Originally a part of the CPFMarketplace; it has been transposed here.
Quite some time back, it was noted that some sort of feedback regarding the commerce conducted with our hobby and interest could prove invaluable to our members. We noted places like eBay had a feedback system that was used by their members in evaluating whether or not to conduct business with another. We also noted that the nature of our board, compared to the nature of some other sites that conducted business between members, was different; even potentially lacking in such ability.
We did devise a feedback system anyway. We called it Cheers 'N' Jeers. It would be basically a text based system, rather than a mathematical point based system. Being a message board, a text based system just seemed the more practical to implement. Without going into any advantages and disadvantages of a text based system, let's just say that a text based system dealing with ideas, accusations, efforts to defend oneself, commentary on other's feedback, reputations and such matters dictated the need for established rules and guidelines. Rules and guidelines were established, hopefully that encourage the proper use and making obvious the reason for Cheers 'N' Jeers.
At times, the utility of a forum supersedes it's intended purpose, and its used for additional matters that can obscure the real purpose in the forum. One such aberration of course would be rants. While to an extent, 'rants' that serve no objective goal have been permitted, and probably will continue to a certain extent. It's been said before that if our rules were strictly enforced, very few threads in the Jeers portion of Cheers 'N' Jeers would survive. I'd say our effort has more or less been that of holding us to the rules, without being such a stickler that it breaks the spirit of the group.
It's time to address a particular form of those non-objective rants. Those particular rants are rants against carriers. They're completely non-objective, and don't satisfy the objective nor the rules and guidelines outlined for the Jeers forum.
We've had rants against USPS, Fed-Ex, UPS, DHL, and likely some others I can't remember. While I can't say we've a proper forum for such rants, I'd also hate to see the Cafe cluttered with them. Perhaps the Jeers forum is the better place. However, their inclusion in the Jeers forum must be recognized as a special situation and not a definitive use of the forum. Carrier rants have become so extensive here that it's obscuring the purpose of the Jeers forum. We're going to make a special exemption for carrier jeers.
The rants that exist for the various carriers will be closed, as will any new ones created. Rants, even if you wish to call them jeers, against carriers may be stated "in this thread". This will still give you a place to voice such rants, even though the focus offered by a dedicated thread may be lost. Perhaps the primary focus of the Jeers forum will not be so overshadowed.
Please post any rants against carriers, that you feel must be stated, here.... in this thread.
Quite some time back, it was noted that some sort of feedback regarding the commerce conducted with our hobby and interest could prove invaluable to our members. We noted places like eBay had a feedback system that was used by their members in evaluating whether or not to conduct business with another. We also noted that the nature of our board, compared to the nature of some other sites that conducted business between members, was different; even potentially lacking in such ability.
We did devise a feedback system anyway. We called it Cheers 'N' Jeers. It would be basically a text based system, rather than a mathematical point based system. Being a message board, a text based system just seemed the more practical to implement. Without going into any advantages and disadvantages of a text based system, let's just say that a text based system dealing with ideas, accusations, efforts to defend oneself, commentary on other's feedback, reputations and such matters dictated the need for established rules and guidelines. Rules and guidelines were established, hopefully that encourage the proper use and making obvious the reason for Cheers 'N' Jeers.
At times, the utility of a forum supersedes it's intended purpose, and its used for additional matters that can obscure the real purpose in the forum. One such aberration of course would be rants. While to an extent, 'rants' that serve no objective goal have been permitted, and probably will continue to a certain extent. It's been said before that if our rules were strictly enforced, very few threads in the Jeers portion of Cheers 'N' Jeers would survive. I'd say our effort has more or less been that of holding us to the rules, without being such a stickler that it breaks the spirit of the group.
It's time to address a particular form of those non-objective rants. Those particular rants are rants against carriers. They're completely non-objective, and don't satisfy the objective nor the rules and guidelines outlined for the Jeers forum.
We've had rants against USPS, Fed-Ex, UPS, DHL, and likely some others I can't remember. While I can't say we've a proper forum for such rants, I'd also hate to see the Cafe cluttered with them. Perhaps the Jeers forum is the better place. However, their inclusion in the Jeers forum must be recognized as a special situation and not a definitive use of the forum. Carrier rants have become so extensive here that it's obscuring the purpose of the Jeers forum. We're going to make a special exemption for carrier jeers.
The rants that exist for the various carriers will be closed, as will any new ones created. Rants, even if you wish to call them jeers, against carriers may be stated "in this thread". This will still give you a place to voice such rants, even though the focus offered by a dedicated thread may be lost. Perhaps the primary focus of the Jeers forum will not be so overshadowed.
Please post any rants against carriers, that you feel must be stated, here.... in this thread.
