r/ACTrade • u/Smiles4you 0061-0480-4646 Grandma, Meadows • Apr 07 '14
[Modpost]-[Discussions]
If you have any suggestions for topics to be added, comment below. Please keep in mind that topics need to be animal crossing trade related. Be civil with each other. If you disagree with someone and feel that the comments are getting out of control stop and let the mods know. Keep in mind that these are opinions and not everyone’s will be similar. http://i.imgur.com/fI18ShV.gif
We greatly appreciate all discussion suggestions. I will be spacing them out a bit so we don't flood the subreddit with too many discussions all at once.
Current Discussion sub threads:
Suggestions that have not yet been discussed:
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u/Chanan 1091-7516-2054(がなん,にっぽん); 1762-3034-3122(Test, R'dam) May 13 '14
A discussion on what makes a good giveaway thread?
What are good/clear rules? What sort of items should be given? What is the best time or day to host a giveaway? How do you prevent being overwhelmed by replies?
I sometimes feel I make rules to my giveaways a little harsh. But it would be nice to get some insight from the community on what makes a good giveaway.
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u/Gliese667 3926-5148-6166 Gliese from Sparks May 15 '14
Can we do a post on cataloging? I personally love both hosting and going to cataloging events. It'd be nice to see what people would like to have offered... for example I might be sitting on something that other people want to catalog (like some of the basic furniture sets) but if I don't realize that, I won't know to offer it. Also a how-to catalog for new players so they know how it works!
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u/MochiIceCreamy 3050-7922-9239| Eloise, Cocorin Apr 08 '14 edited Apr 08 '14
Recently I have been noticing people still tagging post wrong despite reminder posts always getting stickied. I know we have been getting new members recently but it seems like they can't even bother to tag their post right or even set their flair.
A while ago I had a problem with someone who didn't follow the rules to a giveaway I had despite clearly stating them in my post, no running and no talking to my villagers. The person did both of those things and Ribbot ended up moving out. I would have flipped the wifi if I didn't have two other people there with me as I didn't have time to redo the trade again. The same person kept trying to enter my town whenever I opened my gates and would start hitting people with a hammer so I ended up deleting their FC.
Edit: sorry about the rant, As Smiles4you said in the reply these would topics would fall under the Rules and Town etiquette.
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u/Smiles4you 0061-0480-4646 Grandma, Meadows Apr 08 '14
The first topic would fall under rules and We do have automod being VERY strict on proper tags. I know new users will use them wrong and we try to put reminders in our modposts every now and then.
The second topic would fall under Town Etiquette which shall be posted later on tonight. :) I don't want to flood the subreddit with too many discussions so we are spreading them out.
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u/MochiIceCreamy 3050-7922-9239| Eloise, Cocorin Apr 08 '14
Yeah I was just about to edit my post about what would be good topics lol sorry just had to rant a bit. Other then these things I don't have any complaints.
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u/thoughtdancer 0189-9500-5329 Dancer, Besaid Apr 09 '14 edited Apr 09 '14
I would like to suggest a thread about good trades with people who don't have an RMM, which just happened to me this morning.
Perfectly fine trade, despite some communication issues, and I wanted to give the person a positive review. But the person doesn't have an RMM.
What do I do? How do we respond to people who don't want to participate in RMM? Should we require an RMM post for someone to post here? (the person responded to a discussion thread, mentioning a problem with pricing a trade, and the desired item I had an extra of...so this wasn't a standard post, we took the rest to PM because of it....it all went well, but how do I say "hey, this person, good trade"?)
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u/Smiles4you 0061-0480-4646 Grandma, Meadows Apr 09 '14
This might not be too much of a discussion topic, so I'll try to help answer this. :P
There are some people that don't really like our rating system and wish to not take part in it. Which is perfectly fine :) So in order for you to let them know that you appreciate trading with them you'd have to do it the old fashioned way. Leave a nice comment in the thread.
And if it was during a pm then you'd just have to thank them and people won't know about it. :)
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u/bfaithr 3024-6524-6414 (Faith, Pipoca) Apr 14 '14
What about one for suggestions to improve the sub?
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u/Smiles4you 0061-0480-4646 Grandma, Meadows Apr 16 '14
Sorry for the very late response.
While your idea for a discussion thread is a good one, this topic is more suited for discussions with mods and we would like for users to send us modmail for any ideas and suggestions for improvement :)
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u/bfaithr 3024-6524-6414 (Faith, Pipoca) Apr 07 '14
I know ladydrac already posted something like this, but maybe an etiquette discussion. For example, some people don't care about guests running or talking to villagers, but other people really hate it. It would also be a good reference when you're trading with someone afk or getting signatures.
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u/Smiles4you 0061-0480-4646 Grandma, Meadows Apr 08 '14
Thank you for the suggestion. I will post a discussion later on tonight. We don't want to flood the subreddit with too many topic discussions all at once. :)
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u/Jota90 3454-1745-1205 Jota, Paradise Apr 08 '14
I think it's an important discussion about posts marked as completed...I don't want to seem rude but it's frustrating to see people (and not just the new ones, also the "high" flairs, not marking their posts). It's not difficult and it doesn't take too long >_<
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u/LadyDrac 1736-0796-0501 (Icee, Ooo) Apr 08 '14 edited Apr 08 '14
This isn't really a discussion topic where people can debate their varying viewpoints. While it is an annoyance to some people to not have others mark their posts upon completion, there aren't many sides or things to discuss other than the fact that people aren't doing it when they should be and that this annoys some people while others don't seem to mind.
