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Becoming a demi-god/contributor does not let you access the marketplace forum if you do not fulfill the other criteria.
The posting requirement is in place so that potential buyers and sellers can see someone's history on the site and use it to make a better decision on whether they think someone is trustworthy.
The posting requirement is in place so that potential buyers and sellers can see someone's history on the site and use it to make a better decision on whether they think someone is trustworthy.
No one is encouraging pointless posting, and posts made only to raise your post count will be removed.
How do you tell apart a post that offers no information or opinion and one only made to raise a post count?
There is plenty of pointless posting especially in the news threads.
I'm going to need a bit more convincing that this policy doesn't increase the likelihood of pointless posting.
There are a lot of ways, however, the easiest to spot are typically one-word posts (that don't answer a question), "I agree", or +1.
Also, it is easy to spot someone who is trying to boot their post count, as they will have a lot of short, semi-on-topic posts in a relatively short period - like they want to comment, but don't really have anything substantial to say.
Also, it is easy to spot someone who is trying to boot their post count, as they will have a lot of short, semi-on-topic posts in a relatively short period - like they want to comment, but don't really have anything substantial to say.
Do they really?
I remember a user a few months ago replied to almost 50 threads that have been dormant for more than 3-4 years just to raise their post count, and all he got was a Time Out but kept all of his useless posts.
Once the user achieved their 500th post, he/she stopped.
MacRumors is a community, not a marketplace like Craig's List or eBay
Sharing in a marketplace is one of the side privileges afforded to active members of the community
As stated, users who spam the boards to increase post count for access to the Marketplace or for access to an avatar are addressed accordingly
That does not mean every user who does so is seen by the moderators
We rely on other users to report such activities as well
Sharing in a marketplace is one of the side privileges afforded to active members of the community
As stated, users who spam the boards to increase post count for access to the Marketplace or for access to an avatar are addressed accordingly
That does not mean every user who does so is seen by the moderators
We rely on other users to report such activities as well
250 posts do not sounds easy, see I am here for about 2 year and a half, asked lots of questions, and reads lots of thread, just didn't post much, still not there yet. 
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I agree, lol
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Ok, seriously, I didn't disagree with the policy. But I kind of feel it would be better to allow everyone to check the threads in market place, but set this requirement for people in order to post on marketplace. For a while, I thought there is no marketplace in macrumor forum.
For a buyer who usually pay first before things are shipped, I don't think seller is very concerned with who the buyers are.
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I agree, lol
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Ok, seriously, I didn't disagree with the policy. But I kind of feel it would be better to allow everyone to check the threads in market place, but set this requirement for people in order to post on marketplace. For a while, I thought there is no marketplace in macrumor forum.
For a buyer who usually pay first before things are shipped, I don't think seller is very concerned with who the buyers are.