Just wondering if anyone has used the read and reply only option for a forum? Seems like posts would get hijacked by the group who could only reply, here is my example:<br /><br />For sale forum: (Only Members could post/reply with users read/reply) Member posts that he has wiget for sale 50.00, then user replies (because he can't post), I have a widget also that I will sell for 45.00, then original Member gets upset because his thread was hijacked and looses his sale because the user undercut his price.<br /><br />I could be wrong but that is what I would see happening in that configuration anyone else have any good examples of using a read/reply forum?

I can see that being a problem in such a forum as you gave for an example.<br /><br />Allowing users to only reply to a thread can be usefull in a board where an admin asks some questions but want's only answers and does not want anyone else posting questions as threads. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

OK, that's what I thought, just throwing ideas out there. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

You could make the forum post/reply to a specific group and then only allow read access to others. Have the reader contact the seller via PM if they are interested in the item for sale.

That's how I have it set up right now, but some of the Members complain that regular users might have what they are looking for and will not go to the trouble of emailing them. <br /><br />I would like to do this though: http://www.threadsdev.com/threads/php/sh...amp;amp;fpart=1

Our announcements forum is setup for read and reply only by members <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> read-only by guests

I'm planning on using it to set up articles similar to a news posting program. For example, I have certain members who author how to articles and such on fishing in my post nuke site. Once I get everything converted, I will set up a Group called authors and set up forums (categories of fishing articles) so they are the only ones who can post. Yet, similar to the comments system in post nuke, I will set the forums so users can reply (or in terms of the post-php nuke syndrome, leave comments.)<br /><br />Essentially, you could have several different groups, one for each author, so that they can be the feature writer in, say, John Doe covers the 'Outboard Maintenance' department and Joe covers another department. Somewhat of a newspaper column with reader mail.<br /><br />As far as using it for a bid type situation, perhaps it would benefit it you laid down some ground rules to prevent 'stealing' ones thread.

Good idea, yeah, plan on using this and having the moderators police it, just have to see how it goes.