Admins Help! Can't post in For Sale Sections

[kuench]

Remember, reading is fun-demental. The more you know.....

[Marlin]

Now if only we had a forum where threads about legislation and politics could be posted instead of GD.

I'll take that up with the braintrust....


Oh wait...

[J]

I'll take that up with the braintrust....


Oh wait...

That term might be a little generous with people like me on staff.

[J]

Also, to explain a bit further:

Manually tracking who had and hadn't acknowledged the terms and conditions was becoming a draining task on the admin team. Some smart guy wrote a custom modification to automatically check and restrict posts if there is not an acknowledgement for that user.

SO:

1. Yes, if your acknowledgement was lost, you have to re-do it. The system has no idea whether or not you had one there before the crash.
2. As soon as you acknowledge, you will be granted access nearly immediately (as long as it takes the server to update the DB, usually seconds or less)
3. It is a problem for users new and old. We have had many 700+ post members, and some 4 digit post members have to acknowledge. Some had for sale threads going at the time, which I found a little humorous.
4. It is a policy for everyone. Nobody is being singled out or granted immunity. One of the perks/drawbacks of the automated system. All it can tell is whether you have acknowledged in the thread as it stands now, and have passed the probationary 30 days, it knows nothing else about you.