I'm willing to take on a big task: Discuss: New Reputation Thread

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It is major catastrophe. You cannot make heads or tails out of it. It's very difficult to see who is who, who is doing what, who can you trust (trading wise), etc. etc. etc.

I am willing to make the effort to better organize this thread, clean it up, so to speak. I ask that it be shut down (if the thread ownership is given to me). The shut down time will allow me to go through well over 400 pages and over 8200 posts. As far as the shut down time is concerned, I cannot or will not make a claim as to when it will re-open (work schedule and life outside of this forum). I hope you can understand this. At the present time, I can give a couple hours a night to it. Hopefully it will not take an extensive amount of time in doing so.I will give my best attempt at getting it better organized and up and running again ASAP. I think it will make life a lot more easy to see if a member is on the "good trader list".

Thank you.
 
Why don't we just have a moderator close it down and start over, with the new thread a product of the lessons learned from the old?

Sounds like you'd be able to acheive everything you wanted to in a fraction of the time.
 
^ Works for me.

I'll start fresh tomorrow. Thanks 👍

EDIT : I can start a new one now, provided the other one gets shutdown so we do not have 2 of them working at the same time.
 
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Couldn't you use a simple fill-out form like Google docs? It could auto update so no need to edit the OP constantly. Just an idea.
 
This is good initiative but there is nothing wrong with the old thread other than the OP not being up to date. The search function is the way to go here, no need to update the first post. There is already a year worth of feedback in there. You should just take ownership of the old thread from GM.

Please do not close the old thread!
 
Outeke
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Indeed no need to start a second reputation thread.
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True, and isn't it possible for the mods to change the editing previleges from 1 person to another for a speciffic post? I think I saw something like that happening in this forum in the past, if it's possible then they could give edit previleges to Nicksfix for the 1st post of the old reputation thread, since he is willing to keep a reputation thread updated.
 
Totally agree with the 3 posts above mine.
No need for change, Why fix something that is not broke.?
Bye for now.:)
 
I hate when people "Me Too," but unfortunately, I have to. Even after official support for the thread ceased, we kept it going. Did negative commentary slip in? Yes. Honestly, though it was an extremely small part of the traffic in that thread. If no one officially linked to GTP is interested in policing trading or putting right what may go wrong (And I am by no means suggesting you should) then I don't see what an officially sanctioned Reputation thread does for us? Except maybe turn your life into a living hell of people telling you have their count wrong. As someone already said, use the search function.
 
Someone's got to do it though,and to be fair it helps new users (and lets face it we all were once) see who the best traders are.
 
Rob192005
Someone's got to do it though,and to be fair it helps new users (and lets face it we all were once) see who the best traders are.
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Do they? Why? No one has done it in how long and the planet is still turning? Would it be easier to just look someone up in the OP? Yes. Is using the search really that hard? No. And I might add it is something new folks could use some practice doing. With all due respect and IMHO. ;)
 
Yeah,true but some people feel good about getting recognition you know?;) but I certainly agree with that last bit.👍
 
Why don't they do a voting system that +1 or -1 to make things alot more easier?
 
Instead of having a new thread can we not have an amalgamation of the old and new.
The new owner (Nicksfix) then Has full control over the old and new and power to reconfigure the old OP to his liking and work on making what ever lists he see,s fit.
Rather than having the confusion of searching 2 threads to see who has a good or bad reputation and also another unwanted sticky in the marketplace.
Has stickys have a tendencie to be ignored by new comers.? ( Guilty has charged :( )
Regardless of what we say or feel it looks like the new thread is up and running and any reputation in the old thread would be ignored eventually.?
Plus I would like to point out what happens when or if Nicksfix moves on from updating the new thread.
Do we then move onto some one else who takes over it, Like whats happening now.?
Chat soon bye for now.:)
 
Having a scoring system is the worst mistake you can make with this thread.

Once people leave +100 the thread has no integrity.

