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Originally Posted by
TimMc 
OK, Michael Ruben (should we call you Mr. Moderator?)
Not if you expect me to answer. 
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Originally Posted by
TimMc
or is it just that there really are that many clueless people in the galaxy?
In my experience, yes there are.
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Originally Posted by
Sam Posten
Most are owned by spammers who want to look authentic by having an 'older' account sign up date and an established posting history.
Without getting into specifics, I can tell you that these this won't work here.
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Originally Posted by
Ron Boster
There are 13 old ads on the front page alone that have been bumped by new members with less than a couple of posts to their names. Mike has said before this is probably due to search engine results bringing up old ads and members not taking note of the date. I agree that it's strange that it's ALL new members that make this mistake. Statistically, wouldn't it be fairly even mistake between new and existing members?
Existing members are nearly as likely to find old for-sale posts via search engines. They're already here. These single-post signups are consistent with someone running a search for a particular product, finding the listing at HTF, then clicking through the link to the listing without ever bothering to notice the date.
On the old forum, you wouldn't get these kinds of posts, because signups had to be approved by a webmaster before an account would be activated. Here there's no waiting period, and these responses to antique ads are one of the penalties we pay. The upside (and it's a big upside) is that we have a lot more new members who begin immediately participating.
