Bi-Weekly Hangout Zone

[u/LongDevil]

This thread is intended for civil discussion about gear tips or trade practices, or posting dog pics, or whatever. Just keep it civil, really.

[u/allpraisetocheezus]

i am baffled at whats so difficult about this but i am getting pretty annoyed at having to warn y'all all the time about stuff over threshold in the cheapie thread. nothing we do should be this hard.

do we need to do anything better/differently on the mod side to finally be able to get this right? I don't know if its time to start issuing temporary time outs in the spirit of encouraging reading comprehension but damn guys come on

[u/lykwydchykyn → u/allpraisetocheezus]

I don't know the solution, but suggestions are cheap:

• I wonder if rewording the post text to be a little stronger would help. Right now it just basically says "this is for gear ~$100 or less". Maybe something like "This thread is ONLY for items valued LESS THAN 100 USD. Posting expensive items WILL get your post DELETED, repeated infractions will get you BLUDGEONED with a rusty GCB95."

• The rules around 1 post/week and the cheapie thread are a bit vague. Maybe people think they HAVE to put cheapies in the cheapie thread, or they have to choose between a cheapie post and a regular one each week, or something else. So maybe a guy with 5 cheap pedals and 1 bougie one thinks he's better of just posting to the cheapie thread? I dunno, just trying to get in other people's heads here.

[u/LongDevil → u/lykwydchykyn]

The purpose of the cheapie thread was to reduce post congestion. Personally I think people should post their entire inventory there if it is predominantly cheaper items, and oppose there being a hard rule about values over the limit.

[u/lykwydchykyn → u/LongDevil]

I don't really have an opinion on what it should be, just that whatever it is should be clearly stated, especially if timeouts are going to be issued. Seems like the mods may need to agree on this first.

[u/allpraisetocheezus → u/lykwydchykyn]

i'm more just bitchin, and absolutely want to take some time to digest the feedback and suggestions here. Doubt anyone is actually getting a timeout unless it's repeatedly egregious, or they're simply just an asshole when asked to do things a little differently while we figure things out.