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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ez bake" data-source="post: 2055529" data-attributes="member: 229">I'd say to keep it at 20-50 posts, but make the wait 6 months.  If someone is interested in the site and does more reading than posting, then they won't mind the wait.  To someone who just wants to jump in and start buying/selling, they can go to Arms List or Gunbroker.I like the idea of keeping the classifieds invisible to non-members and logged-out folks (which keeps things in the classifieds as well as transactions out of view of non-members and visitors).  Maybe let new members view the classifieds after 3 months, but they can't post anything in the classifieds until they hit their 6-month mark (they can still buy via PM once the classifieds are visible to them).Hell, I'm even for a paid membership to view the classifieds.  That's how it is on several other message boards work.  Also, for folks who buy/sell a little too often, force them to pay for a dealer-membership (or at least limit the number of transactions someone can make before paying or upgrading).Also, a Reputation/rating system can be put into place for members to rate other members.  This lets everyone know what the other members think of someone.  A member might be a little less reluctant to sell an AR for 5x the cost that they just bought from this board (and asked for help in choosing parts / putting it together - it's happened at least twice that I know of in the last month) if they know they'll get a bad rep for it.</blockquote>

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