Forum Moderation

Hi chriscarman.

I am a new member and I have seen people who contribute frequently with real estate related businesses named as part of their details on the end of their comments. Most of them seem to have fairly sensible advice to offer.  My opinion as a family investor is that these people are as knowledgeable (if not more so) as anyone else, and I'd like to think most take part in the forum because they love talking to other like-minded people about a topic they are passionate about.  As far as proving their credentials, etc. I don't know where you'd start or stop with that. 

It doesn't take most people long to realize that there are different approaches to real estate investing, pro-cash flow, or development, or capital gain etc.  and basically it is up to the reader to filter the information and come up with their own approach/views/method.  So unless the people in question are really being ridiculously self-promoting or misleading (which I agree would jeopardize the standing of the forum) I am happy for them to give their business details.  Its up to us to assess whether we want to use their professional services.

Regards,

G

Chris,

People are allowed to use signatures at the end of their posts (like mine). But as long as they are using the forum to contribute then most people don’t have any problems with it. My signature is small compared to some, but I use this forum to gather information and form an active part of the community…I’m not here to spam.

In fact I would have to say that there are not a lot of spammers in this forum. Yes there are some, but a lot less that normal forums and people can spot spammers from a mile away.

Maybe he was talking about me, but I am not doing anything wrong. I am not a spammer. I am learning so much from being in this forum and I am enjoying the community. I plan on sticking around for a while.

Jaffa has just returned from his trip around Oz and is back with internet access so should be cleaning up the site.

I have forward a list of posts that needed amendment and I think you will find it is a lot cleaner going forward.

@ Chriscarman – What have I done that is so wrong? I am honestly being involved in this forum and not trying to spam. Please be clear so I can fix what I have done.

I don’t want to stop posting, and don’t want to argue or have people out to get me. So just let me know what needs to be done.

ps. I realise there are some posts of mine that appear to have 2 signatures. This is because early on I didn’t know how it all worked and made some mistakes. Tried to edit these posts but I don’t seem to be able to.

Fair call Plummer. I have a few bodge posts floating around out there (for which I officially apologise). So how can I delete the ones that are spammy? Because I have found that after posts are like a day old I can’t edit or delete them.

I have been reprimanded and I want to set things straight…but how can I do that without being able to delete or edit previous spammy posts.

ps. Overall, it is not my intention to spam, and I believe the majority of my posts are not spammy at all. I have had people thank me for my contributions in some instances…so they can’t be that bad for the forum.

I guess i’ll just try to be good from now on, thus avoiding any future reprimand. Sorry everyone

Haha I have seen the light!

I guess you are right, I have gotten extremely carried away. I contacted the moderator of the forum, so hopefully he also knows my intentions are good and won’t ban me from the forum.

I will take your advice and post a little less (though I don’t know if I can resist posting a lot…but I will try), and I will avoid the threads where I don’t know what I’m talking about, and help out in the threads where I do know what I am talking about.

I also removed my signature for the time being, to show people I am serious, so hopefully the ganging up on will stop

Instead of encouraging forum moderation, perhaps we should be encouraging 'self-moderation'. Take everything with a pinch of salt, take only what you perceive to be the cream of the crop, mix it up well and let simmer to create your own soup of knowledge.

If something sounds too good to be true, get closer to investigate. If it smells a little 'off', run the other way!

I would read all property-related posts at this forum, even those revolving around the promotion of a service, but subsequently not visit the website or check up the service as mentioned if I'm not comfortable with it, or don't require the service.

Hey Chriscarman,

Just wanted to thank you for bringing this up. I have been in contact with the moderator and this has really helped me understand how best to go about using this forum. I have official learned my lesson, so thanks for bringing it into the light.

Hopefully now we can move on and get on with helping each other out.

Ryan