No Scammers

[JimBrown]

Hi Everyone,

I just wanted to have a chat about "scammers" and hear suggestions/comments on what we can do to better combat them and keep folks from getting scammed.

I have a couple ideas, I'll start a little list and add anything that sounds promising.

- Thread or Forum where people can post the types of scams they are seeing
- Voting system where if a listing gets X amount of votes it gets pulled as a scam or spam. I can't allow the entire community to have this power or it would get abused, but maybe I could make it a lifetime supporter benefit or something. (We used to have a "Good Deal!" feature where everyone could vote on listings they considered a good deal, but it got abused and was used more ironically than anything, promoting more terrible deals than good ones.) (Side thought, a terrible deal feature could work as well. We could have "Today's Worst Deal" )

Things to look out for so far:
- Do not send money to anyone unless you are 100% sure of who they are. Check feedback, check posts, etc.

Yes, I miss the "Good Deal" button... :-D

 

[JimBrown]

OR buying...

or posting....

 

[JimBrown]

I think we should stop all new members unless they’re invited by a member with atleast 10 feedback. Vet these people you’re letting join!

There could be something to that... but are we members prepared to pay for such a system?

 

[JimBrown]

The one I’m thinking about gave a story on no hubby but had kids and such.. tits popping out in her avatar.. I figured her out fast.. but some men here let their dicks think for them.. I think this was before your time unless you started a new account

Ahh... half you guys I meet have your tits hanging out... :-D

 

[JimBrown]

Not everyone with an out of state number is a scam. I have one and I've also dealt with another member with an oos number

Right-O Mine is a NYC area code... I get sh*t for it from time to time.... :-D

 

[JimBrown]

Limiting users abilities to use certain emojis is lame. Not allowing comments calling out scammy behavior in for sale threads is also lame.

Hey new guy... yeah, knee jerk reaction I feel same way, but lets face it... without the rules, this place would be a free for all ****fest and not at all as it is intended. ( I have had my "warnings" too). ( Imagine I will again). ( I love parenthesis).

 

[JimBrown]

I do 25 posts sitting on the ****ter

never borrowing your phone to make a call... :-D

 

[JimBrown]

The issue with the popcorn emoji was always about using it negatively in someone's classified ad. There was never a blanket ban on it's use site wide.

I will not go on about the emoji being rather subjective... but can't ya just throw us one little bone to make fun of asshats!

 

[JimBrown]

anyone can buy their way in

Sure, but would they? I do not see it as workable anyway, overall, but it was not the worst idea I ever saw...

 

[deadphoenix52]

This is tough. We were all new once.

Restricting new members to invite only, especially by high feedback, established members seems like it would completely stunt site growth. Which some might appreciate but in general would probably be considered not a good thing.

Is there way that established members could generate a referral code? Like all the other popular apps that do something similar. This can link the new member to the refferal giving member, maybe giving the new member a specific badge showing they were reffered. But also link any negative feedback for the new member to the established one. Say for one year before the badge and link expire. This could help establish trust for new and low feeback users.