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ProjectManager101

ProjectManager101

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Hello

Srs. I couldn't find the appropriate place to address this, my apologies in advance if this is not the right one.

It is early Saturday, 3:27 am and I am in bed with a fissure in my leg from yesterday that woke me up. Any way, I was navigating the site and I ended up in a very interesting section of political issues but when I wanted to share a point of view I was not able to and then I saw the message above. What privileges does the moderators refer to?

Thank you very much for your time.
 
nj-morris said:
Yeah, you'll find a lot of threads from somebody who shares an avatar with you (and me).

EDIT: And no, I didn't change my avatar just to write this post.
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Haha, I noticed a while ago (?) that you also changed your avatar. I don't think he realizes it ,,,,
 
"Only users with a history of 250 posts (user title 6502 or higher) and membership
for at least 6 months can access the Marketplace forum."

This is ridiculous. Been a registered member for like 3 years, and can't even post a damn thing.
 
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lastcall said:
"Only users with a history of 250 posts (user title 6502 or higher) and membership
for at least 6 months can access the Marketplace forum."

This is ridiculous. Been a registered member for like 3 years, and can't even post a damn thing.
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Looks like you were finally successful!
 
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ProjectManager101 said:
Hello

Srs. I couldn't find the appropriate place to address this, my apologies in advance if this is not the right one.

It is early Saturday, 3:27 am and I am in bed with a fissure in my leg from yesterday that woke me up. Any way, I was navigating the site and I ended up in a very interesting section of political issues but when I wanted to share a point of view I was not able to and then I saw the message above. What privileges does the moderators refer to?

Thank you very much for your time.
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Only after you post things like "downloading now" or "safari is snappier" 99 times does your opinion on politics matter to the people of MacRumors.
 
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leechie said:
Would like to know the reasoning behind this. Seems a bit extreme.
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I can't give you the "mod" answer, but I'll give you my answer. First, Marketplace restrictions make a lot of sense. Even though people have gotten in and screwed members over, it is reduced when you put on the restriction. For PRSI, it keeps out those who register just to start crap with others. It doesn't always work, members who have been here a very long time can get stupid and combative as well, but overall, it stops those who stumble on the forum through searches from just popping in, popping off and taking off. It's not hard to get 100 posts if you hang out and chat among the community forums. BS posts will be deleted though, the mods are quick on that.
 
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leechie said:
Would like to know the reasoning behind this. Seems a bit extreme.
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GoCubsGo gives you the answer

GoCubsGo said:
I can't give you the "mod" answer, but I'll give you my answer. First, Marketplace restrictions make a lot of sense. Even though people have gotten in and screwed members over, it is reduced when you put on the restriction. For PRSI, it keeps out those who register just to start crap with others. It doesn't always work, members who have been here a very long time can get stupid and combative as well, but overall, it stops those who stumble on the forum through searches from just popping in, popping off and taking off. It's not hard to get 100 posts if you hang out and chat among the community forums. BS posts will be deleted though, the mods are quick on that.
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To summarize the marketplace and the PRSI are not the main focal points of MacRumors and the post count limitations is prevent people coming in and causing issues. Nothing is perfect, but its a decent system. Back before we went to Xen, people would not even see the two forums until they met the requirements. Now anyone sees the PRSI forum, which I think may complicate the issue.
 
Tech198 said:
Technically, its not a membership, since we don't pay to post to the site :)
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hmmm - I disagree on that point.
Payment is in the form of taking the time to respond, and hopefully doing that in a positive manner, if possible.
"Membership" is being responsible to the group, even if that idea for some seems a little vague, or out of focus :)
I have been a member of this forum (and other similar fora) for a number of years, some times I even get compensated in various ways, and cash money never enters in to it.
 
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Tech198 said:
Technically, its not a membership, since we don't pay to post to the site :)
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Technically, payment is not required to be a member of anything.

Membership definition:
The state of belonging to or being a part of a group or an organization : the state of being a member
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Member definition:
Someone or something that belongs to or is a part of a group or an organization
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Clearly those that sign up are part of a group and thus a member ;)
 
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leechie said:
Would like to know the reasoning behind this. Seems a bit extreme.
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Within the context of PRSI, the amount propaganda-esque articles that gets posted up there by committed users is obscene, if anyone could sign up and post stuff there instantly, it would just descend into a chaos of tinfoil hat spam.
 
Actually, my recollection is that even before the switch to Xenforo, everyone could still see the PRSI forum even if they had failed to amass the necessary 100 posts before being able to post there, but, yes, the Marketplace forum only became visible once you qualified for membership of the Marketplace forum, which meant both having a post count of at least 250 posts and a minimum six month membership of the forum.
 
maflynn said:
Technically, payment is not required to be a member of anything.

Membership definition:


Member definition:


Clearly those that sign up are part of a group and thus a member ;)
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I have to disagree as one may join the MacRumors forum and be part of a certain group of members but still is not part of the organization of Macrumors Forums that would only include the Site Owner, Staff Members, and maybe V.I.P.'s. Those would be the organization of MacRumors any one else is just a member of the Community, and doesn't belong to the organization of the forum it's self, though some part MacRumors may belong to the community or public domain. I like to think of it as being a Community Member where I'm not tied to Macrumors forum as in I don't work here.

Although we all are a small part of the same community of Those who love Apples, and Macintosh fruits.
I think that is how we get Mac's don't they grow on you. lol

Don't mind me too much I'm mostly just trying to work toward my 100 post..
 
ProjectManager101 said:
Hello

Srs. I couldn't find the appropriate place to address this, my apologies in advance if this is not the right one.

It is early Saturday, 3:27 am and I am in bed with a fissure in my leg from yesterday that woke me up. Any way, I was navigating the site and I ended up in a very interesting section of political issues but when I wanted to share a point of view I was not able to and then I saw the message above. What privileges does the moderators refer to?

Thank you very much for your time.
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Have you tried moving your leg?
 
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