Yeah it might be a good idea if a user has a trust flag and at least 10 more supporters than opposers on it...
That would mean someone's ability to PM depends on who's on DefaultTrust, which varies quite a lot.
If a forum rule is created for confirmed scammers and is enforceable by the mods based on a certain criteria, wouldn't that make trust moderated?
Yes. And that's why I don't think this will ever be implemented. I'd like to see this implemented, but it won't help much anyway. A scammer can just PM
using a Jr. Member account without any negative feedback anyway.
The administration should find a way to disable those with malicious intent from doing their dirty work through private messages
I don't think it's going to help:
Honestly, I think that someone that naïve can't be protected.
There's another thing: this forum aims to be as free as possible, which is one of the reasons why scams don't get moderated. Another reason is that Mods don't want to decide who's a scammer. I think the Trust Flag suggestion is the best so far (apart from the variation in DT).
Quickseller[/quote] for instance has an active flag with many supporters, but I wouldn't want him to lose PM-privilages.