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prime said:
Another misuse of today's rule change (no moderation after 5 posts).

PS4 PRO 1TB with 4 Games (GTA 5etc)

Hello friends i need to sell my PS4 PRO 1 TB with four games. It is out of warranty i Stay near Metro Station " Brig Hoshiyar Singh" in Delhi NCR. would prefer an immediate sale and transfer through Porter or self Pickup. u can check working in person at my place or through video call...
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I need that kind of confidence in my life.
 
mayank11280 said:
That is posting = activity is a poor metric of analysing engagement. Viewing and reacting are also engagement.
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With all due respect, no it's not.

This definition of "engagement" is called a lurker.

By that analogy, recording someone in distress on the road with your phone for Instagram reels = getting involved and doing something about it.

Keeping Patron bypasses aside, you haven't contributed to the forum in any meaningful way in almost nine years. I can be 70 years old and brag about having loads of life experience, but in reality, I've never even left the confines of my neighborhood or had a job. Age doesn't equate to respect, at all.

This may not be true, but you seem to sound salty just because your account is 8 years old and demoted.
 
I don't think saying that marketplace is a fringe part of the forum is correct. There are only 2 direct links on the website in the header and both of them lead to the marketplace:
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Marketplace is the reason that I came here. I am sure many of us started like this.

Most of the scams in the recent times have been done by patrons. Moreover, they have a red tagline which makes them seem more official than anyone else on this forum including the mods. So, I don't really understand the logic behind patrons other than making money for running the forum (which is obviously very difficult with all the adblockers, etc.)
 
Until very recently, new members were invited to the marketplace in the welcoming email they recieved upon sign up.

I'm guessing sometime in the last 20 years, focus shifted away from the marketplace but the measures put in place to promote the marketplace hadn't been updated.

I myself lurked for a year, with my only interest being the marketplace. Then I saw that the crowd here was much different than what I'd meet outside and started taking part in the discussions.

Fringe is an exaggeration of course, it's more of an appendage.

I would love to be able to support the forum without the red badge or Patron label. Maybe make it pink or orange. Or twitter blue.
 
@renegade @Crazy_Eddy, thank you for finding a middle ground. You guys are solid. <3

I understand that the debate is multifaceted and it is easy to sketch the other in villainy. But I stick with everything I said. My “lurking” (limited activity) in the general section but activity in “marketplace” is somehow unacceptable to some. So be it.

I have been a gentle user of forums from the day I got on the internet. I will try to be happy with that.
 
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mayank11280 said:
@renegade @Crazy_Eddy, thank you for finding a middle ground. You guys are solid. <3

I understand that the debate is multifaceted and it is easy to sketch the other in villainy. But I stick with everything I said. My “lurking” (limited activity) in the general section but activity in “marketplace” is somehow unacceptable to some. So be it.

I have been a gentle user of forums from the day I got on the internet. I will try to be happy with that.
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Congrats!!! You are now Disciple again.
 
Query to mods/admins
There is a Do you have XYZ credit card topic where I asked something. and now i see that i cant reply there anymore. insufficient privileges or something. reason please?
 
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