Clay Davenport
04-03-2004, 02:46 AM
This may have been addressed in the past, but I've been wondering if there's a reason you don't have the classifieds set to auto prune.
Alot of people never bother to delete their ads when replacing them, or when the items are sold. I was reminded of this a couple of days ago when someone inquired about some snakes I had posted. The ad was placed before Christmas and I had forgotten, and failed to remove it.
I just pulled up the python classifieds as an example and the oldest ad was placed on 2/15/2003. I think it's safe to say that ad is outdated. It looks like all the classifieds are intact back through Feb. 03
It really doesn't bother me personally since I see all the adds as they are placed with the "view new posts" and very rarely browse the classifieds directly. I think though that alot of people don't notice the date on a post, and I wonder if they reply to a few only to be told the animals were sold two months ago will that discourage them from bothering with the ads at all?
Aside from that, pruning that behemoth down would probably trim alot of fat from your regular backups.
Alot of people never bother to delete their ads when replacing them, or when the items are sold. I was reminded of this a couple of days ago when someone inquired about some snakes I had posted. The ad was placed before Christmas and I had forgotten, and failed to remove it.
I just pulled up the python classifieds as an example and the oldest ad was placed on 2/15/2003. I think it's safe to say that ad is outdated. It looks like all the classifieds are intact back through Feb. 03
It really doesn't bother me personally since I see all the adds as they are placed with the "view new posts" and very rarely browse the classifieds directly. I think though that alot of people don't notice the date on a post, and I wonder if they reply to a few only to be told the animals were sold two months ago will that discourage them from bothering with the ads at all?
Aside from that, pruning that behemoth down would probably trim alot of fat from your regular backups.