Camera auction websites

[mkvrnn]

Around 3 weeks ago I submitted a new thread about the pitfalls involved in buying cameras from Japanese auction websites. I considered this to be a subject of general interest to a large number of people on here, so I chose the Photography General Interest forum.

Within a few hours one of the moderators, presumably, had seen fit to move the thread without explanation to an obscure forum entitled "Business / Philosophy of Photography", under the "Being a Photographer" section of the forums. This is a section I would never normally look at, and I'm sure the same goes for the vast majority on here. So I wondered if the moderator concerned would be willing to explain the reason for moving it to a section which bears no relevance to the topic of the thread?

 

[joe bosak]

Seemingly random or otherwise unreasonable movements of posts by mods can be upsetting but on reading the post in question, the new classification doesn't seem too bad - it's not about photography as such, but about buying stuff, isn't it?

 

[easyrider]

I usually click on "new posts" and then scroll through and open those that interest me. I don't even look at what section they are in. I think the key is to write a catchy and accurate headline. My 2c