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Since I have not seen this addressed on here I searched but culd not discover whether there is any setting anywhere with which to flag a member's post so that it is removed or hidden after so many days or months, etc., (including any attached photos)?

Under: Admin > Settings > Message Policies > Reply To . . . –two of the options are:

~ Automatically Moderate Topics Older than. . . AND

~ Automatically Lock Topics Older than . . . BUT . . .


In the past on one of our old groups we asked our members to remove their old ad posts if the item had been sold or if they posted an updated ad, but there was never much compliance with taking down the older ads. So we would wind up going in periodically and removing those ad posts older than several months.

It would free up space and unclutter searching if old posts of this sort were automatically removed –say, after about 3 months– which seems a fair amount of time to leave a free ad post in place. And we woud no longer have to rely on the members to remove their old ad posts.

Or would an automatic post removal option be at all possible maybe by using a hashtag that a moderator could apply to a post which would then remove the post after a certain amount of time?

Just pondering here . . .

TIA

Paul M.
CRL Moderator
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On my groups, I created a hashtag of #ForSale for just this purpose.? At the end of One Month, the thread is deleted.? Some folks forget to include it on the Subject line, but it's not too much trouble for me to add it when I notice that it's needed.? You also have options of One Hour, One Day, One Week, One Year, or Forever.

There has been discussion on the beta group about possibly having a Classified area (as a new side bar menu item) available on groups as an option.? If that happens, I hope it will offer options to cover most situations.

Duane
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Duane,

Thanx... Your answers are always helpful and much appreciated.

So . . . I just went and looked at the 'create hashtag' option over on our G.IO site and see all the time/duration options. That's a nice timesaver for our moderators.

But it would be nice to see a two month option for the duration of posts. We feel that is a sensible amount of time for a member's ad wanting to sell or their house or their car, etc. to remain up. After that time it's most likely either sold (or not), rented (or no interest), or just plain stale, as ads go. And two months seems a more reasonable amount of time for a free ad with an exposure to so many members to remain in place before removal. And especially so for a large-ticket item like a member's house, car, or property.

BTW, a Classified area could be useful for many groups but we eventually found a real need to restrict what had become an overwhelming number of commercial ads but we chose to continue to allow personal ads by our members. This seems to have work quite well for us.

So, who would I make a suggestion to for a two-month option? To Beta? Or . . . ?

Paul M.
CRL Owner/Moderator
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Yes, the beta group is the official suggestion box for the site.? I'm not sure how 'easy' it would be to do, but you might suggest that the options be done somewhat like the calendar events.? Those can be set to week/month/etc, then there's an option to select how many of those units.

Duane
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