There are a lot of users registered at these forums. It is hard for a seller or buyer to know if the person they are doing buisness with is reliable. I think a kind of system that eBay utilizes would greatly help anyone who needs to check the history of a client.

Just an idea.

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There are a lot of users registered at these forums. It is hard for a seller or buyer to know if the person they are doing buisness with is reliable. I think a kind of system that eBay utilizes would greatly help anyone who needs to check the history of a client.

Just an idea.


I can see it now:

Buyer:"Your hosting sucks!!!!"
Seller: Who are you?

:eek4:

Maybe something like when you make a good post, people can click a "+" near your name signifying you gave a helpful reply. (no negatives, or comments - just a point system of positives) (1 '+' = 1 rep point)

IMO, would be much more affective and would be helpful.

Not only that, it would encourage people to give helpful replys and not those "it depends" replys which I HATE more than anything.

You could always Search (http://www.webhostingtalk.com/search.php)

And find the previous discussions on this topic. :)

Lois

Well,VBB 3.0+ does have a rep system.....I wonder if they will enable it here :)

Hopefully not. I have seen it in use on another hosting forum and for the most part, it is used to "get even" with someone. I have seen those with a generally good forum reputation, "in the red" with the reputation system. It is just plain meaningless.

Maybe something like when you make a good post, people can click a "+" near your name signifying you gave a helpful reply. (no negatives, or comments - just a point system of positives) (1 '+' = 1 rep point)
That is good - and feasible - suggestion.

Hopefully not. I have seen it in use on another hosting forum and for the most part, it is used to "get even" with someone. I have seen those with a generally good forum reputation, "in the red" with the reputation system. It is just plain meaningless.

Yup , sensible people rely on research and not some kiddie system like reputation, come on even kids press that reputation button just for sake of fun. So doesnt give any solid information about the person , does it. And yes most use it to get even cause some host or user just points something bad about there hosting ,and flaming and rating sytem starts :rofl:

Hopefully not. I have seen it in use on another hosting forum and for the most part, it is used to "get even" with someone. I have seen those with a generally good forum reputation, "in the red" with the reputation system. It is just plain meaningless.I can understand that Jan!!!!

On another site im on,they bumped me down to -50 just for games (Thankfully the admin disabled it)

No, thanks. I vote against reputation system.

Hopefully not. I have seen it in use on another hosting forum and for the most part, it is used to "get even" with someone. I have seen those with a generally good forum reputation, "in the red" with the reputation system. It is just plain meaningless.

Precisely, that's one of the things that I was worried about vb3 coming in for, but thankfully the reputation system didn't make it in.

In many areas, it would be a good thing, but in a forum this big, and with this many indiiduals interested (primarily) in only advertising, and tearing the opponent company down, it's NOT a good thing to have something like a reputation system in.

Search is your friend ;)