undoubtedly a step in the right direction.. hope ya guys are able to handle the 'load'..
btw.. gratz on turnin blue, cabalo![]()
undoubtedly a step in the right direction.. hope ya guys are able to handle the 'load'..
btw.. gratz on turnin blue, cabalo![]()
Last edited by n00bz0r; 11-17-2009 at 03:08 PM.
Maybe I'm a glass half empty kind of guy but I don't see what prevented anyone from doing that before.
Also there is absolutely no guarantee that the " checked on" member couldn't simply have a dupe account through a server or something so you are only really feeding someone a false sense of security.
If determining who is "safe" and who is not was that simple then I doubt that tracker staff ( who are a lot more tech savvy than I at least am) would themselves have such a hard time tracking down traders and dupes.
No offense like ,just the world as my tiny brain sees it.![]()
You are right with what you say but their is never going to be a way of filtering out ALL the bad members but this way will at least bring down the number to some degree and will give a "sense" of security in the giveaway section and a positive vibe that is missing there now
The TRUTH!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOGG_osOoVg
I wonder what the 'mighty' Cabalo's got to say about those who publicly accuse other fst users of trading without proper proofs. And also about those who ask others to do that in their place and then hide behind the curtains
Last edited by ovisan; 11-17-2009 at 05:46 PM.
A false sense of security is better than no sense at all, imo. Fact is that GAs are not a safe way to invite people. In fact I know a few people who have lots of invites and aren't even looking for anyone to invite to places (even those that are generous with invites) because they're uber paranoid (can 't blame them tbh). This forum has a GA section and if this could help "revive it", then that's all good.
As for the idea itself, apart from what Idol said I see nothing wrong with it. I have no idea how much work it would pose for the staffers involved (I imagine not a lot individually but at a big forum it starts to add up).
PS: My suggestion, the staffer in question could add his personal opinion on the person "investigated" (if he has one, that is).
PPS: I think it was meant for REQs also, Funkin. Semantics, gotta hate 'em.![]()
I'm back. The downside is that I'm also old now.
“Just because you’re miserable doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy your life.”
DO NOT RANDOMLY PM ME ASKING FOR INVITES!
I think that doing that would be putting to much emphasis on our personal view on the issue, and easily we could be considered biased, for a world of reasons. Better to stay away from that.
Besides, when the users post in public, it's part of this forums' history, everyone sooner or later will be scrutinized by some other members. It has worked in the past, it's a mechanic that helps the OP when he leaves the thread open time enough. Unless he is one of those that is rushing his invites to get quick rep points.
Good question. It could be taken in advantage by some users to try to obtain additional info on some other members, even if they were never willingly in the mood to invite him. I guess it would have to be analyzed situation by situation.
True. but i never said we would take any responsibility if we were fooled. At least, we've tried to help. We're not foolproof and love beer.
I get that part Cabalo. I figure the user requesting you to look into someone will know that an opinion will always be biased. It has to be taken as such, but that doesn't mean you can't get anything from it. I guess you have a point, though, as most people would consider the words of a mod as law.![]()
Last edited by The_Martinator; 11-18-2009 at 05:53 AM.
I'm back. The downside is that I'm also old now.
Precisely. And then we would take all the blame if something went wrong.
I also hope that everyone will understand that the result of the query is not the main factor they should take in account, but a small helper.
This could be fine tuned with some hacks to it.
- Youde have to be the thread starter.
- Youde click a button below thier avatar.
- It would be between the bt rep and the report button.
- That request would then post to a private section.
- The section would be similar to the report section.
- The member who requested and Staff could read it.
- The basics would be posted for thread starter.
This would require that a hack to be installed.
Not sure when rossco would be able to this though...
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