Change to MM access after 1st January 2024

[dlockers]

Probably won't bother coming back, tata.

No leaving threads

 

[dlockers]

Forums

No goodbye posts.

 

[Macro]

Amazing how many people can't understand something so simple.

Should be 50 posts per 90 days though, weed out even more non contributers

You have to balance the MM getting to a point where there's so few people with access the quality of "For Sale" and Purchases drops though.

 

[Chuk_Chuk]

Is the gold triangle next to a users name to signify MM access new as well?



Edit: only visible in mm subforums.

 

[ChrisD.]

You quoted before my stealth edit where I'd typed out a post earlier today and thought better of it.

 

[dlockers]

You have to balance the MM getting to a point where there's so few people with access the quality of "For Sale" and Purchases drops though.

Ah man, the CEO of OCUK is gonna be fuming the KPIs of the MM are dropping.

 

[dlockers]

You quoted before my stealth edit where I'd typed out a post earlier today and thought better of it.

FORUMS!!!! FORUMS I SAY!!!

 

[ChrisD.]

FORUMS!!!! FORUMS I SAY!!!

Exactly!

 

[iron_monkey]

Probably won't bother coming back, tata.

So you were just here for the mm then?

 

[ci_newman]

Is the gold triangle next to a users name to signify MM access new as well?

Yes.

 

[kindai]

So you were just here for the mm then?

 

[EdGey]

As has been stated several times now, this change isn't to increase forum traffic. It's to stop people only using the forum to buy and sell when they reach 1000 posts.

The moderators are all volunteers, why wouldn't we automate something that used to take a considerable amount of our time now that the forum software gives us the ability to do so?

When they reach 1000 posts? Or when they don't maintain consistent post counts...

I'm all for automation, but perhaps it would have been wise to exclude long-standing members who have already contributed significantly to the forum in their "hey-day" as it were.

With the current rules, a relative new-comer could quickly gain access to MM, whereas a long-standing member with 40,000 posts could easily find themselves without. That's obviously what people are finding so offensive about the change and it's hard not to sympathise with that.

 

[Kenai]

I'm all for automation, but perhaps it would have been wise to exclude long-standing members who have already contributed significantly to the forum in their "hey-day" as it were.

This is a brand new point that definitely hasn't already been discussed in the thread.

Edit - oh no wait, I think I've got that wrong

 

[EdGey]

This is a brand new point that definitely hasn't already been discussed in the thread.

Edit - oh no wait, I think I've got that wrong

You could have posted this on page 2 - and yet it's still valid, as the problem still exists.

 

[Semple]

You have to balance the MM getting to a point where there's so few people with access the quality of "For Sale" and Purchases drops though.

There's more than enough active members to keep the MM busy as ever.

 

[Kenai]

You could have posted this on page 2 - and yet it's still valid, as the problem still exists.

It's not a problem, it's a deliberate aim of the rule.

 

[rypt]

Is the gold triangle next to a users name to signify MM access new as well?

Yes.

Interestingly the yellow triangles don't exist when viewing on mobile (Android) in non-desktop mode

The green ones do exist however

 

[Semple]

You could have posted this on page 2 - and yet it's still valid, as the problem still exists.

What's the problem that exists?

 

[EdGey]

It's not a problem, it's a deliberate aim of the rule.

Which many members, as shown, see as a problem.

According to the mods, the problem is people only using MM after 1000 posts. I do not fit into that category and yet I don't have access.

Anyway, I'm not here to be drawn into petty debate - I've made comment as has everyone else. I expect it will not change anything.

 

[Feek]

Probably won't bother coming back, tata.

Why? You’ve barely used MM and haven’t posted in there for years.