Davetrials Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Why not have a sort of ban for anyone to sell stuff unless they have posted say more than 200 times? or maybe even more? anyone who post's that much is usually a more reconised member, and itll stop wankers from NMC cumming in and bumping people after being validated for a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR_Trials Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Why not have a sort of ban for anyone to sell stuff unless they have posted say more than 200 times? or maybe even more? anyone who post's that much is usually a more reconised member, and itll stop wankers from NMC cumming in and bumping people after being validated for a day.Good idea, I'd back that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoze Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Sounds quite reasonable, David.But then again, there's a fair few really sound people on here that don't post very much... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain C Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Yeah like i've been here for ages and am perfectly reliable but i don't have tonnes of posts, whereas if i had joined last week and just whacked out loads of posts that would make me more reliable how? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spikenipple Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 I think a smaller minimum post limit with a time limit would work. So for example 50 posts and 3 weeks before you're allowed to post things for sale. Most people that join forums just to sell stuff do it straight away so that would sort that out at least. The 50 posts would show that they're taking it seriously too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Theres the issue of creating spam though. if someone has to wait 3 weeks and have a certain amount of posts before they can access the classifieds section then theres a high chance they'll wait until day 20 and then spam the forum with posts about anything and everything and bumping topics from way back just because they need the post count.Its a nice idea in theory, but in reality the spam that gets created as a result is actually rather irritating and has been enough to force away longer standing members from other forums i've used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted October 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Theres the issue of creating spam though. if someone has to wait 3 weeks and have a certain amount of posts before they can access the classifieds section then theres a high chance they'll wait until day 20 and then spam the forum with posts about anything and everything and bumping topics from way back just because they need the post count.Its a nice idea in theory, but in reality the spam that gets created as a result is actually rather irritating and has been enough to force away longer standing members from other forums i've used.if they spam ban hammer them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 (edited) Theres a similar system on BMX-Forum.com and Skateperception.com, BF is 30 posts and 3 days membership, SP is 500 posts, it used to be 100 but too many people were still scamming.It's a good idea, but would be hard to get it to work properly, as Kris said, people would spam. Edited October 19, 2008 by Mark King Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish-Finger-er Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 yea, but how does it work, make it 100 posts including chit chat, and any tom, dick, harry or glen would be able to sell in there in a day or two, and would be fairly unnoticed on the forum (nice picture like the composition, owww just come off bmx and split me shin, and yay mum bought me a 4 pack of stella, and "when can i post in the for sale section") and hed be 1/25 of the way there in like 2 minutes, reckon i could make 100 posts in an hour, without anyone taking too much notice of me. you put it to not count in chit chat, and i bet you i havent made 100 posts in the last year outside of chit chat. yet im sure dave would trust me to send out something i sold to him, wouldnt you? (whether hed trust me for 5 minutes with his girlfriend i doubt) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 To be fair there's never really been many cases of scamming* on TF. The main problems happen when people just don't get round to posting things until 3 weeks down the road. It's easy to keep putting it off because the buyer can't really do much about it. But that isn't scamming.The best way to go about it would be to have additional info taken before you can go into the classifieds section and have home numbers taken, but that'll be too much work for the admins.If people would just get home numbers though it wouldn't be a problem.Also, can new members view the classifieds section? If so it should be made so they can't.*I think the word scammer shouldn't be used to describe the blacklisted traders. They aren't scammers, just assholes when it comes to trading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogre Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 new members should have a tab under thier posts so they can have individual posts flagged for spamming? if a post got more than 10 flags [to prevent a member just picking on newbs] it wouldn't be ocunted towards their post count, similarly good posts should have more sway so if they make a good thread it can be flagged up + membership ahoy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam-Griffin Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 But then they'd just post saying shit like "hu put that as spam" And shit which would count towards their 200 posts ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simpson Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 lol^^^how many people post shit just like that?post count is bad idea, being well connected (aka riding with reputable members) and a good poster is a much better system i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 To be fair there's never really been many cases of scamming* on TF.This is a good point. If you go on other forums, people will join up with fake names, offer some things for sale and then simply disappear with the money (I know, it happened to me ).The people who scam on here are just 15 year old knobs who are either too lazy to post stuff off, or they think they can get away with taking people's money. I don't really know of any cases on TF where the scammer has simply disappeared, and in most cases they've already been a member for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrix Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Volkszone has a fairly good system. You're not a well known respected member until you donate. Think it's £5, you have access to other parts of the forum etc etc. PLUS; There must be a way of keeping hold of basic contact details on a secure database?If I'm talking poo, say so please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam-Griffin Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 So, you have to pay to use the Classifieds section ?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-baby158 Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 To be honest i think this is aload of sh*t, there isn't hardly any scamming done on the forum, most people who have done something like that people know them on here and say something, paying to use ? wtf is up with that, people will hardly use it if thats going to happen, how would people pay ? paypal ? most people on here dont have that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Who doesn't have Paypal these days? Besides, you don't actually need a Paypal account to pay, just a card number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 How would people pay ? paypal ? most people on here dont have that.I would have said that most people do actually have paypal. I've had an account since I was 16 and I'm now 21. I don't see why people are too lazy to sign up for it, it takes a matter of minutes and a few days for verification and it makes buying and selling things online about 1000x easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam-Griffin Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Yeah i try and avoid dealing with people that don't have it, it's safer, easier and 100x quicker than sending cash or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Although a bank transfer is just as easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Although a bank transfer is just as easy.And just as safe, in most cases. I hate Paypal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-baby158 Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Yeah i know what you mean, i've got paypal but when im buying on here i always ask people about paypal and most people say they dont. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogre Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 hide nmc's post count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-baby158 Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 hide nmc's post count?Why ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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