hardboiledcop Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 do we really need every US retailer announcing when they have stock of an item? the new SCAR is a perfect example.. there must have been at least 20 news threads now with SCAR in the title.. I don't think it should count as news when one retailer gets an item (already covered in the news section) in stock. This sort of stuff is clogging up the news page and forcing more relevant new materials straight off the front page. Is there any chance of cutting down on the amount of news posted which has little to no relevance to most forum members, and is merely a blatent commercial post. thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
samuel Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Seconded. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sledge Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Half agree. I think it's useful to know if a retailer now stocks *insert flavour of the month gun people have been waiting for*, so maybe a specific retailer news section? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marlowe Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 I'm tempted to reply to this with one of those snotty 'how about we don't bother with news at all if this is the thanks we get' posts, but I'll rise above it and instead offer this: I'd rather have the full cooperation of the retailers rather than none at all. We already pick and choose as much as possible, and should we get much more stringent retailers are likely to question the benefit of bothering to send us news articles. In this case I think the main issue is that quite often all staff, especially me, don't really check what news articles have gone before. I am aware that the best solution for us to do so, but as you have probably noticed only a small number of the staff actively post content, the staff doing so being those most pressed for time. We try our best to give you what news we can, and I for one am very sorry that this is not good enough. Have you tried using the new search feature if you are after particular key words? If this is not good enough, you can either simply not use the service, or instead use that provided by another community site such as Airsoft News EU as a good alternative. The guys there seem friendly and truly interested in the airsoft community (and should you also prefer their forums feel free to send them our best wishes - I don't have as much time to go on other forums other than here and RA due to real life commitments as I would like). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sledge Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 (edited) Um... Marlowe? I think HBC was referring to the Airsoft News subforum, not the news/main page. Edit ~ nope, my bad. Sorry, I was going on the title rather than the text. So, gonna have to agree with Marlowe on this one. I think retailers using the Airsoft News subforum to announce their stock is a little against the spirit of the thing, and isn't that kinda what the news page is actually for? The subforum allows us to discuss that news if we wish, and also discuss other subjects, such as upcoming guns. Edited February 9, 2007 by Sledge Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chris North Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 I don't understand. Are we talking about the Main Page News Section, or the News Forum? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sledge Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Wait, I'm confused as well. Reading HBC's post, it kinda seems to refer to both. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marlowe Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Wait, I'm confused as well. Reading HBC's post, it kinda seems to refer to both. The title suggested the sub section, but the post to me seemed to suggest the news page... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Samm Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 We have news? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sledge Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Maybe the snow is affecting our minds? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pablo Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 We have snow? Wait - that would explain why my 20 minute journey home took 3 hours. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hardboiledcop Posted February 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 I think you've all got brainfreeze or I just didn't explain myself right I was talking about the news subforum.. i'd never presume to judge what goes on the news page, that's up to people with bigger brains than me. I was saying that there seems to be a lot of news topics in the forum news section which are posted just to announce a gun being sold in one specific retailer, which isn't news and could just as easily be an update in an already existing thread. ta. hbc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marlowe Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 I think you've all got brainfreeze or I just didn't explain myself right I was talking about the news subforum.. i'd never presume to judge what goes on the news page, that's up to people with bigger brains than me. I was saying that there seems to be a lot of news topics in the forum news section which are posted just to announce a gun being sold in one specific retailer, which isn't news and could just as easily be an update in an already existing thread. ta. hbc. Ahh, this makes more sense. I agree that, given retailers have an opportunity to have such news on the front page, there is little need for multiple threads advertising say the SCAR. The best course of action as always is everyone's help - report the posts and we'll deal with them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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