Then you have people listing off people from old trades. No offense but if you agree to participate in this thread it clearly states this is a "Fresh Start" so why would you post old trades? OP could get that information from the old thread if that was his intention. If everybody starts posting long list of old trades how is OP suppose to update. One trade at a time is what your suppose to post. People will never do this correctly and thats the reason why you should use the "search function" You can write whatever the hell you want, there is no formal score, I strongly believe more people were happier doing it this way.

A number next to your name? Why don't we just whip out our 🤬 and measure?

I don't agree with changing the feedback system. I have been using the old system with absolutely no issue.

This topic should be up for debate with the community, not the decision of one member and one mod.
 
HOODFIELD
Having a scoring system is the worst mistake you can make with this thread.

Once people leave +100 the thread has no integrity.

Then you have people listing off people from old trades. No offense but if you agree to participate in this thread it clearly states this is a "Fresh Start" so why would you post old trades? OP could get that information from the old thread if that was his intention. If everybody starts posting long list of old trades how is OP suppose to update. One trade at a time is what your suppose to post. People will never do this correctly and thats the reason why you should use the "search function" You can write whatever the hell you want, there is no formal score, I strongly believe more people were happier doing it this way.

A number next to your name? Why don't we just whip out our 🤬 and measure?

I don't agree with changing the feedback system. I have been using the old system with absolutely no issue.

This topic should be up for debate with the community, not the decision of one member and one mod.
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It was up for debate though.
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=238959
 
I have to say that the moderators were a bit lazy when listening from me , A few months ago I asked GM to update the thread and nothing for him , then I PM'ed a moderator(can't remember which) and If I remember they told that it would take a few days but now that nicksfix told they listen to him :S
 
ajns73
Yes, and you can tell from all 6 posts that it was definitely debated by most of the people who trade and post to the old thread. Discussion? Really?
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Surprisingly not a lot of people decide to go to OTHER sections of the forum but if you do go there you may be able to find out other information regarding the marketplace.
 
Blitz24
Surprisingly not a lot of people decide to go to OTHER sections of the forum but if you do go there you may be able to find out other information regarding the marketplace.
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Which isn't the point nor was it your last point. Don't get cute with me. You claimed there was a community discussion BEFORE anything was done. 6 posts is not a discussion.

And for the record, I've made, on average, 1 trade per day for the last five months. I cruise the Marketplace all the time. I never saw that thread. Which, is not surprising given all of its 6 posts over 3.5 hours. So, I say again, there was no discussion of anything, and I add that if you expect someone to notice a 6 post thread that is at or near the top for 3.5 hours (which is being generous) on one day then you have way too much free time on your hands.
 
HOODFIELD
Having a scoring system is the worst mistake you can make with this thread.

Once people leave +100 the thread has no integrity.

Then you have people listing off people from old trades. No offense but if you agree to participate in this thread it clearly states this is a "Fresh Start" so why would you post old trades? OP could get that information from the old thread if that was his intention. If everybody starts posting long list of old trades how is OP suppose to update. One trade at a time is what your suppose to post. People will never do this correctly and thats the reason why you should use the "search function" You can write whatever the hell you want, there is no formal score, I strongly believe more people were happier doing it this way.

A number next to your name? Why don't we just whip out our 🤬 and measure?

I don't agree with changing the feedback system. I have been using the old system with absolutely no issue.

This topic should be up for debate with the community, not the decision of one member and one mod.
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+1 👍
 
I think we dont need reputation thread..Old was like chat site and new one turns same.(Its good for peeps who post over 100 post in day and can say after month wohoooo Im 5xdiamond member, wonder what a hell that marks) everyone can search user old posts and threads.Thank you this is my only reputation post in year 2012.
 
Unfortunately am boycoting the new reputation thread until further notice?
Why, Until there is a formal discussion on what people want rather than want is thrown at us and who should run it then its just going to end up like the old thread.
Plus what happens when Nicksfix can not do it or gets bored of doing it.
Congratulations to him for taking the task on but I beleive it could of been done in a better manner than what we have thrown at us.?

