Nols,
Again, the Buy and Sell including LF (Looking for) is for
personal items of members. Stores like yours and ours already have corners so I don't see your point. Labas na tayo dito. Lahat naman ng professional sellers lampas lampas diyan, puwede pa nga magpautang ng posts.
As I've stated, 50 posts do not guarantee anything as far as transactions go. Supposing the 50 post were made up of 20 reservations for CDs, 10 of them were +1s and the remainder smileys? As a mod yourself do you want to take on the job of filtering each post to see if it makes the grade? Fact is, even if all 50 posts are done better than William Shakespeare, that's not going to tell us if a seller is offering something good or a buyer will pay the seller. Mauuwi pa rin lahat sa tamang ingat at pagaaral eh. Buyer AND Seller beware. Wala namang bata dito, we're all adults and the assumption is that we can take care of ourselves. Hindi na yung babantay pa tayo parang yaya. Libre na nga eh.
Now kung ganuun nga, what is left? It is simply restrictive instead of inclusive. Sabi ko nga maraming contributory sa dwindling of ACTIVE membership. 50 posts just one. People don't realize that there were others. For example for a time guests had to register before gaining access to the meaty threads. Tinanggal na yung policy na iyan. OVER moderation in which I admit I played a part. Tanggal na rin. This however caused exits not a barrier to entry.
Now let's say I'm a lurker and I have an item to sell. I post the description and as per the rules the price. Someone asks me a question, I answer. Someone asks me why I'm selling it and what I'm replacing it with, I answer. Someone asks me my impressions about the unit, I answer. I now ask what the guys are using, they answer. THAT is a bonafide discussion. I say okay pala dito ah and since the ice is broken, I begin to join other discussions.
Malabo mangyari? Hindi eh, actually hindi hypothetical yung storya. Life story ko sa WS yun. 10 years and almost 10,000 posts later…………..