Suggestion: Delete all ads from banned members.

Originally Posted by Snake-Queen

It would also open up the possibility of being accused of deleting other posts.

That doesn't bother me. Any post made here is subject to being deleted if there is an exceptionally good reason to do so. Heck, I just deleted one myself a few minutes ago. It's thankfully rare, but it does happen as needed.

Originally Posted by WebSlave

That doesn't bother me. Any post made here is subject to being deleted if there is an exceptionally good reason to do so. Heck, I just deleted one myself a few minutes ago. It's thankfully rare, but it does happen as needed.

You know what I meant ... replies to threads, etc.

Originally Posted by Snake-Queen

You know what I meant ... replies to threads, etc.

Actually yes, I did know what you meant. And yes, my reply was directed at that. I just deleted a post on the BOI because it was an obvious and blatant bypass of my block of a site that I have a personal distaste for. Such a thing is akin to advertising for and promoting such a site, and I just refuse to allow it.

True, but that was blatant disregard for the rules.


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I have used many ads and posts here to link connections to link scammers to new assumed identities. I would be disappointed and likely impeded from being as able if I lost the materials from which I draw patterns.

Originally Posted by nickolasanastasiou

I have used many ads and posts here to link connections and to link scammers to new assumed identities. I would be disappointed and likely impeded from being as able if I lost the materials from which I draw patterns.

Forgetful me.

Need to make an occasional sweep of classified ads. A lot of people are to ignorant the remove their old ads.

It's too bad they don't expire after, say 90 days or so, that way they are no longer visible to the masses; unless the seller wishes to relist.

Originally Posted by Snake-Queen

It's too bad they don't expire after, say 90 days or so, that way they are no longer visible to the masses; unless the seller wishes to relist.

We would not be able to use them as leads (for various reasons and goals including scam avoidance as well as historical animal source discovery) if they become hidden. However, the classified thread necromancy gets really annoying (to me) when someone decides to bump an entire page worth of old ads to ask if something from like 2008 is still available in 2015. It would be cool if those auto-locked after 90 days. Then they would still be searchable content and prospective customers could PM and email the ad creators rather than knocking a group of advertisers with currently available product off of the main page of a given section.

I can understand if some folks are not wanting to go to certain lengths, but I really would like every avenue possible to remain available to me in order to hopefully know what sort of party I am engaging with.

I have a seen a mod do his best to warn people in threads intended to scam and still folks immediately lined up to get fleeced. I see no great need to protect these people from their own behaviors. They do not deserve to get scammed, but some of them really seem to come close to deserving what they get and maybe we should not limit others to protect people with these personalities who seem to want to self-immolate after a firefighter pulls them out of an inferno.

Originally Posted by nickolasanastasiou

I have a seen a mod do his best to warn people in threads intended to scam and still folks immediately lined up to get fleeced. I see no great need to protect these people from their own behaviors. They do not deserve to get scammed, but some of them really seem to come close to deserving what they get and maybe we should not limit others to protect people with these personalities who seem to want to self-immolate after a firefighter pulls them out of an inferno.

Stupid is as stupid does.....