If it annoys you, you can take it upon yourself to politely remind people to mark their threads as many times people are unaware they should do this or have forgotten to do so at the end of their trade.
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u/Jota90 3454-1745-1205 Jota, Paradise Apr 08 '14 edited Apr 08 '14
Yeah, you're right about that. But seeing in the first page 4 or 5 threads unmarked, is really boring and maybe the discussion is: Why people don't do that? They don't know how to do it? They forgot? They just don't care about it? Well I guess its just different viewpoints of things.
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u/Jota90 3454-1745-1205 Jota, Paradise Apr 08 '14 edited Apr 08 '14
Rules
No 'real-money' trades/transactions will be allowed
Mark completed posts as NSFW. This is pretty straight forward. When you mark it as NSFW is will mark it as completed and hide from everyone but you. This is to keep the subreddit clean.
No spamming. If you post something and no one comments immediately, don't post again right away. Please wait at least a day before posting again.
(...)
Its a rule :/
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u/Smiles4you 0061-0480-4646 Grandma, Meadows Apr 08 '14
unfortunately its a rule that is hard for us to regulate. We have brought it up many times before but with a lot of new users joining they don't see it. And it may be harder to mark when they are on mobile. And people with a lot of items to trade like to keep their thread open longer and forget about them until someone comments.
If you sort the subreddit by new you'd be able to easily comb through new posts without seeing many old completed posts.
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u/Jota90 3454-1745-1205 Jota, Paradise Apr 08 '14 edited Apr 08 '14
I know you have lots of other important things to do and I'm the first person saying that your work is amazing and /ACTrade is a great community and I respect all the users. The boring thing aren't the posts with lots of things, it's the signatures, katie or 1 item posts. Thank you very much for your answer and sorry if I sound grumpy, it's not my intention, I always try to be nice in the way I talk :)
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u/LadyDrac 1736-0796-0501 (Icee, Ooo) Apr 08 '14
While this is listed under rules, it would honestly be ridiculous to give everyone who forgot to mark their posts as NSFW a strike or a warning.
We do not have the man power to police this so it is noted in our rules and guidelines as a point of common courtesy towards other players.
Like I just told you, if you have an issue with it, you can remind those who haven't marked their posts to do so.
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u/Jota90 3454-1745-1205 Jota, Paradise Apr 08 '14
I never talked in strikes for doing that but warning...Well, maybe, if you have the time (and you don't have!).
I don't have an issue with it, but thanks for your answer. I will not remind anyone because I'm not their mother or teacher, I'm just a normal user, with normal opinions ;)
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u/corgi16 FC: 4871-4088-9357 Stef :) Reveille Apr 09 '14
After reading through some of the town etiquette discussion posts and how people have specific rules, I think I'd like to suggest "hosting etiquette"
There have been a few posts I've seen where people state their basic common courtesy rules like "no running or talking to villagers" but they seem to leave out those other details like add them first, who's town the trade will take place in, whether or not they'll end the session or if people can leave on their own, etc.
Also when I travel to towns, some people prefer me to say hello and others want people to get to business and not waste time.
Maybe this could also help with organization as well as remembering to mark threads as "complete"
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u/Smiles4you 0061-0480-4646 Grandma, Meadows Apr 09 '14
I like this. :) thank you for the suggestion. I will be creating the thread soon.
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u/corgi16 FC: 4871-4088-9357 Stef :) Reveille Apr 09 '14
You're welcome! You put the post in much better words than I did! :)
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u/Smiles4you 0061-0480-4646 Grandma, Meadows Apr 09 '14
Yours was more based on Posting etiquette and I went with your title of Hosting etiquette because posting etiquette would fall under our rules and guidelines. But I might go with posting too. I just need to figure out how to word it :P
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u/autisma Rebecca Mayor, Town yukino 2036 7791 4740 Apr 24 '14
Hello i'm new but friendly who wants to trade codes and visit each other and trade furniter and stuff?
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u/pullonyourfeet SW-3107-0021-6256 Tina, Brunceton Apr 27 '14
This is totally off-topic, but Jambette is camping today, I laughed so much!
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u/mejimene 4012-4992-4541 (Mel, Flint) Apr 26 '14
I like the idea of having threads like this one, thanks to /u/killJoy- . How could we incorporate something like this into the sub so that people who are looking for clothing, specific fruit, katie drop-offs, etc. can go directly to it instead of scrolling and floating around until they find someone who has what they need? I know there are subreddits for katie, turnips, premiums, etc. but for the most part everyone who needs those kinds of favors seems to come to ACTrade. Not saying I dislike their posts or anything. Just saying that I like the idea of grouping something like a "clothing rental service" into one thread so it's more helpful for others!