I am looking for suggestions on how to clean up or help improve a classifieds area of another forum. I help moderate on a skateboarding forum. The forum is focused towards skateboarding, videography, photography, motion graphics and all other types of things. The problem is that the classifieds area isn't the safest place to buy/trade items. The members are in their middle teens to middle twentys (majority are between 15-21).
There are a constant flow of topics of a seller not sending an item, not answering personal messages and refusing to even speak with the seller.
The Admin setup a post count requirement (500 posts) to sell in the classifieds. While the post count requirement helps, there are still way too many scams.
Since Macrumors has a very legitimate marketplace forums, we are trying to find more ways to help stop the scammers. Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks
There are a constant flow of topics of a seller not sending an item, not answering personal messages and refusing to even speak with the seller.
The Admin setup a post count requirement (500 posts) to sell in the classifieds. While the post count requirement helps, there are still way too many scams.
Since Macrumors has a very legitimate marketplace forums, we are trying to find more ways to help stop the scammers. Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks