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salegurus

8 years ago

They must be posting pure rubbish, a well thought out reply/post takes a few minutes.... For me at least...

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Jill Carpenter

8 years ago

Only time I noticed a restriction was with reporting posts, or sending PM's.

Didn't know regular posting had a time limit.

Or is this something else?

(I could just cut and past this quickly here several times to find out, but I won't.)

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Zodiax

8 years ago

Calling web design experts.

DAVID BEROFF.

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David Beroff 8 years ago

Originally Posted by Zodiax

Calling web design experts.

DAVID BEROFF.

Huh!?

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Kay King

8 years ago

Guess maybe it doesn't matter as it seems the WF has made a change to how it displays some posts.

I think perhaps the WF has closed a loophole. Until the last few days...if you clicked on "new posts" it was common to have at least half the 25 results threads on the first page be posted by only 2-3 people here.

They post dozens of time daily to their own classified ad threads - copy/pasting one ad after another. I had noticed 2 that run the same ads - posting the same bonuses and offers for the same multiple products day after day - even though the people placing the WF ads are in different countries.

It appeared coordinated and I posted about it in the suggestion section. No response so I assumed the 'loophole' was deliberate.

Now I see the 112 posts made by 2 people so far TODAY (posting in their own classified ads) - don't show up in the "new posts" results. Loophole closed??? Looks like it so doesn't matter how many times they post in their threads - it doesn't 'take over' the forum search results.

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seasoned

8 years ago

Well, I have never concerned myself with such things and never legitimately hit that limit(sometimes it acts like I submitted the same message twice in a row and gives me an error), but I think, and would think, that that is one post per thread per minute. Still, salegurus is right. And why would ANYONE want to post so many in such a short time?

Steve

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yukon Banned 8 years ago

Originally Posted by seasoned

And why would ANYONE want to post so many in such a short time?

Seriously?

The same reason spam exist.
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- seasoned 8 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by yukon
  
  Seriously?
  
  The same reason spam exist.
  
  So you are saying that Kay King wants to SPAM? Somehow, I don't think she does. THAT was the context of my question actually. Perhaps I should have said why do YOU, but STILL. I get a TON of spam! How much? I have over 99 thousand UNREAD emails. It may be closer to 1 million. One spammer has sent me over 2200 that I never touched. They constantly send me emails saying that there is some free delivery or some such. Yeah, I think I know about spam, having seen so much in the past like 14+ years.
  
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Kay King

8 years ago

why would ANYONE want to post so many in such a short time?

Because if you posted over and over in your own ad threads...those ad threads would show up on the first page of results when someone clicked on "new threads".Most days recently, more than half the 'new threads' that showed were by one or two people using this constant-bump posting method.

It added to your post count - and to the post count of the ad thread which made it look "popular".

When you are running 2-3 dozen ads...it's good exposure. The sellers were smart and exploited a loophole no one had noticed. Does appear someone in charge here looked at it decided it wasn't good for the WF which was my point in mentioning it.

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seasoned

8 years ago

Originally Posted by Kay King

Because if you posted over and over in your own ad threads...those ad threads would show up on the first page of results when someone clicked on "new threads".Most days recently, more than half the 'new threads' that showed were by one or two people using this constant-bump posting method.

It added to your post count - and to the post count of the ad thread which made it look "popular".

When you are running 2-3 dozen ads...it's good exposure. The sellers were smart and exploited a loophole no one had noticed. Does appear someone in charge here looked at it decided it wasn't good for the WF which was my point in mentioning it.

Well, as for bumping threads, you don't have to do that every minute. In fact, once every few hours is better because it is less likely to draw attention.

Yeah, I never understood the post count thing. It is a dumb way to judge popularity. BTW I USED to have the #1 post count, so it isn't a jealousy thing.

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Zodiax

8 years ago

Originally Posted by seasoned

Well, as for bumping threads, you don't have to do that every minute. In fact, once every few hours is better because it is less likely to draw attention.

Yeah, I never understood the post count thing. It is a dumb way to judge popularity. BTW I USED to have the #1 post count, so it isn't a jealousy thing.

Steve

Ain't jealous, eh?

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seasoned 8 years ago

Originally Posted by Zodiax

Ain't jealous, eh?

Are you implying something? I simply meant that I am not trying to keep it up so I clearly don't care. HECK, I got maybe 5 PMs indicating that they thought I was the owner or something, because I was at the top of the list, but I set them straight.

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