auto ban idea for neg itraders

Discussion in 'Support & Feedback' started by Electric-Shadow, Apr 21, 2008.

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    Hi

    Day after day people get scammed left right and centre here and sometimes people don't bother reading the iTraders for the scammers account, even if there are several negative ones.

    So why not introduce an autoban feature which bans anyone who receives say x number of negative iTraders in a month. This will surely save a lot of people form being scammed.

    Ok so it may well be their own fault for not doing their homework and clicking one simple link and reading down a few lines, but I think we should do something to help the somewhat more 'vunerable' members, so to speak.

    -ES-
     
    Electric-Shadow, Apr 21, 2008 IP
  2. sawz

    sawz Prominent Member

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    this has been suggested before and rejected.
    because of the obvious, people could get together and deliver negative iTraders and automatically ban someone? that will not work.
     
    sawz, Apr 21, 2008 IP
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    Bubba Sparxxx Banned

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    It is up to members to look at the iTrader, if they cannot do that and get scammed, it really is there fault. Its common sense really.

    Another way of stopping this is displaying, negative, positive, neutral feedback scores of that member in the actual topic that they start of post it, so it is easily viewable to all the number of different iTraders that they have.
     
    Bubba Sparxxx, Apr 21, 2008 IP
  4. Electric-Shadow

    Electric-Shadow Notable Member

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    I guess so, I had thought of the obvious point but surely there could be a way round it.
     
    Electric-Shadow, Apr 21, 2008 IP
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    Smyrl Tomato Republic Staff

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    You can't protect members from themselves. In some of the long threads, post after post will call the OP a scammer, yet someone greenhorn will come in, not read posts and essentially post here am I, scam me.:eek:
     
    Smyrl, Apr 21, 2008 IP
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