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 Author: Stuart9 View Messages Posted By Stuart9
 Posted: Nov 5, 2024 16:25
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Stuart9 (1457)

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I’m surprised at the number of sales still being posted on the forum, maybe this
has always been the way at this time of the year and I’ve not noticed.

I’m getting a steady flow of orders and I had the impression that sales usually
pick up now after the summer holidays.
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Nov 5, 2024 16:38
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In General, Stuart9 writes:
  I’m surprised at the number of sales still being posted on the forum, maybe this
has always been the way at this time of the year and I’ve not noticed.

I’m getting a steady flow of orders and I had the impression that sales usually
pick up now after the summer holidays.

It seemed to me there’s more Sales at the beginnings or ends of months… but a
quick look at the new posts from the last couple months and I don’t see any obvious
trend.

Someone could make some stats over the past year (since the limit passed to one
post per month), or more… but I don’t think I will
 Author: yorbrick View Messages Posted By yorbrick
 Posted: Nov 5, 2024 16:56
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  Someone could make some stats over the past year (since the limit passed to one
post per month), or more… but I don’t think I will

Is the one sales post per month policy still in place? It was meant to be in
place for six months in the first instance and then assessed. I asked on the
original thread about a month ago but nothing was added as to whether it continues
beyond the six month period it was meant to be in place.

https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1437060
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Nov 5, 2024 17:11
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In General, yorbrick writes:
  
  Someone could make some stats over the past year (since the limit passed to one
post per month), or more… but I don’t think I will

Is the one sales post per month policy still in place? It was meant to be in
place for six months in the first instance and then assessed. I asked on the
original thread about a month ago but nothing was added as to whether it continues
beyond the six month period it was meant to be in place.

https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1437060

The limit is still in place and enforced (reminded first, soft ban then).
From the moderation side, it seems to work, but there’s been no other assessment.

What do you think about it as a forumer?
 Author: zorbanj View Messages Posted By zorbanj
 Posted: Nov 5, 2024 19:45
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In General, SylvainLS writes:
  
The limit is still in place and enforced (reminded first, soft ban then).


What is a "soft ban"?
 Author: Nubs_Select View Messages Posted By Nubs_Select
 Posted: Nov 5, 2024 21:26
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In General, zorbanj writes:
  In General, SylvainLS writes:
  
The limit is still in place and enforced (reminded first, soft ban then).


What is a "soft ban"?

a ban that is removed if the person messages the mod and says they wont do it
again then the mod unbans them
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Nov 6, 2024 10:43
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In General, Nubs_Select writes:
  In General, zorbanj writes:
  In General, SylvainLS writes:
  
The limit is still in place and enforced (reminded first, soft ban then).


What is a "soft ban"?

a ban that is removed if the person messages the mod and says they wont do it
again then the mod unbans them

That, and we do it with whispers, ASMR-like.
 Author: Nubs_Select View Messages Posted By Nubs_Select
 Posted: Nov 6, 2024 11:49
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In General, SylvainLS writes:
  In General, Nubs_Select writes:
  In General, zorbanj writes:
  In General, SylvainLS writes:
  
The limit is still in place and enforced (reminded first, soft ban then).


What is a "soft ban"?

a ban that is removed if the person messages the mod and says they wont do it
again then the mod unbans them

That, and we do it with whispers, ASMR-like

 Author: yorbrick View Messages Posted By yorbrick
 Posted: Nov 6, 2024 02:25
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In General, SylvainLS writes:
  In General, yorbrick writes:
  
  Someone could make some stats over the past year (since the limit passed to one
post per month), or more… but I don’t think I will

Is the one sales post per month policy still in place? It was meant to be in
place for six months in the first instance and then assessed. I asked on the
original thread about a month ago but nothing was added as to whether it continues
beyond the six month period it was meant to be in place.

https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1437060

The limit is still in place and enforced (reminded first, soft ban then).
From the moderation side, it seems to work, but there’s been no other assessment.

What do you think about it as a forumer?

I think it is good, but it should come with an official statement that the policy
is in place. The last official statement was that it was a six month trial and
that period has ended.
 Author: Ziegelmeister View Messages Posted By Ziegelmeister
 Posted: Nov 5, 2024 18:27
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*boop*

This includes duplicate posts by the same user to see if things have dropped
off and compared to October 2023, sale posts are down by nearly 84%.

