Michelle, after reading through this thread and the other 3 threads that I know of that are talking about the changes, the unanimous verdict seems to be from experienced users of the boards that the US model is disfunctional, and that any wholesale changes to the boards we have here are not needed nor wanted.

A bit of fine tuning would help in certain areas, such as locking threads after 12 months of inactivity, would be welcome.

I would hope that the eBay team will take notice of the people that actually use the boards, rather than people that just look at them and decide to "fix" them - since "fix" in eBay terms usually means to "break" something that is already working reasonably well.

I wanna know how the proposed changes make for a responsive design for a better mobile experience?  I need that explained as maybe I am not smart enough to see that.  I posted a screengrab on one of these threads showing how a one line post from a USA thread appears on my mobile screen and how the same one line text in an Australian thread appears on my screen and I can't see that the USA version is better or more mobile friendly.

http://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Selling/Changes-to-the-boards/m-p/2065700#M154930

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@k1ooo-slr-sales wrote:

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michelleoz@ebay.com wrote:

 

Please feel free to ask questions and share your thoughts about these changes in this thread. I won't be posting every day but I will check back a few times a week.

 

Regards 

Michelle

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Michelle, any chance of you posting on this thread again?

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Didn't happen last time michelle promised to answer questions and keep us up to date - the postage FVF seller gouge update, I think it was. Should we expect anything different?

I'm beginning to feel like a mushroom again slr...............................

I think we all are Padi.   Should have learned my lesson last time.

lyndal, it's not helping matters when threads commenting on the changes are being moved or removed, certainly not a good look for eBay's "big stick" approach to the changes.

Maybe Michelle needs to inform the Lithium mods not to remove threads, or posts

on those threads.

The whole thread, complete with comments, was removed from the buying board.

How is that helpful?

Unless............it was done on Michelle's instructions?

Makes you wonder what is deemed against posting rules when such a thread is removed.

Or maybe they don't like the truth.