Mods associated with trust in trading..

I'm going to input my 2 cents.
The way I see it, if you're in a position of power, i.e a moderator you're going to have a higher level of trustworthiness over other average joe people. I for one would trust a mod entirely, being a moderator myself for other sites I know how stuff like this works. Being in a trust position makes it so that your trusted, that's how it works.

Take for example you have a new job and your boss assigns you some work to do, however you don't know how to do it. The boss' assistant takes you to the side and explains everything, why would you trust him? Because he's in a higher position of trust then you, and he has been around longer.

However,TC do to the sheer VOLUME of the trades you have done I would treat you with the same trust AS a mod. IMO trustworthiness comes from experience, and if the siteowners and admins deem you trustworthy enough to become a moderator then you should automatically become trusted.

 

Trusting in somebody to ask them how to do something in person is far different than trusting people with money across the world.

 

I suppose. It was a horrendous example, but I couldn't think of a better one.

What if your boss wanted to you to transfer money from a bank for him, and you needed to talk to his personal banker, but the banker was across the world and you could only talk to him through the phone. Would you trust him?


(slightly better example)

 

the fact that no mod or admin has scammed anyone should tell you something about the sythe staff, the fact that some trusted users have scammed people proves something aswell. I seen a guy with 3k posts, 150+ vouches go on a scamming spree for pins and little gold, I doubt a mod or admin would risk their position over scamming. A mod values their position in the community a lot more than a trusted member does.

Do you see Jagex Mods going on scamming spress in runescape? No you don't because they value their seniority and position in the community, a player mod you can argue but those are computer picked not hand picked

 

Speak for yourself. It seems like you're under the impression that completing trades is the only way to garner trust.

I trust Alteranz more than you.

 

It's not all about the vouches. When some one has been a staff member for a long time it shows that they can have power and not abuse it. Plus most of the staff already have a lot of vouches any way.

 

The amount of time and effort it takes for these mods to get their rank is more than enough for me to trust them with what I have.

 

i agree to this^

 

Jagex mods can also spawn anything they want. Terrible example. Their also admins, and work for jagex. Get paid for what they do. Nothing they could gain from scamming in Runescape regardless. Also, when somebody goes on a scamming spree they try to get in as much as they can. Regardless if it's a small amount, because they'll be doing multiple scams.

I'm under the impression that experience shows trust, not running the site.

I'm not going on about globals or market mods really. More about sectionals, etc.

Not really. Considering it's the same with user educators or what ever they call them now a days. Guess you can say that user educators show trust as well?

 

Well the reason you see all the newcomers putting "Mod+ only" is because they know that no mod is going to buy their 50M, and so that forces the everyone to go first to them.

That answers that question.

Now, people trust mods more because they are in a position of power and are role models for users on Sythe. Most moderators have been on Sythe for a long time contributing to the site, and so people trust them more. They have a title not many get, and so they wouldn't even think about sacrificing that for a few dollars. Also, most moderators already have a ton of vouches, as someone pointed out earlier.

And to add to that, the admins here picked the moderators themselves. They aren't going to pick anyone who will scam, or anyone who has thoughts of scamming.

That is why people trust moderators over regular users. Now that isn't to say that regular members don't trust you, because with 350+ vouches you are very trusted.

I, personally, would trust Kerokerocola with every dime to my name. However, I would not trust you with every dime I own.

You can't force people to trust others based on vouches/experience. People trust others for their own reasons, may it be vouches or status or whatever. Although I would guess that 90% of the people who put "Mod+" are only scammers. Any legit member who wants to honestly buy and sell will trust you.

You say the "mod+" thing hasn't hurt your business, so why complain about it?

 

No they aren't, at least they don't seem to be. There have been people who have been scammed in the past that provide proof, yet the staff simply says it isn't sufficient, or it was their own fault. Yet the same proof would be plenty to get any non trusted member banned instantly. There is a double standard, whether you'd like to believe it or not.

 

No reason to argue really. Just trust who you want to trust and use an OMM otherwise and everybody's happy.

 

most mods have been put into positions where they handled a lot more than you have, put it this way if theres a WU trade and your expecting the person to go first which i doubt most people will without OMM, theres no way somebody can get their money back and I don't know what your trying to prove with this thread its like saying a mod with 40 vouches is equivalent to me in status in the market so would you trust a mod with 40 vouches or me with 40 vouches?

 

The administration is 14 to like 20 years old heh.

 

This thread wasn't intended to be a rant or to call people out, etc. It was a question as of why people think that a mod is more trusted than a regular user when they have far less trading experience. I would personally trust a mod that has 50 vouches over somebody else that has 50 vouches, but if another member had 500 vouches I would trust them more. This also wasn't meant about globals, etc. This also isn't me complaining. Can see that I didn't start the rants on this thread either.

To pun, there's very many people that go first on numerous wu trades with me daily if your pointing me out in this whole thing that you said. I believe you are.

 

There isn't a right answer to your question..

People will trust a mod over a regular member for whatever reason they want. Some people may be exactly like you and think that a mod isn't anymore trusted simply because he is a mod. You have your opinion of what trusted is (Many vouches) and others have their opinion of what trusted is. (Mod status, for example)

It's all about opinion. Everyone has one.

Take the bolded, for example. You, personally (Opinion) would trust a regular user with 500 vouches over a mod with 50. That's you.

Like I said- there is no right answer as to why people trust mods over regular members.

 

Most people who say this in their threads are scammers. There trying to make you think there legit and they will go first and not scam but really they won't. If a mod adds them to trade or asks to buy it they will make an excuse saying its sold already or something like that. Anyway the chances is that there not going to trade with a mod anyway, I know this isn't really an ideal answer to your thread but just saying.

 

I didn't intend to point you out I'm saying to a newcomer/ newer member vouches mean nothing when it comes to WU or them going first, they don't care about money handled or vouches, but if they know its a mod they feel more safe trading as they know the value the rank holds on the forum, and a forum such as sythe has new members every day which don't know the big names of trading so they feel much safer going first to mods+. Either that or they are in it for the scams, I'm not targeting you, I would go first to you in a WU trade and I'd go first to any mod or trusted member.

You have to remember it takes time to get to know the forum, being a newcomer/ newer member its a lot harder to know the big sellers and buyers of the market

 

Seems like you have a answer to your own question already and no ones answer can be right besides yours.

 

Thread's closed. No need to post any more. Look at first post, please. Like this closed if possible, thanks. Next person to post will be reported.