CurtPalme.com Home Theater Forum

[JustGreg]

Yup...that was hilarious. It also means I have to stop posting.... unless I'm re-categorized to Court Jester membership...because I RARELY offer any technical information of any value. Mostly I post opinions, stories, and innuendo and just hang out with ya'all.

Seriously tho...I'm curious what the impact is (and will be) of the recent contest. We're the Lost Tribe of the Amazon; or were, but now have been found. That's a good thing from a business standpoint and I think there should be more of them. (Easy for me to say..it's not my sh*t being given away for nothing) The contest did offer a different dynamic to things for a week or so. It got alot of people to (re)visit the site; or at least out themselves to play. Perhaps we should expect a certain amount of spamming along with the positive aspects. If 'They' try to screw anyone here there's enough savvy members to catch it and kick the snot outta them.

Kal, if you don't mind me asking, has it paid off in regard to Yahoo revenue, pj sales/service, vendor member sales, etc.?

I say start a forum just for spammers. (No graphics! Links only). They're going to use bandwidth anyway....might as well give them a 'tolerated' forum to do it in. If possible, get them to pay a regular membership fee, or better yet, a higher vendor fee for their membership. Current vendors excluded of course. It may offset the increased traffic costs.

And it may provide some fun too!

Just a thought. Gotta run. I'm posting an auction on ebay for a dry shower lawn sprinkler I just this second invented.

[kal]

I don't see how we can be annoyed at someone if they're not breaking any rules. We should be annoyed at ourselves for not defining the rules better. All's fair I say...

But should be change the rules? I dunno... here are my thoughts:

Only allowing someone to post in the Buy/Sell section after "X" posts is annoying and doesn't stop anyone if they want to do it. They'll just post useless content to get up to "X". This sort of limitation never works. Spammers will simply post their for-sale ads in other forums, They don't care.

Making someone wait "X" days after registration before they can post in the Buy/Sell section doesn't make sense to me. Someone can just wait "X" days and then post. It's also annoying to have to wait. There are a lot of lurkers here too, not everyone has English as a first language or wants to post. I get a TON of PM's from people asking questions that should be on the forum but they don't want to post there in case their question is viewed as silly or stupid (they've told me that). It's a tough crowd here - people just don't like to show their ignorance. (Adding this sort of delay is also extra work for me too - it's not something built into the forum)

Only allowing club member to post in the Buy/Sell section is actually the easiest to implement (dead simple actually) and is definitely the most logical but seems a little too "AVS" to me at first glance. It would certainly stop a lot of people posting parts for sale that Curt would typically sell himself. I leave it up to you guys. Keep voicing your thoughts.

This raises another question: Curt's allowing any CRT stuff to be posted for sale as long as it's not a fully-functioning projector, but given that a lot of Curt's business is selling parts and PJ cards, does that really make sense? Curt: Maybe you shouldn't allow *ANY* crt parts at all? I know people wouldn't like this, but in the end it is your business.

Kal

P.S. This, on the other hand, is frickin' funny:

[kal]

I don't see how we can be annoyed at someone if they're not breaking any rules. We should be annoyed at ourselves for not defining the rules better. All's fair I say...

But should be change the rules? I dunno... here are my thoughts:

Only allowing someone to post in the Buy/Sell section after "X" posts is annoying and doesn't stop anyone if they want to do it. They'll just post useless content to get up to "X". This sort of limitation never works. Spammers will simply post their for-sale ads in other forums, They don't care.

Making someone wait "X" days after registration before they can post in the Buy/Sell section doesn't make sense to me. Someone can just wait "X" days and then post. It's also annoying to have to wait. There are a lot of lurkers here too, not everyone has English as a first language or wants to post. I get a TON of PM's from people asking questions that should be on the forum but they don't want to post there in case their question is viewed as silly or stupid (they've told me that). It's a tough crowd here - people just don't like to show their ignorance. (Adding this sort of delay is also extra work for me too - it's not something built into the forum)

Only allowing club member to post in the Buy/Sell section is actually the easiest to implement (dead simple actually) and is definitely the most logical but seems a little too "AVS" to me at first glance. It would certainly stop a lot of people posting parts for sale that Curt would typically sell himself. I leave it up to you guys. Keep voicing your thoughts.

This raises another question: Curt's allowing any CRT stuff to be posted for sale as long as it's not a fully-functioning projector, but given that a lot of Curt's business is selling parts and PJ cards, does that really make sense? Curt: Maybe you shouldn't allow *ANY* crt parts at all? I know people wouldn't like this, but in the end it is your business.

Kal

P.S. This, on the other hand, is frickin' funny:

[kal]

[kal]

[Nashou66]

I think the thirdt test of manhood would not be fixed combat with Dragnm but with Person99, hes tuff!

Athanasios

[MikeEby]

[perisoft]

[Nashou66]

hes only and off topic guy not worth it !

ok I need to shower and get ready for my 8 hour drive to Cliffs!!!!! see you there mike!

Athanasios

[bbfarmht]

OMG I forgot about Cliffys shindig this weekend. (Now how ignorant do I look)

[Elaine Benes]