"Rokslide Classifieds" clogged and cluttered - consider separating?

[35WhelenAI]

The top post in "Rokslide classifieds" at the time of my post was about "clear out" certain brands of gear. That post that has now been replaced with numerous others at the top of the order. The one referenced has 50 or more posts in the last year about gear (fresh posts to sell, bumps, or responses to those posts) and two by my count with respect to taking part of discussion and joined in 2020... It was low hanging fruit to do a post count and the trend is to sell vs engage in the forum. One can click on a poster, look at their postings, and see/count how many are in classifieds (WTS, bump, etc) versus any type of discussion. Hope that helps. IMO, separation won't do it, if the forum is TRULY about discussion (i.e, a forum) then classifieds should be a de facto back seat for those who get/meet post count to sell. Afaik, it doesn't take post count to respond to a classifieds, correct? Flame on.

 

[Erict]

Classifieds undoubtedly boost overall site traffic, which is great, but IMO, classified posts should not add to a user's "message count".

 

[35WhelenAI]

Classifieds undoubtedly boost overall site traffic, which is great, but IMO, classified posts should not add to a user's "message count".

^^^Good post^^^

 

[35WhelenAI]

I'm going to keep the pointing out hoping it's realized this is not the spirit, IMO. Post for a certain brand of broadheads in the classifieds. And it's a bump...

Been here over 7 years, 138 posts... You all can do the count on when this poster was last part of general discussion (if you need a hint it was September of 2019). Folks doing this ought to know they're not playing with the spirit of what's intended, yet it's pervasive. Seriously?

 

[35WhelenAI]

Again, top post at this moment has 200 posts in the classifieds in this calendar year (895 posts total since 2018)) with zero of the 200 contributing to general discussion.

Craigslist charges folks to take advantage of them now.

 

[RockAndSage]

Admins, can we get any help with this? Pretty clogged over there...

 

[repins05]

Having a section for clothes (including boots, caps, etc) would be a step in the right direction due to the large volume of posts from members for these items. IMO....

The classifieds are broke into 14 categories at another local forum that I am on. I find that I only look at a few categories and probably miss out on items that I am not looking for but may be tempted to purchase based on price or not being familiar with the product. I like that the Rokslide Classified section is diverse. Perhaps separating the clothing ads from it would "declutter" it a bit.

I am just happy though that Rokslide offers classifieds in general. Appreciate the people who maintain this.