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Announcement: Important Update to Our Policies for Classifieds


Posted by MJB87


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We offer Classifieds as an ancillary service to our established forum participants, so members can buy and sell personal items. It was never intended as a stand-alone service for large-scale buying and selling, or a channel to market for those who see a commercial opportunity. There are already alternatives for those users.

We have seen recently a large influx of new members who rarely visit the forums. Instead, they flood CN with ads, some of a suspect nature. This is not aligned with our core mission.

With this in mind, we are making the following changes:

1. New members will have to wait 180 days before they can post an ad. (They can still peruse the Classifieds and buy items.)
2. If we sense a member is exploiting our Classifieds for commercial purposes, their privileges will be revoked.

This change takes place immediately. Ads that have already been posted can remain. However, members with less than 180 days of membership will not be allowed to post new ads until they reach that 180-day threshold. An exception is made in cases of active forum participants with more than 30 posts prior to this date. These active members will continue to be able to post ads even before they reach 180 days of membership.

These changes are included in our updated CN Classified Rules which we have posted to the system. There are other changes reflected in the new rules. We encourage everyone to review them.


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