Facts Need To Stay On The Board...
Diamondog
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I see that a recent thread was pulled from the board, probably at the thread starters request and I understand the feelings as to probably why BUT there should be some record for members of this board old and new alike to be able to see what they are possibly getting in to trading with members here...just my opinion of course...Maybe ccom can implement some kind of trade rating for each memeber that members can track their trade success/failures...
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I can understand the exception would be if there was some issue of slander, but as you said, facts should remain on the board. Slanderous remarks or comments can be removed or edited without removing an entire thread.
I should say this with the caveat that I have never been involved in either end of a bad trade...at least I assume so, no one has told me I sent bum sticks or anything.
Kidding, kidding, just throwing out a little comic relief there. I do agree, we should figure out a way to keep facts of all sorts available and searchable without it becoming a thread full of slander and off-topic heated debate.
How to do that though, that's a tough call.
Ill be finishing up my current trades, making good on my past bad ones, then ill be moving on from trading for good.
When one does not follow these very loose guidelines, they get called out. Thats human nature. How one responds is quite telling. Getting called out more than once is very telling.
And Beatnic I completely agree with everything you said except the "mini government" part. To me it just sounds like everyone wants an easier and more efficient way to know who's a good guy and who's not such a good guy. Now since we're from La, we're good guys so it doesn't really matter! hahaha
All you do is just QUOTE the orginial Post and then add in your name that you want to add... And if that person is ALREADY on the list, then you just put a +1 (or 2, 3, 5 etc) next to their name...
This way we start off fresh, everyone can chime in and if anyone has a BAD instance of a trade they can subtract a number or put them on a "Forbidden List" at the bottom...
not crazy stats, no Ebay stuff, just make sure that you QUOTE the orginal thread and add what you'd like... Done and Done, one stop shop from now on!
But the whole "don't call a brother out" thing is kinda garbage IMO. All that does it create a good ol' boys club that people will be wary of. I agree that this brotherhood implies a certain level of respect for your brothers, which is why only facts should be posted rather than some angry post in the heat of the moment.
+1...let's not fix what isn't broken
That being said, if this is an isolated incident (as I believe it is, since I personally have NEVER had an issue with any other trade, pass or anything with ANYONE on here), is reinventing the wheel so to speak really necessary? I will gladly go along with any rating system that comes about from this, but I wonder how effective it will be... lets face it fellas, information technology is NOT CCom's strong suit (how long have we been asking for instant messaging and chat rooms, the CCom staff doesnt get 99% of the pm's we send them, etc).
I dunno, I wish I had a great idea to add here but I unfortunately dont. I think this incident played out naturally, as it should have. The BOTL in question had plenty of time to correct the actions which caused this whole hubub and failed to, which sparked what happened here. Unless there is a whole sordid underbelly of this kind of crap going on (again I doubt it, or I sincerely believe it would have come to light just as this one did), do we need a new system - or do we just handle the isolated incident and press on?
And, for what its worth, I'm saying this with no incidents to report. The strongest part of this solution, perhaps, is that if it is truly unnecessary it'll quickly be buried on Page 100 of the forum and never be seen again, whereas if it is necessary it will be clearly visible.
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