BobTheCat
Apprentice
I'm not sure if this should be posted directly into Suggestions, but I thought it would get some better discussion here in the Blackmarket Lounge.
I am personally sick of all the spam, scamming and other garbage going on in the blackmarket section of this site and I know it has been going on for a long time, but I don't think that means nothing should be done about it.
While there are precautions people can take to make sure they do not get scammed I also think there could probably be other things implemented to help cut down on the bullshit in general.
An example would be having a minimum post count required before you can start a thread in the blackmarket section. I don't see any reason to allow people with <30 (or perhaps more) posts the ability to start threads in selling sections. Hell they probably shouldn't even be allowed to post. I understand post count isn't a relative judge to how trust worthy someone is as they could just go spam randomly some where, but having a minimum post count requirement would help.
Another thing to be used would be join date. Why not force people to have a month old account before they can even see the black market section. I'm sorry, but one month is not a long time to wait. There are plenty of other sections to draw users in. If one month seems too long then something like 2 weeks would seem acceptable too.
Imagine how much better things would be if people had to have;
1. 30 posts.
2. 2 week old account.
Imagine how much better it would be with;
1. 50 post minimum.
2. 1 month old account.
I'm sure this has been thought of / discussed before, but the more and more I try to do 'business' (Let's put it in apostrophes because it is more like 80% scamming bullshit, 20% actual dealings) the more I think a few things should be done to improve things.
I am personally sick of all the spam, scamming and other garbage going on in the blackmarket section of this site and I know it has been going on for a long time, but I don't think that means nothing should be done about it.
While there are precautions people can take to make sure they do not get scammed I also think there could probably be other things implemented to help cut down on the bullshit in general.
An example would be having a minimum post count required before you can start a thread in the blackmarket section. I don't see any reason to allow people with <30 (or perhaps more) posts the ability to start threads in selling sections. Hell they probably shouldn't even be allowed to post. I understand post count isn't a relative judge to how trust worthy someone is as they could just go spam randomly some where, but having a minimum post count requirement would help.
Another thing to be used would be join date. Why not force people to have a month old account before they can even see the black market section. I'm sorry, but one month is not a long time to wait. There are plenty of other sections to draw users in. If one month seems too long then something like 2 weeks would seem acceptable too.
Imagine how much better things would be if people had to have;
1. 30 posts.
2. 2 week old account.
Imagine how much better it would be with;
1. 50 post minimum.
2. 1 month old account.
I'm sure this has been thought of / discussed before, but the more and more I try to do 'business' (Let's put it in apostrophes because it is more like 80% scamming bullshit, 20% actual dealings) the more I think a few things should be done to improve things.
