No longer able to access Marketplace forum

[bmacir]

I can no longer access the Marketplace forum. I sold and bought quite a few times on the forum.

I checked the forum rules but I don't seem to find any change that would justify my exclusion.

I can see the "Marketplace" thread in the forums section, I have access to the link but have access only to the sticky threads, I don't see any user created thread and the following is displayed: "(You have insufficient privileges to post here.)"

Does anyone know why?

Thanks,
bmacir

 

[tobefirst ⚽️]

The marketplace was divided up. You can no longer post in the highest level. You have to post in the appropriate subforum.

 

[bmacir]

Oops! I didn't see that. Thanks a lot!

 

[Scepticalscribe]

The marketplace was divided up. You can no longer post in the highest level. You have to post in the appropriate subforum.

Really?

I hadn't noticed; must take a look to see what has happened as I haven't paid a visit to the Marketplace forum in ages.

When did this happen? And how is it divided up?

 

[Weaselboy]

When did this happen? And how is it divided up?

https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...orums-why-cant-i-create-a-new-thread.2046836/

About a month ago. Here is the announcement thread with the info.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...orums-why-cant-i-create-a-new-thread.2046836/

About a month ago. Here is the announcement thread with the info.

Just took a look at the Marketplace to see what it looked like, and thanks very much for the link - I had entirely missed it.

What was the thinking behind this division into sub-fora? Was the original marketplace becoming too unwieldy?

 

[Weaselboy]

What was the thinking behind this division into sub-fora? Was the original marketplace becoming too unwieldy?

It came up in a discussion about the MP bump rule. With everything in one forum, member's sale threads tended to drift off the first page fairly quickly. So having subforums cuts down on the number of threads posted in each section, and keeps your sale visible on the first page longer, mitigating the need to bump.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

It came up in a discussion about the MP bump rule. With everything in one forum, member's sale threads tended to drift off the first page fairly quickly. So having subforums cuts down on the number of threads posted in each section, and keeps your sale visible on the first page longer, mitigating the need to bump.

Thanks very much for your explanation and I must say that this does make a lot of sense.

Hadn't realised that some of the 'for sale' threads slipped down the page so quickly, but, it is a part of the forum I don't frequent all that often.