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Subject: Free items reposted many times

Orio opened this issue on Jan 16, 2003 ยท 36 posts


pendarian posted Thu, 16 January 2003 at 4:06 PM

When it becomes a trend yes then there will be a rule...but how are you going to stop it being done by the few....impose a rule on them only that says you can only post it once? Or send them an IM that says "you can't post it but once?" Again, I've not seen proof that it happens that often. I see it once in a great while, not month after month or week after week. And it's done by what two members out of how many that contribute freestuff? I don't see it done so much that it "buries" other brand new freestuff that soon and I visit the freestuff area on a daily basis. As Peng pointed out, some even state that they are reposts. Perhaps they are resposting it because they took it down, unnnoticed to most of us that are caught up on freestuff, and then reposted on request? Has anyone actually stopped and asked them why they are reposting, or is that more trouble then coming in here and posting about the reposting of freestuff? If you are so concerned and you think it's a problem, then mayhaps you might want to ask the person that is doing it why they are doing it...maybe they actually have a reason. I mean what type of a resolution are you looking for here? That they get singled out and told they can't do it anymore...and then want the admins and mods to patrol freestuff on a daily basis to see if there are any infractions? That's not going to happen, this site is too big. So...are you looking for some type of rule to stop it? Which from your last post is NOT what you are really looking for...but it's okay to take away their freedom to repost something that may or may not have been requested, or something that they do eight times a year? That's not even one time a month and it's one item.... Or are you just blowing off steam? I'm really not understanding apparently what you are upset about or what you hope to accomplish by starting this thread.