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We have a forum entitled "Advertising Sales and Affiliate Programs" where people are meant to discuss the pros and cons of selling ad space, how to go about doing so, review various affiliate programs and agencies, etc.

However, many people mistake this as a forum to post that they are selling advertising, despite a separate "Buy and Sell Ad Space" forum. I constantly have to move threads from one forum to the other.

The forum description is listed below the forum title, but no one reads the small print anyways. Does anyone have any suggestions for renaming the forum to make it more clear?

OR ... do you think it's just that people or lazy or think they will get more thread views in the "Ad Sales" forum?

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Short, clear forum titles plus a couple of small UX and moderation tweaks will cut down on misplaced listings and lower moderator overhead. raised the confusion problem; the suggestions below give concrete renaming options and a compact, implementable moderation workflow that complements 's point about enforcement.

  • Monetization & Affiliate Strategy (discussion only)
  • Affiliate Programs & Ad Revenue — Reviews and How‑tos
  • Ad Marketplace — Listings & Classifieds
  • Ad Offers (Postings Only) — Buy / Sell Listings
  • Advertiser Resources — Best Practices (no marketplace)

A few practical steps to put names into effect and prevent future mistakes:

  1. Pin a one‑line rule at the top of each ad-related section and use a short topic prefix dropdown (Discussion | Listing).
  2. Make the marketplace section visually distinct (icon, reorder in nav, or a colored label) so posters can tell where to go at a glance.
  3. If the forum supports it, set an automated move rule or keyword filter for obvious listing phrases and bulk-move existing misposts once.
  4. Apply a staged enforcement policy: move and notify first, warn repeat offenders, then remove persistent spam — this preserves good faith users while deterring abuse.

A short moderator message template for moved threads helps keep responses consistent:

This topic has been moved to the Ad Marketplace because it appears to be a listing. Please repost in the discussion forum if you intended a review or strategy question.

Keep changes small and test for a month: track how often posts are moved, then tighten titles or controls if confusion persists.

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A sticky post could help a little, but the fact is that the most of these people are just spammers, so the only solution is to delete their posts.

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