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[sonofeugene]

If your going to put AI into this site, can you provide an option in our individual control panels to toggle it off?

 

[The Gleam]

If your going to put AI into this site, can you provide an option in our individual control panels to toggle it off?

Agree - my RI has gotten me this far in life just fine; I can do without the suggestions from a glorified Google search aggregator built on webcrawlling plagiarism, and forced collectivism, where everyone's voice, style, personality, and posts sound the same.

I'm sure ts love it.

And get off my lawn!

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[RustyIron]

I’d like it anonymous so if the person I laughed at ever posts something at a reasonable price and I want it, they aren’t like “screw this guy, he laughed at my other listings”

If you're not willing to say something to someone's face, then maybe it shouldn't be said.

 

[RobG19]

If you're not willing to say something to someone's face, then maybe it shouldn't be said.

Sounds like you might be selling a G19X soon for $2K

 

[RustyIron]

Sounds like you might be selling a G19X soon for $2K

I was gonna click the emoji on your post,
but decided against it in case you were thinking of buying the Lorcin I have listed in the classifieds.

 

[DB>)>]

A minor suggestion for the classifieds forums - would it be possible to add the ability to set how many listings/posts per page are displayed? I run a larger 4K monitor, and a mouse with a scroll wheel, so I find the ability to display more on a "page" is handy and reduces clicks to go page to page.

As as far as AI goes, I'm seeing AI generated "noise" on other social media platforms and my inbox... not a fan, as most is GIGO clogging the "signal". And I've seen enough examples of AIs allowed out of the lab and into the wild that take relatively short periods before decending into socio/psychopathic tendencies after being exposed to "carbon based lifeform intelligence". I remain skeptical of how useful AI really is...

 

[ikeo1]

Is the Keyword search supposed to work with a string of numbers?

For example I was in the handgun section of the classifieds and I tried the following Keywords individually:
586
"586"
'586'
The results were 2 pages long for each search.

There are very few 586's in the classifieds.

My guess (and you know what that's worth) is that if it finds a 5, an 8 and a 6 anywhere in the post (including in the name of a picture file), it shows up in the results.

Thanks.

The search is two separate systems. Scroll down to title or description and try there. Using the search box up top will find older threads. Some people put 586 in the title or description. I didn't see any active with title, but I did see some pop up with description.

I should probably remove keywords as it doesn't find thing as well as the other fields.

Thanks for deep diving.. Let me know what else you find and feel free to start a separate thread on your own for me to investigate issues. I might look at them right away but its easier for me to manage. I'm getting busier and busier while the site is picking up too.

 

[ikeo1]

A minor suggestion for the classifieds forums - would it be possible to add the ability to set how many listings/posts per page are displayed? I run a larger 4K monitor, and a mouse with a scroll wheel, so I find the ability to display more on a "page" is handy and reduces clicks to go page to page.

As as far as AI goes, I'm seeing AI generated "noise" on other social media platforms and my inbox... not a fan, as most is GIGO clogging the "signal". And I've seen enough examples of AIs allowed out of the lab and into the wild that take relatively short periods before decending into socio/psychopathic tendencies after being exposed to "carbon based lifeform intelligence". I remain skeptical of how useful AI really is...

The number of listings is set globally. I recently bumped it up from 20 to 30. I've also recently put in saved search but have a minor issue on mobile which also helps with this inconvenience, but it is a subscriber benefit. It also still has some bugs I'm working with the developer on. After the increase and increase in number of users, resource usage increased which lead to the recent CPU/Network upgrade. All that to say, we have to balance what we allow because being on cloud, we pay for everything a la carte. It's not all you can eat like a dedicated server.

AI is thrown around a lot but a lot of people don't realize it helps with a lot of little things. My grammar isn't the best so I use it from time to time to clean up my writing. There's a lot of benefit coming with AI and thanks to the donors here, I've upgraded my development machine to use Llama 3.2 or some other open source LLM. AI doesn't have to actively work in the forum, I use it as an assistant to help me with a lot of tasks.

Any new tech is going to have healthy skepticism. My role is usually how to implement the latest technology to reduce effort and increase efficiency. So, the implementation here wouldn't match what you see outside. I typically use a practical approach and also I'm looking into consulting as this is a new tech and getting businesses up to speed can be a way to make a living.

Also from a business perspective. I'm thinking of offering hosting solutions for 2A businesses that would come with an upgraded account here. That way the monthly you pay serves two purposes, keep your online presence up and also contributes to this site, which make it much more sustainable for long term viability.

 

[NorCalBusa]

Also from a business perspective. I'm thinking of offering hosting solutions for 2A businesses that would come with an upgraded account here. That way the monthly you pay serves two purposes, keep your online presence up and also contributes to this site, which make it much more sustainable for long term viability.

I bet you could whoop Permitium's CCW Issuance/Renewal e-ass pretty quickly. Widely used in California, I think they also other states as well.

One suggestion would be to tie in a graceful connection between the issuing agencies and the CCW trainers- so class credentials are immediately there for the issuing agencies. Could also be a place for trainers (and others) to tastefully advertise.

