False Scam Reports Hurting Reputation

I don't think it does. It still gives off a bad first impression and it's unlikely someone who doesn't know what Sythe is will even read or understand what [RESOLVED] means.

 

Soft deleting isn't complex at all, and I think having it completely out of sight to the public eye rather than just throwing a tag on it is more beneficial to the accused.

 

The problem arises when other users start asking for reports to be deleted who aren't as prominant as R2 is - any information could be useful.

 

It shouldn't matter all that much whether the user is prominent or not, if the report is found to be false, then it shouldn't hinder their current business.

Even when soft deleted, they're available for staff to view at their own discretion. I think it's a win/win.

 

How long would it take to soft delete a few hundred reports?

 

If people don't take the time to read the scam report itself, then they really aren't interested in their own safety. People shouldn't need to have their hands held 24/7. This is a very important issue, and it is important that these threads stay in the top rankings of Google. If it hurts your business that much, perhaps you should start an online sped school.

tl;dr appending/prepending [Resolved] to the title is the best solution offered.

The time it takes to run one SQL query.

 

Agree, you can make minor editings, like change the ''username'' to user-name'' or simply soft delete (of course this would only be allowed when a user has a lot of reputation on Sythe).
If that thread was closed, no issues are going to happen anyways.

Imagine if you are a customer, you look up the product/service and that's what you get. Wouldn't you be worried/select an alternative? Yes, if customer does not take time to do his research, minor things like that can affect your business. R2 does a good job by caring about his business' digital footprint and doing some research. Sythe, as a forum where businesses offer their services, have to make sure that their services are well represented. At any time they could choose another forum to go to (as an alternative) and in that case this forum would not be as popular as it is (theoretically speaking). Sythe receives money from donations, ads etc (which mostly come from people who have some kind of business in the forum), so things like that should be taken care of.

 

Disagreed -

When I got banned Corey simply did a check via google and typed in bsgpseller scammer and he found a report that easily should have lead to my ban was discredited and if he hadn't been able to search that I likely never would have been caught, it's necessary to have these things accessible via searches.

 

Soft delete and search on Sythe.

 

More often than not it's users using old RaSc posts to prove something, not just mods

 

How is that relevant? These reports can still be checked by staff at any time necessary by a simple search.

 

Because of what Roary just said - it is honestly equally as common for regular users to notice things like this/remember these names than it is for staff members

 

Nothing is stopping them from contacting from a staff member if there is an overly suspicious situation.

 

Simple solution - edit the title, and make sure sure that username is mentioned in a post. In that case customer will have to read the source in order to see the username, plus the title won't be misleading.

 

Titles should be edited to must R2Pleasant Report or put in a place where it is only accessible through sythe. The issue is on google when a name is typed; it's umair and false title shouldn't be shown up there.

Even a solved r2pleasant scammed me report attaches wrong connotations to his username. If it pushes away even a few customers, I think he has the right foot a false report to not be seen on Google.

 

I agree with R2 on this one. I'd hate for someone to google my name and have fake scam reports show up. Because most people do not click on the link and read that the report was found to be false. I think what Roary said with the whole RESOLVED thing would do some good but often times searches abbreviate the titles, so it may not be visible.

Maybe we could add [INVALID] or [VALID] to the front of the titles after the claim has been assessed. This way when/if someone searches R2 or anyone again, they will see [INVALID] R2Pleasant Is A Scammer! [INVALID].

Just a way to one: show that things are solved and possibly save other mods time on reading settled reports. and two: fixing the issue of people losing potential business.

 

"[RESOLVED] -username-" seems to be working as "-username- is a scammer" doesn't come up that way

 

If they are false claims, why not just delete the threads or hide them?

 

Yea, I could see how that could hurt your business man. I agree that should be edited or hidden something.

 

Just want to say, [RESOLVED] is a bit misleading. It doesn't really signify whether it's resolved to the extent of the person being reported being banned, or whether the report is proven to be false/user is refunded etc - this is based of simply the title. Obviously reading the report would prove what is what.