Commenting on Discussions

[stephenmorgan]

Why are you not allowed to comment on some Discussions?

I see a lot of Discussions that you are not allowed to reply to so I am wondering why?

Sometimes there may by a reply or no reply at all and the Discussion is locked out to replies.  

I do not see anything like Solution Received, Discussion Closed.  

[tdumonde2014]

If you are referring to the "Member to Member" group, only approved members may reply.

[ittybitnot]

Perhaps they are just old and therefore "locked"  check the date stamps, 

[pburn · Accepted solution]

The "Commonly Asked Questions" and "Community Mentor Corner" threads on the "Knowledge Base" board can't receive replies.

I'm sure there are a number of other boards that are set up that way.

While I haven't tested them all, I believe most of the boards under the "Discussions" heading--with a couple of exceptions--can receive replies.

[silverstatetreasureboxes]

Oh sometimes it's closed by the poster, moved to the proper forum or the Mods closed it because things got heated. Never question a Mods decision...its final.

[stephenmorgan]

I can understand it being closed by a Mod because things got heated.

That is not the case in the ones I am seeing.  Many times it is just a simple request on how to do something.

[sheila@ebay]

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@stephenmorgan wrote:

I can understand it being closed by a Mod because things got heated.

That is not the case in the ones I am seeing.  Many times it is just a simple request on how to do something.

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@stephenmorgan could you share some examples of boards you're not able to reply to? 

[stephenmorgan]

Well, I posted an example and it was taken down by a moderator for violating rule no. 8

There are several post right now that can not be replied to.  Can I message you their links or that against the rules also?

[pburn]

sheila@ebay 

I think this has all been explained to him. He didn't understand about the Member-to-Member board being restricted to Community Mentors.

[pburn]

@stephenmorgan wrote:

Well, I posted an example and it was taken down by a moderator for violating rule no. 8

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@stephenmorgan 

Your example was deleted by a moderator because the screenshot you posted from the post on the M2M board included the member id of a seller the OP was accusing of a violation of eBay policy. The screenshot in the original M2M thread was removed for "naming and shaming" that seller, and your post was removed for the same reason.

It is a violation of the Rules of Engagement for the community to include any member's id when accusing them of policy violations, whether you're the one doing the accusing or posting a copy/paste of someone else doing it. Had you chosen to post a screenshot of an example that did not violate one of the Rules of Engagement, it would not have been removed.

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@stephenmorgan wrote:

There are several post right now that can not be replied to.  Can I message you their links or that against the rules also?

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Here are the Rules of Engagement.

Rules of Engagement 

[donsdetour]

Well the M2M board seems to get the most new users asking questions; as such as the name suggest this might be a way to contact eBay

It has a set of rules as to how long you been posting as some other things to get on it to be a member to respond.

Check here to read what it says.

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Member-To-Member-Support/qa-p/MemberToMember 

You can always use the message feature to respond to their topic and situation if you are not a member.

[stephenmorgan]

Thank you.  I received a Message from the Moderator that explained it.