Code Blue! in the Marketplace

[jsw]

First off, the mods can see really easily if somebody has more than one account, you just check the IP address records.

As alluded to above, this is easy to circumvent. From the comfort of my home, with varying degrees of ease, I could log in with at least four IPs. My broadband one, a dial-up one (now that VOIP is working again), one through work, and one through a friend's server. Any of those would be trivial, and that's just me. Wardriving would allow someone access to as many as they'd like.

 

[Macmaniac]

I think a feedback system is a great idea. I have seen it used on other vB forums to good effect. It would also be handy when handing out techno advice, that way a newbie would be able to see how experienced someone is when it comes to tech problems.

 

[tobefirst ⚽️]

One thing I'm waiting to see is a thread in the Marketplace where the seller specifies who they are comfortable selling to or buying from. Say, "I will only sell to avatar'd members." I don't see (m)any of those, but for those weary of the marketplace, it would make sense on an individual basis.

 

[thedude110]

Secondly, how could two stickied threads hurt?

Because they would violate the fundamental spirit of the Marketplace as it was designed:

"The reason we have our own Marketplace is that it provides more focus on Mac products and is convenient for members who already know each other from the other forums."

A feedback system presumes a membership that doesn't know each other -- or argues for a much larger Marketplace than MR currently supports.

 

[technicolor]

Because they would violate the fundamental spirit of the Marketplace as it was designed:

"The reason we have our own Marketplace is that it provides more focus on Mac products and is convenient for members who already know each other from the other forums."

A feedback system presumes a membership that doesn't know each other -- or argues for a much larger Marketplace than MR currently supports.

So you rather play pretend than face facts.

How many members post here, and you think everyone will know each other?

umm okay

 

[imacintel]

That would work too, or (extreme case) you have to pay a fee (like contrib status only it could be mp status, etc) to enter/sell inside the marketplace, kind of like sitepoint's marketplace does to place an "ad".

That is going a bit to far.

That is nearly like putting in the rules:

You can sell things in Market Place, but for 5 days you will be banned.

 

[thedude110]

So you rather play pretend than face facts.

How many members post here, and you think everyone will know each other?

umm okay

What you characterize as "playing pretend" I would call living by the spirit of the community. We're a community first and a marketplace second.

And if we have become so large that you don't know who to trust (and I don't think we have), then the Marketplace should be scrapped or limited to members who have posted enough/been registered long enough to know a few names and faces.

I'm done repeating myself.

 

[technicolor]

What you characterize as "playing pretend" I would call living by the spirit of the community. We're a community first and a marketplace second.

And if we have become so large that you don't know who to trust (and I don't think we have), then the Marketplace should be scrapped or limited to members who have posted enough/been registered long enough to know a few names and faces.

I'm done repeating myself.

the marketplace being restricted
isnt a bad idea

and it says on the front page that this board has more than 70K registered users.....
im sure some are dupes, inactives, or never post....

that is still alot of members
who could potentially utilize the marketplace
more than enough
for the knowing each other clause to be moot at this point

 

[rdowns]

At least I know what a 'through passenger' is

That was hysterical.

Up Yours ™

 

[rdowns]

Yeah, and that got negative feedback from people because it was stupid apparently.

It's still archived here if MR wants to use it:
http://amacgenius.com/portfolio/mr/

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No, it got negative feedback because you originally had a MR logo on the page and made it appear as if it were a MR sanctioned list.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/173520/

 

[jsw]

Locked per OP request.