There have been a lot more posts about store closings though IMO, but to do that
you'd need to read one year's worth of post subjects and determine what
the post is actually about. If you type in "closing" you get lots of
threads about "closing in on (brick color)".
 
 Author: popsicle View Messages Posted By popsicle
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In General, Ziegelmeister writes:
  *boop*

This includes duplicate posts by the same user to see if things have dropped
off and compared to October 2023, sale posts are down by nearly 84%.

There have been a lot more posts about store closings though IMO, but to do that
you'd need to read one year's worth of post subjects and determine what
the post is actually about. If you type in "closing" you get lots of
threads about "closing in on (brick color)".

You continue to lean upon graphs, seemingly to validate points you wish to make?
Make them via expression without the graphs, which are easily constructed. I'm
still listening
 Author: Ziegelmeister View Messages Posted By Ziegelmeister
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In General, popsicle writes:
  In General, Ziegelmeister writes:
  *boop*

This includes duplicate posts by the same user to see if things have dropped
off and compared to October 2023, sale posts are down by nearly 84%.

There have been a lot more posts about store closings though IMO, but to do that
you'd need to read one year's worth of post subjects and determine what
the post is actually about. If you type in "closing" you get lots of
threads about "closing in on (brick color)".

You continue to lean upon graphs, seemingly to validate points you wish to make?
Make them via expression without the graphs, which are easily constructed. I'm
still listening

I'm making Stuart and SylvainLS's points, not mine. Stuart posed the
question, Sylvain jokingly asked for a graph. A handful of keystrokes later
out comes a visualization which is easier to digest than reading a list of months
and numbers.
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I 💙 graphs!



In General, Ziegelmeister writes:
  In General, popsicle writes:
  In General, Ziegelmeister writes:
  *boop*

This includes duplicate posts by the same user to see if things have dropped
off and compared to October 2023, sale posts are down by nearly 84%.

There have been a lot more posts about store closings though IMO, but to do that
you'd need to read one year's worth of post subjects and determine what
the post is actually about. If you type in "closing" you get lots of
threads about "closing in on (brick color)".

You continue to lean upon graphs, seemingly to validate points you wish to make?
Make them via expression without the graphs, which are easily constructed. I'm
still listening

I'm making Stuart and SylvainLS's points, not mine. Stuart posed the
question, Sylvain jokingly asked for a graph. A handful of keystrokes later
out comes a visualization which is easier to digest than reading a list of months
and numbers.
 Author: yorbrick View Messages Posted By yorbrick
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In General, Ziegelmeister writes:
  *boop*

This includes duplicate posts by the same user to see if things have dropped
off and compared to October 2023, sale posts are down by nearly 84%.

There have been a lot more posts about store closings though IMO, but to do that
you'd need to read one year's worth of post subjects and determine what
the post is actually about. If you type in "closing" you get lots of
threads about "closing in on (brick color)".

I got the impression over the year that there have been quite a few closing down
posts from stores that haven't been going very long.
 Author: 1001bricks View Messages Posted By 1001bricks
 Posted: Nov 6, 2024 10:25
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In General, yorbrick writes:
  In General, Ziegelmeister writes:
  *boop*

This includes duplicate posts by the same user to see if things have dropped
off and compared to October 2023, sale posts are down by nearly 84%.

There have been a lot more posts about store closings though IMO, but to do that
you'd need to read one year's worth of post subjects and determine what
the post is actually about. If you type in "closing" you get lots of
threads about "closing in on (brick color)".

I got the impression over the year that there have been quite a few closing down
posts from stores that haven't been going very long.

Could it be a DAC7 effect?
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Nov 6, 2024 10:56
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In General, 1001bricks writes:
  […]
  I got the impression over the year that there have been quite a few closing down
posts from stores that haven't been going very long.

Could it be a DAC7 effect?

I don’t think so: it’s too soon to say yet for DAC-7.

Also, there’s been “new” stores closing down all year-long since I joined here,
along with waves of new stores after some article about LEGO being more profitable
than gold….