[olug] Misc. hardware.......... - dedicated list?

[DYNATRON tech]

OLUG B/S/T forum, or a second list.
both great ideas.
i've got a lot of stuff to trade, let's get it rolling.


On 10/4/07, Obi-Wan <obiwan at jedi.com> wrote:
>
> > On Thursday 04 October 2007, Obi-Wan wrote:
> >>> 3) sifting through taken stuff
> >>
> >> Presumably, the last post in any thread would state that something
> >> was taken -- or not, if it was still available.
> >
> > That requires opening up the post. aka sifting.
>
> How much traffic do you expect this forum to have?  OLUG isn't all
> that big.
>
> >> The original poster can also edit the subject line later on to indicate
> that
> >> everything is gone.
> >
> > Still wastes reading space. Maybe if we could move it to a "all done"
> folder
> > or delete it. But then we get into the field of "too much work to be
> worth my
> > time" and nobody does it.
>
> Posters can always delete their own posts.  It only takes two clicks.
> If you're that hard up for time, maybe you should just leave you stuff
> out by the curb.
>
> >> Also, expiring threads that haven't had any activity in a specified
> time
> >> period isn't difficult.
> >
> > And what of the stuff people still want to get rid of?
>
> Either re-post it ever few months, or just post an empty reply to the
> thread every few weeks to put your thread back at the top of the list
> and reset the expiration counter.  People do it all the time on the
> other forums I'm on.
>
> --
> Ben "Obi-Wan" Hollingsworth                             obiwan at jedi.com
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