Quote from: bolinao on May 24, 2019, 10:09:45 PM

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2929216.0 ~snip~

Thank you for that looks like I missed the last bump. It seems that these discussions tend to end with the idea of restringing these features to a rank as some feel they're going to be unnecessarily harassed.

Quote from: erikalui on May 25, 2019, 02:18:54 AM

I was a newbie when I tried to sell my gift cards and mostly all users who posted on the thread derailed my thread and asked me to sell my genuine gift cards at a huge discount as they were getting carded gift cards for that rate. To stop all these unnecessary demotivating comments, I made all my threads self-moderated ones. Example: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=928753.5
None of the comments I reported in my thread were considered off-topic and hence not removed. They troll you to an extent that you feel like giving your product for free. The self-moderated feature is a blessing in disguise for me.

Sorry you felt that was a tough go at it to make a sale. I don't see that thread as overly problematic, but I can see how you might have felt that way. The topics in that thread weren't off topic, but some may have been reportable as repetitive or redundant.

Either way it was in rereading this thread, I realize most has been stuck on the self-mod feature. It feels like people feel they are losing a right or something. On that note it seems the happy medium between the 2 camps as being revoking the "privileged" from lower ranked accounts. I thn kany step even a small one should be at least tested. This would deliver a blow to many of the problem threads we see.

No one really seems to be talking about the other feature which I feel is more problematic overall. The ability to lock and unlock a topic. Does anyone have a legitimate case use for this in the Marketplace?

Quote from: STT on May 25, 2019, 08:26:48 PM

~snip~ They have to get like 100 to step upto the next rank? thats like asking toddlers to hop through giant footsteps, the scale required on that part is probably incorrect but having some process new people must go through is really correct.

This was part of why I thought whitelisting individuals through an "Application Topic" would be useful. Merited or not a newbie could gain a reputation or show a need for the ability. Whatever the metric is I still feel even a small action might make it more difficult than logging in typing 250 characters or less to lay out the bait and hope to scam someone.

Quote from: akamit on May 25, 2019, 05:46:16 PM

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I don't think it will be unfair for them because if they are a genuine trader then they will easily rank up to Member and will get the self-moderation privilege.
If they are honest, do genuine business, earns trust from the community then 11 Merits can be earned in a short time I guess. I think members here will support those genuine traders.

If there were restrictions put in place I have no doubt that there are many members who do patrol or transact in those sections that would merit a good sales thread. There are already a lot that get dispersed in sections like collectibles.

Quote from: sandy-is-fine on May 25, 2019, 08:35:27 PM

~snip~ It is unfortunate but there are millions of examples in the "real world" of the good having to be inconvenienced due to the activity of a few bad. IMO it should be # of post limited somehow. Most scammers aren't going to make 100 shit posts just to be allowed to set up a locked scam for $20.~snip~

I like this a lot, it at a minimum requires them to put in some effort and time which most aren't interested in doing. They will also be limited by the cooldown period as well at first. Having to earn the privilege to use these features seems like a good compromise.