Discussion - Member to Member Sales - Research Center
Discussion - Member to Member Sales - Research Center
12:12:09pm
"Thus, members are instructed to remain on topic with the original poster's comments."
I don't really disagree with this, but how far does it go? Once we have contributed our comment on the topic can we comment on our comment to some degree. Sometimes these little asides can be very interesting and if the posting person doesn't want to read them he/she doesn't have to. Are we going to have every comment cut if we expound a little in other areas? This is very close to censorship and as long as we don't get nasty in some way we should be allowed to expound, or expand, a bit. Again, this is just my opinion and feel free to delete it if you must!
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Harvey. The problem is that in order to retrieve past messages in any organized fashion, one has to be able to sort on key words in the title. If the messages morph into new topics without shifting to a new heading, this information is lost to those searching for it. Why not answer in the message in the original thread, and then copy your answer into a new topic, with the appropriate title. Not difficult to do and it will serve us all well.
In the past there are many terrific discussions that are now impossible to find, unless you remember exactly when or where and by whom it originated.
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I think we should encourage discussion rather that restrict it. In my experience, a friendly conversation often meanders a bit. If I lose interest in a conversation, it is easy enough to stop following it.
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03:05:40pm
"In the past there are many terrific discussions that are now impossible to find, unless you remember exactly when or where and by whom it originated."
Good point rrr, never considered that!
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In the past there are many terrific discussions that are now impossible to find, unless you remember exactly when or where and by whom it originated."
Ae you sure? Keyword search does not just search titles but all content as well, or at least appears to. i haven't had any trouble as long as I can remember what I am looking for..
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Thank you, good idea!
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03:10:08am
Keyword searches have been a valuable tool for me many times. Just be careful of the word choice. A common word will probably produce the topic/thread, but also bury that info among the thousands of comments that also have that word.
A good example would be a search for 'Machin' info. The result will bury you, although reading through the results might be a learning experience.
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08:22:29am
There's another site I buy (antique items) from - Ruby Lane. I know several of the dealers and have been buying there since it started. Every evening I always check the items for that day, usually 40 pg of 30 or less. Can you even imagine the number of items / day on E-Bay. I have a bunch of saved searches and sometimes one or two of those have significant numbers!
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31 Oct 2022
12:12:09pm
"Thus, members are instructed to remain on topic with the original poster's comments."
I don't really disagree with this, but how far does it go? Once we have contributed our comment on the topic can we comment on our comment to some degree. Sometimes these little asides can be very interesting and if the posting person doesn't want to read them he/she doesn't have to. Are we going to have every comment cut if we expound a little in other areas? This is very close to censorship and as long as we don't get nasty in some way we should be allowed to expound, or expand, a bit. Again, this is just my opinion and feel free to delete it if you must!
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re: Is this to be the norm from now on?
Harvey. The problem is that in order to retrieve past messages in any organized fashion, one has to be able to sort on key words in the title. If the messages morph into new topics without shifting to a new heading, this information is lost to those searching for it. Why not answer in the message in the original thread, and then copy your answer into a new topic, with the appropriate title. Not difficult to do and it will serve us all well.
In the past there are many terrific discussions that are now impossible to find, unless you remember exactly when or where and by whom it originated.
rrr....
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re: Is this to be the norm from now on?
I think we should encourage discussion rather that restrict it. In my experience, a friendly conversation often meanders a bit. If I lose interest in a conversation, it is easy enough to stop following it.
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31 Oct 2022
03:05:40pm
re: Is this to be the norm from now on?
"In the past there are many terrific discussions that are now impossible to find, unless you remember exactly when or where and by whom it originated."
Good point rrr, never considered that!
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03:49:18pm
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re: Is this to be the norm from now on?
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In the past there are many terrific discussions that are now impossible to find, unless you remember exactly when or where and by whom it originated."
Ae you sure? Keyword search does not just search titles but all content as well, or at least appears to. i haven't had any trouble as long as I can remember what I am looking for..
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02:05:54pm
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Thank you, good idea!
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03 Nov 2022
03:10:08am
re: Is this to be the norm from now on?
Keyword searches have been a valuable tool for me many times. Just be careful of the word choice. A common word will probably produce the topic/thread, but also bury that info among the thousands of comments that also have that word.
A good example would be a search for 'Machin' info. The result will bury you, although reading through the results might be a learning experience.
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This is my diabetic cat OBI! I think, therefore I am - I think! Descartes, sort of!
03 Nov 2022
08:22:29am
re: Is this to be the norm from now on?
There's another site I buy (antique items) from - Ruby Lane. I know several of the dealers and have been buying there since it started. Every evening I always check the items for that day, usually 40 pg of 30 or less. Can you even imagine the number of items / day on E-Bay. I have a bunch of saved searches and sometimes one or two of those have significant numbers!
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