The old thread worked has people tended to just look through the last what ever pages to see who is a decent trader. No need to go see who is the best trader, has more than likely they have trades setup with people who are in there link of friends anyway?

"Example a trader who comes along who has traded early on here (Before I joined).
I didn,t know him, He had a rest from trading when he collected what ever and then comes back, So you take it upon this threads so called information that he,s alright, well am sorry but with not knowing that person I tend to do my own homework and look thru a persons profile see how they have traded in the past, Plus check on a variety of other things too.? "

9 out of 10 times people don,t even bother posting in the reputations thread and it doesn,t help a bad trade turn to good?
Has I have traded with one person then it has gone sour on a future trade?

Reputations and there threads have a false impact on the trading community has its about the trust of individuals to give that trust to the person you wish to trade with.
If it go,s bad then it should be a thread where we know who has turned it bad unlike some one who is good.?
I unlike others always send soon has, If it go,s bad then thats my fault.
I take it upon myself to trust every person here. Thats what the community is all about.
If you make a mistake you learn by it. You do not trade with that person again, But knowing if a person was bad beforehand I wouldn,t of made that mistake.?

The amount posts are taken into consideration when looking to trade with some.
The more there is the happier you are to trade with that person?

Some one having a good reputation still doesn,t mean they are going to be reliable.

Like I say there are many questions on this thread and how it works.
Like I have pointed out stickeys very raraely get read so what makes people think that every thread made gets read.?
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=238959
I would also like to point that 6 posts in my opinion do not make a debate.?
It just means that we have not been giving an oppartunantiy to see that thread until all decisions were made.?

I would also like to point out while people think we all read every area in GTPlanet some of us don,t. We only read what interest us as individuals.

Like many who come here and then have to pointed in the Direction of the A.U.P.
Don,t just take it upon yourselves that we are all aware of this change.
Sorry but until it appeared here in thread form that was my first knolwedge of it.?
And like many until a changed appears or get pointed in the right direction then that would also be there 1st indication of it.?

EDIT: Please do not get me wrong on this.
I definatly would like to see the old thread improved and I applaude what Nicksfix is taking on but I feel that it could be better done by merging both threads and improvements made in the new one rather than kill all what the old thread stood for?

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I would like to point that while people report on trades they have done, just by looking at an Original Post and someones score does not work, Has I tend to see who has posted and who they are giving positives too.
So that way I know that if its some one I have traded with and they have something good to say about some one else then that encourages me to trade with that third party at a later date.?

"Example Hoodfiled comes in gives positives on MYCARTRADER then I know at a later date MYCARTRADER is a decent trader?"

Simply becuase I know Hoodfield and he trusted MYCARTRADER, All went well. I take that trust from there and so on?

EDIT3: Please look in thread link and make your veiws known good or bad or just indifferent.?
 
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Apparently the new thread idea is going over poorly with members who felt they didn't have a say in the matter.
 
Blitz24
Apparently the new thread idea is going over poorly with members who felt they didn't have a say in the matter.
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Am sorry that you feel that way.?
Its not a question of it going over badly its more a question of it being thrown at us.

Jan 09 2012, 12:14 AM then 6 posts later. Jan 09 2012, 3:46 AM

And thats it.? All decided and no one is any the wiser until it appears in the Marketplace?

Thats the so called debate that we and many have not seen.?
Plus I do noticed that your all in America and thats also another issue why myself and most of Europe never saw it either. Time zones play a big part in the community.?
Sorry but while I appluad Nicksfix for taking the task on to do something about, At least give the community a chance to have there opinion on something they use a lot.?

Also from what I see too is that Nicksfix has had 1 thread in the marketplace and all of sudden he,s wanting to changed something that has been working for most of the community for a long time.?
If a trade came my way from him he would be some one I trusted not because of a reputation thread but simply because he has over 3000 posts and a history of being here for some time.?
That speaks volume over something written in a reputation thread.
And especially one thats been working fine for those who do use it.?
Chat soon mate bye for now.:)
 
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