Thinking of bumping minimum post count.

I may be in the minority opinion here, but in my personal case the post count and/or time would have been a negative impression for me. Found this site when I started getting interested in firearms, and I bought my first AR here that was probably about my 5th post. That was it for me, I was hooked, not only on the firearms aspect but also the amussing banter on this site.

Granted, I don't have to deal with the crap the MODs deal with, but from a user perspective it might have come out different for me had I had to be one of the "good ol boys" to actually get into the game.

Just my 2 cents and if you don't agree I'm happy to fully refund your purchase price on this opinion.
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BTW, I've learned more from the people on this site than I ever could hope to contribute. Thanks COAR15.

I agree, it SUCKS being a new guy and not meeting requirements because you don't post general BS alot. Not that shooting the shit is a bad thing, its just that some of us read, and if there is nothing valuable to contribute that hasn't been said before, we dont' feel the need to "+1" ... :P

So in essence, "+1" to the guy above me. HA!

Go ahead, mod me...I'm wearing my mod-proof vest Fooooo.

Wow...maybe I should stop drinking for the night.

I voted 50 only because 15 wasnt an option.

I voted 100, but then realized that as a newb myself I wouldn't be allowed to post over there without seriously utilizing the 'post whore thread', etc.

Post count shouldn't matter on boards, but apparently it does

Maybe a rule on the order of 'member in good standing for 45 days with at least 15 posts' would be appropriate?

If someone flags your posts more than 'N' times, where N>5, then your 'good standing' flag gets reset and you can't post in the for sale forums without resolving your issue with a moderator or three.

just my .02

I dont think there should be a post minimum. I am here to buy and sell.

Why would I care if someone has a certain amount of posts... I dont.

People need to be adults and read through the bull shit. There are always going to be the nerds that make stupid posts but in the end it dosent matter. Most of us are hear to find great deals on firearms and firearm accessories.

I was going to read all 12 pages of this thread, but I think i saw everything I needed to in 6. I don't think post counts mean anything more than someone has time to post more often than others. There are plenty of good guys with low post counts, and some real jerks with high post counts. In the end the feedback is the best way to keep people honest.

As far ad charging to have access to the trading post, I don't agree with that either. That turns away people with good deals, that might not be willing to pay to post. I came to this forum because I saw it mentioned on another one that charges. I liked the forum for more than the trading post section as soon as I checked it out. But honestly, I probably wouldn't post as often if there was a charge to take part in the classified section.

Just my opinion.

I think the membership here can separate the wheat from the chaff.

I don't like minimum posts counts on other boards either.

There will always be good guys and POS people regardless of post count.

I can see that there are a lot of people that do not follow the rules. One thing that might help is if we had a standardized for sale add layout, eg. Box 1: enter Price, Box 2: Enter item description, Box 3: enter trades etc... If all boxes do not have a valid input then the post just doesn't go through. If there is bullshit like $1 then you can just auto delete it. This would at least make people follow the posting rules a little better.

As far as posting count goes, I think that it would cause a bunch of extra crap to be posted all over that will not benefit anyone. Time on the website will fix most of the other problems. The one stop shoppers and sellers that are not likely to respect the rules of the forum will likely forget about the item in 10 days much less a month. I try to make all of my posts meaningful and it takes me a while to build up a post count. I have however bought multiple things from the trading post that have really helped me out from both noobs and vets of the site and I am still not up to 100 posts. During my day I pick a thread and read it, go to trading post for deals, look at another thread of interest, check the trading post for new deals, look at funny pictures thread, check the trading post... and so on.

This place is an amazing wealth of information, and hopefully with time I can contribute more to help those just starting out, but I think that adding too many regulations to the trading post will greatly reduce volume and eventually reduce interest in the site for a lot of people. I would be bummed if it was the same three guns being sold and traded back and fourth day after day.

Why not make it a time table as opposed to a post "count" this would keep people from posting all the +1 or other garbage. Member for 30/60/90 days?

Another subject that was brought up earlier that I would like to ask a question about is the archived trading post adds. Why are they still available for people to google and bring up? If it is possible I would like to see them permanently deleted once the last post is a month old. This would keep them dead, and would also aid the mods in minimizing junk posts.