Once a week it seems....

[Tangwich]

We have a new member trying to reach the minimum post count to be able to sell something here...and that's fine by me, not b!tching or complaining or sand in vajajay here. lmao...but when doing so, please don't give bad reef advice that others might follow...and also, post an intro thread to gain some credibility or trustworthiness with our tight little community here. please make this a sticky mods..lol...everyone can now carry on. :hello:

 

[pgr11]

I agree Jesse. I've deleted all the attempted sales post of his

 

[babyjess210]

Spill the Beans. Who? What? Where? When? Why??? 885

 

[BeanMachine]

I've got tons of sand... join the club.

RAP PLUG

 

[pgr11]

I've got tons of sand... join the club.

RAP PLUG

Lol you mean crabs

 

[BeanMachine]

Lol you mean crabs

Sand Crabs.

 

[Fly5150]

Sand with crabs??? Double whammy.


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[xmas_one]

Eventually that sand will turn into a pearl.

 

[Tangwich]

How about crabs with sandy vajajays..lol

 

[Bouncingsoul393]

Hmmm..telling someone to not give bad advice on the internet....seems legit? Seriously though, this "tight community" may be a little too tight. It seems a little too much like a small clique to be honest from someone who lurks alot. Same twenty dudes posting over and over and de-railing threads and posting off-topic constantly.
For the heath of the forum, I'd say reserve the judgement on newcomers and if they hit the required post count and follow TOS then let them be....For Sale threads are not the end of the world...

 

[Six2seven]

These sites receive new members based on sales threads. When people start out they are looking to buy crap so they come on the forums. It's what started us all on here but those who chose to stay are the ones who because post whores lol

 

[oredith]

the 20 post minimum is not a high bar of expectations. it is primarily to screen out bots that make it past the authorization process, and to screen out flippers who are only utilizing the forum as their own way to expand their "market".

the for-sale / trade / wtb section are intended for hobbyists to interact with each other; something that people tend to forget is that "hobbyist" implies that your interest is in the hobby, not in profit making. SPONSORS are those with legitimate interest in profit (though i'd go further to say that our sponsors here care deeply about the hobby too).

the minimum post count serves all those purposes.

 

[Scout]

Hmmm..telling someone to not give bad advice on the internet....seems legit? Seriously though, this "tight community" may be a little too tight. It seems a little too much like a small clique to be honest from someone who lurks alot. Same twenty dudes posting over and over and de-railing threads and posting off-topic constantly.
For the heath of the forum, I'd say reserve the judgement on newcomers and if they hit the required post count and follow TOS then let them be....For Sale threads are not the end of the world...

Dam... Couldn't have said it any better myself.
+1

 

[Six2seven]

There seems to be more profiteers than hobbyist these days. I see so many frag tanks as displays. Not fooling anyone we know you are all FSM

 

[pgr11]

There seems to be more profiteers than hobbyist these days. I see so many frag tanks as displays. Not fooling anyone we know you are all FSM

Yep!!!

 

[Adrock]

We have a new member trying to reach the minimum post count to be able to sell something here...and that's fine by me, not b!tching or complaining or sand in vajajay here. lmao...but when doing so, please don't give bad reef advice that others might follow...and also, post an intro thread to gain some credibility or trustworthiness with our tight little community here. please make this a sticky mods..lol...everyone can now carry on. :hello:

how do they know their advise is bad if they just don't know and are spewing what some one else told them kinda hard to distinguish if you are ill-informed, i get everything else but yeah there is always going to be bad advise online

 

[Adrock]

There seems to be more profiteers than hobbyist these days. I see so many frag tanks as displays. Not fooling anyone we know you are all FSM

hahaha and not just the noobs are guilty of this

 

[Six2seven]

Everyone wants to be a FSM. Let's face it. Everyone is chopping corals right now for RAP lol

 

[Adrock]

Hmmm..telling someone to not give bad advice on the internet....seems legit? Seriously though, this "tight community" may be a little too tight. It seems a little too much like a small clique to be honest from someone who lurks alot. Same twenty dudes posting over and over and de-railing threads and posting off-topic constantly.
For the heath of the forum, I'd say reserve the judgement on newcomers and if they hit the required post count and follow TOS then let them be....For Sale threads are not the end of the world...

Solid advise but there is not just black and white but a lot of grey matter in there as well are hard to distinguish between

 

[oredith]

Seriously though, this "tight community" may be a little too tight. It seems a little too much like a small clique to be honest from someone who lurks alot. Same twenty dudes posting over and over and de-railing threads and posting off-topic constantly.

the community is what you make of it. If everyone is a lurker, the site would quickly die a spectacular and silent death. like it or not, the active members who participate (and often derail) are what keeps the forum interesting, and more people coming. I've been part of numerous forums where there would only be 1 or 2 new topics a day, and myabe 10 new posts. as soon as that's an established pattern, no one comes to the site anymore, except maybe once a week. why would a sponsor bother trying to sell something, if they can only count on a dozen eye balls on their ad a day?

For the heath of the forum, I'd say reserve the judgement on newcomers and if they hit the required post count and follow TOS then let them be....For Sale threads are not the end of the world...

for the health of the forum, the mods delete posts which are blatant attempts to pad their post count with "thanks", "good point", "i agree", "nice price", "GLWS!", etc, because those people generally are not interested in the community, but only profiting FROM the community.