies. We've been vending on SR for 6 months. We have an established review thread. Now, not only are new customers not able to join in that thread, we are locked out of our own thread!!!!
i see u'v hit 50 posts already, so this is a bit late, but vendors with 35 or more transactions can request to post on regular boards. its surprising how many are not told this by admin. i would have thought all vendors PM'd about it.
I have to say tho that the posts are a bit depressing. u're not realy doing yourself any favours by saying "horse shit".
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bite bigger cookies than that peeple, u know what reely sucks? The fact that posts are beingpulled left rite and center on a daily basiss and for no reeason. and no, dont tell me that aint a big problem.
And tha fact that people cant even email other menbers. have you tried to email anyne from Sild Road Forums? Try it and see wat hapens. THAT is a far bigger problem than 50 posts.
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OK, after half a day wasted of reinstalling Tor and trying to troubleshoot why my "reply" buttons were missing, I finally PM'd someone who explained this new "newbie" policy.
First off, we're not newbies. We've been vending on SR for 6 months. We have an established review thread. Now, not only are new customers not able to join in that thread, we are locked out of our own thread!!!!
Whoever came up with this lame policy should really rethink it. In the meantime, I guess I've got a whole bunch of spamming to do to get access back to our thread.
~kwikEmart
If you are a vendor with 35+ transactions and a link to your vendor profile in your forum signature, then you can send a message to inigo and request access to the vendor forum -- which, in turn, would allow you to post anywhere on the forums regardless of your post count.
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Ive spent the last 3 hours trying to figure out why access is limited to the main posts. I still dont know how many posts i need
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bite bigger cookies than that peeple, u know what reely sucks? The fact that posts are beingpulled left rite and center on a daily basiss and for no reeason. and no, dont tell me that aint a big problem.
And tha fact that people cant even email other menbers. have you tried to email anyne from Sild Road Forums? Try it and see wat hapens. THAT is a far bigger problem than 50 posts.
1. Posts aren't being "pulled left rite [SIC] and center on a daily basis and for no reason" --- in fact, the only posts we delete are posts from scammers or spammers so I'm not sure what you're referring to here. I made the mistake of deleting a thread attacking members of the Jewish faith once, and was promptly told only to delete spam / scams. So, that's all that we, as moderators, have been deleting. Anything else being deleted is either being done by the person who posted in the first place, or by the admin.
2. Not everyone here on the forums wants to be emailed -- and most people register for these forums with a fake email address. That is their right. It's not a forum "problem" in any way, shape, or form. Other people register with a legitimate email address but choose not to allow other members to email them. Again, not a "problem" with the forums.
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Ive spent the last 3 hours trying to figure out why access is limited to the main posts. I still dont know how many posts i need
Have you read the forums at all? The answer is easy to find because it's in most of these thread titles! The number of posts you need = 50.
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maybe we should find a way to solve the problems SR admin have had, without them instating the 50 post threshold
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I didnt meen it to come out the way it did Scout. I dont reely know how to explain myself sometimes even tho I do actualy try. I gess we can disagree on how much of a problem this is tho. But I never sed anything was your fault or anything remote. no one here, except the slow ones, think that. Dont worry about it. im still trying to figur out this glich on my own, or whether this is not a glich. dont worry about it tho. its a disgrace that it's even there to begin with but I will sort it out myself.
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I didnt meen it to come out the way it did Scout. I dont reely know how to explain myself sometimes even tho I do actualy try. I gess we can disagree on how much of a problem this is tho. But I never sed anything was your fault or anything remote. no one here, except the slow ones, think that. Dont worry about it. im still trying to figur out this glich on my own, or whether this is not a glich. dont worry about it tho. its a disgrace that it's even there to begin with but I will sort it out myself.
May I ask what "glitch" you're referring to? I'm aware of the image glitch, but maybe there's something I'm missing? Let me know!
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its fucking driving me mad
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It has its pros and cons
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It does seem a bit bloody daft if people can already use the Road fully.
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I'm right there with you