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  • 01.31.2008 7:57 PM PDT

Haha. Hell no. That's like saying the a newspaper company "Hey, put the classifieds on the frontpage". Frankly, not many people go to BNet for advertisements, and it'd be obnoxious if it was within site every time it came here.

I like it tucked away back there. I hate advertising. And if people wanna look for something, they know where to find it. And if they're too stupid to find the Classifieds, then they don't deserve Internetz.

  • 01.31.2008 8:00 PM PDT

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You do kind of have to dig for the Classifieds. I, for one, never visit them.

Not unless I really have a reason. Which I don't. And chances are I wouldn't look here. If someone KNOWS, and is LOOKING for a clan, then they would look.

But generally? Eh. I'd almost recommend putting all the forums on the drop-down list. But that's way too crowded. I dunno.

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  • 01.31.2008 8:02 PM PDT
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If everyone went there, it would be busy.

  • 01.31.2008 8:05 PM PDT

Posted by: Trochan001
This thread is a perfect example of how every question in history has been asked in this forum.

It's useless for people trying to recruit for a group. They resort to generic PMs about another machinima (SP) Chapter.

  • 01.31.2008 8:06 PM PDT
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Posted by: Bapabooiee
Haha. Hell no. That's like saying the a newspaper company "Hey, put the classifieds on the frontpage". Frankly, not many people go to BNet for advertisements, and it'd be obnoxious if it was within site every time it came here.

I like it tucked away back there. I hate advertising. And if people wanna look for something, they know where to find it. And if they're too stupid to find the Classifieds, then they don't deserve Internetz.

Eh... I'm not sure why not seeing the classifieds would make a person stupid, or even computer illiterate. Only a person who knows that they are there would even bother to look for them at all.

At the moment, the classifieds exist not so that people can look through them to find groups, but so that we don't have to be bothered with looking at their advertisements. Adding the forum to the drop-down list may help slighty, but only slightly. That forum was horribly ignored even before this current layout. Honestly, I think that we need to come up with a better solution for advertising groups.

  • 01.31.2008 8:08 PM PDT

I was hoping you wouldn't take me too serious here. Guess not =X

The reason the Classifieds used to be on the drop-down list was because that little tab there was used only for linking to the various forums. Now they have this silly Files Forum (which I never visit), and various other links - not just to forums anymore.

Any bigger now, and it'd be obnoxious.

  • 01.31.2008 8:11 PM PDT
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I go there, see ALL CAPS and 20 or so replies in a thread, report as spam, leave and then take some deep breathes.

I agree with Hollohill, classifieds could do with being in a more obvious location such as the drop down list so that their use and viewing will increase. Currently people have to PM 30 members with invites to recruit one member for their group, perhaps if the importance of the classifieds was elevated this would be reduced.

Maybe I am too optimistic . . .

  • 02.01.2008 5:24 AM PDT

The Classifieds forum is only there to act as a garbage can for the ninjas to place group advertisements. Name me one person who actually goes to the Classifieds to look for a new group to join.

*sound of crickets*

It doesn't matter if the Classifieds banner was in 100 font on the first page of the site, no one would still ever click on it. So it doesn't matter if it's on the drop down menu or not. Because the fact is no one ever goes there except to pimp a group that no one's going to join from said advertisement in the Classifieds.

  • 02.01.2008 9:39 AM PDT
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Posted by: atomic weggie
The Classifieds forum is only there to act as a garbage can for the ninjas to place group advertisements. Name me one person who actually goes to the Classifieds to look for a new group to join.

*sound of crickets*

It doesn't matter if the Classifieds banner was in 100 font on the first page of the site, no one would still ever click on it. So it doesn't matter if it's on the drop down menu or not. Because the fact is no one ever goes there except to pimp a group that no one's going to join from said advertisement in the Classifieds.


Yep, that's pretty much it. They should just call it "The Garbage Can". I mean, sure, you can dig through it if you really want to, but then you're just a creepy person.

  • 02.01.2008 9:53 AM PDT