 

[redcaps]

Subregions like Craigslist does it. They try to breakdown regions by counties and then further into areas of the county.
They have a San Diego region and within that region they have North SD, City of SD, South SD, etc.

The regions now are neat but for someone in SoCal living near the US-Mex border like Chula Vista might not want to see posts in Los Angeles because that could be an 8 hour round trip for them.

 

[ikeo1]

Subregions like Craigslist does it. They try to breakdown regions by counties and then further into areas of the county.
They have a San Diego region and within that region they have North SD, City of SD, South SD, etc.

The regions now are neat but for someone in SoCal living near the US-Mex border like Chula Vista might not want to see posts in Los Angeles because that could be an 8 hour round trip for them.

New Feature! - Sub Regions added to Search & Listings

Hello! Another update for a big request from a lot of you. I think this will save a lot of time scanning and organizing listings. But first, we have a PWA Progressive Mobile App for users. Installation instructions are in the bullet point. Don't forget to checkout & Install our CAguns mobile...

caguns.net

We don’t want too many so we narrow it down like this

 

[redcaps]

New Feature! - Sub Regions added to Search & Listings

Hello! Another update for a big request from a lot of you. I think this will save a lot of time scanning and organizing listings. But first, we have a PWA Progressive Mobile App for users. Installation instructions are in the bullet point. Don't forget to checkout & Install our CAguns mobile...

caguns.net

We don’t want too many so we narrow it down like this

You can’t do it as subdomains? That’s how other websites that depend on regional users do it.
e.g., sandiego.craigslist.org

That way you won’t have too many.

 

[ikeo1]

You can’t do it as subdomains? That’s how other websites that depend on regional users do it.
e.g., sandiego.craigslist.org

That way you won’t have too many.

Most websites use a dropdown like I’m using. It’s easier to navigate vs a different domain per region as people move around.

Technically I could do subdomains, but I don’t see the benefit. We have saved searches which negates the need for it too.

I see you’re relatively new. I suggest trying the site as is. Not having to remember which subdomain should be significantly easier.

Subdomains isn’t the same as sub-region's, there would have to be a specific need for it to add complexity and it definitely adds complexity because now from one domain now there’s 10 as you add it becomes more difficult to spread awareness vs a dropdown. Everyone will see the update and it’s easier to expand your search in realtime vs typing another site

New Feature! - Ventura County: Added to Sub-Region

Not really a new feature, but since we're seeing so many folks in the SoCal area and some of you have asked. Sellers can now designate Ventura County as an option. Please keep the suggestions coming. We'll build it if there's enough ask for it (maybe ;) ). Reminder: when creating a listing use...

caguns.net

 

[redcaps]

Most websites use a dropdown like I’m using. It’s easier to navigate vs a different domain per region as people move around.

Technically I could do subdomains, but I don’t see the benefit. We have saved searches which negates the need for it too.

I see you’re relatively new. I suggest trying the site as is. Not having to remember which subdomain should be significantly easier.

Subdomains isn’t the same as sub-region's, there would have to be a specific need for it to add complexity and it definitely adds complexity because now from one domain now there’s 10 as you add it becomes more difficult to spread awareness vs a dropdown. Everyone will see the update and it’s easier to expand your search in realtime vs typing another site

New Feature! - Ventura County: Added to Sub-Region

Not really a new feature, but since we're seeing so many folks in the SoCal area and some of you have asked. Sellers can now designate Ventura County as an option. Please keep the suggestions coming. We'll build it if there's enough ask for it (maybe ;) ). Reminder: when creating a listing use...

caguns.net

Well, if it’s not possible… oh well then.

 

[ikeo1]

Well, if it’s not possible… oh well then.

It’s definitely possible, but we have several reasons not to do it. It over complicates things.

 

[redcaps]

It’s definitely possible, but we have several reasons not to do it. It over complicates things.

Alright

 

[ikeo1]

Alright

caguns.net/classifieds is hard enough for people. We have to keep the forum marketplace at the bottom for people because they’re so used to CGN. People get confused from the smallest things, here there’s a lot of changes people are still getting used to.

 

[NorCalBusa]

Not a Tech guy at all, but I have seen what I call a "Mapping Radius" tool on various websites. You click a point on a map or enter a zip code and then select a miles radius for the search result. I think that would work great as you choose the "starting" place and how many miles you're willing to go. Another advantage is say you are willing to go to a larger town (not your own town) if you can ID multiple sellers in that area; problem solved by making say Anaheim, CA the start point and a radius of say 15 miles- and move the center of the radius as you see fit to get fresh results. Obviously, there is some sort of engine under the hood doing the figuring.

 

[Ryan750ml]

Is there a way to filter/sort for sale posts by distance to a zip code?

 

[ikeo1]

Is there a way to filter/sort for sale posts by distance to a zip code?

No, that would require we collect that info which many people don’t want to provide. Besides, usually FFL is usually in a separate location.

Thought about it, but it adds more overhead trying to pinpoint location, and when I had it in, people kept entering all different kinds of data