Craig Riggs's dashboard

I filed a purchase request, and was slightly trying to break it by offering more than the asked amount and by being a bit flip about intended usage.

My first submission attempt resulted in a spam flag and I was bounced to the captcha check. After entering the magic code, I submitted again and got a 404 with a conflicting message.

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404 Error
Purchase Offer Purchase offer for M & Ms Valentine's Ad by has been created.
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Incidentally, I'd suggest something other than "Save" for the PO form submit. Maybe simply "Send" or "Submit"? "Save" feels like "save draft" when I presume you mean it to feel like "submit order".

I like the editing options quite a bit. I wanted to select multiple industry categories but wasn't sure how. I also though there might be some value in more nuanced sales/rights terms for ads that are posted for sale (i.e., other than price). Other than that, everything seemed straightforward and useful. Very easy to work through.

I like the badges myself. I think they could become an interesting device within the community--an aspect of ranking or participation, and I imagine they would develop a certain currency over time.

Even more, I like the cred mechanism and the different ways in which it can be applied. This, combined with the rating and commenting functions, gives users other options for participation in the platform. We've often talked about this for AdHack, and I continue to think it's a really important aspect of developing community for the long-term.

Not everyone will always have time to prepare an ad or respond to a commission, but many others will be able to participate in some of these smaller-scale ways (cred, rating, comments) and that will help to enliven the site and curate its content.