For those who take the time to read the Newsletter, this commentary is in regards to the intended "User to User Classifieds" section.
From the article:
"This is not a good alternative to getting advice in the forum. Folks can sell on their own sites. Don't downgrade Alpha this way!"
All right I'll cop to it - that was me
My concerns are NOT that it will impact the quality of the forum.
I am concerned that it will be poorly implemented. One needs only look at the Adobe Studio classifieds to see the painful result of free for all add posting. Page after page after page of marginal offerings and rip-offs of far more viable and robust commercial offerings.
Without the proper category filters finding and comparing similar products is impossible. Also the number of posts makes even a casual browse through the listings a tiresome experience.
Think it can�t happen here?
Guess again, Alpha with 1M customers may currently have their cake and eat it too - this excellent forum is a perfect example, but as time goes by (1.5M, 2M, 3M) even a carefully crafted category managed site can become a burden - resembling a forgotten garage sale of similar and out dated offerings add-nausium.
I would suggest that Alpha take a stronger management role in the process and only allow reviewed and accepted content offerings through a well planned category management system. Some people may not like it but in the long run we would all benefit.
Your comments, as always "welcome"
Marc
From the article:
"This is not a good alternative to getting advice in the forum. Folks can sell on their own sites. Don't downgrade Alpha this way!"
All right I'll cop to it - that was me
My concerns are NOT that it will impact the quality of the forum.
I am concerned that it will be poorly implemented. One needs only look at the Adobe Studio classifieds to see the painful result of free for all add posting. Page after page after page of marginal offerings and rip-offs of far more viable and robust commercial offerings.
Without the proper category filters finding and comparing similar products is impossible. Also the number of posts makes even a casual browse through the listings a tiresome experience.
Think it can�t happen here?
Guess again, Alpha with 1M customers may currently have their cake and eat it too - this excellent forum is a perfect example, but as time goes by (1.5M, 2M, 3M) even a carefully crafted category managed site can become a burden - resembling a forgotten garage sale of similar and out dated offerings add-nausium.
I would suggest that Alpha take a stronger management role in the process and only allow reviewed and accepted content offerings through a well planned category management system. Some people may not like it but in the long run we would all benefit.
Your comments, as always "welcome"
Marc
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