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I understand that the Off-Topic section is for random banter, meme's, counting games, etc. but can we please get a child board and stick all the annoying reputation threads in there? I love going to the off-topic section but it's becoming more of a chore due to having to sort through all those stupid threads. If this has been proposed somewhere I apologize for starting a new thread about it.

Third thread about this; and yes, I agree.

Someday...

My apologies, can a mod please delete this?

Maybe if we have enough threads in here about them, they'll do something about them.

There's too much on-topic clutter in the off-topic board!

Yeah, I finally agree with this.

I think an entire child board in Trading Discussion for rep threads would be good.

I think they should just ban everyone who makes a rep thread. They're all scammers or proto-scammers.

What happened to OTC anyway?

The thing is it's no more off-topic as all these topics have the same purpose
Hence a new (sub-)board

I just throw them into my iggy box, got like 100 ppl on iggy already from last few days.

Yeah, after each transaction they ask if their trading partner would write something good about them, but IF the trading partner is actually satisfied with the trade, they would actually leave good feedback themselves.
Instead they feel the need to make a reputation thread, which in my opinion is not needed.

I find these reputation threads to be very messy ways of tracking reputation. I don't know whether I want to encourage them by creating a section for them.

Looks like they don't really need encouragement

Am I allowed to discourage them? I have some... shall we say... ways to make them unviable.

Yes, the off-topic forum has been ruined.

Please do something about this.

Thank you.

If its a reputation thread for a service they are providing, then move it to a service thread or service discussion.

greyhawk: are you suggesting posting in those threads that the guy scammed you?

What? Who? Me? Never.

There's much better ways to make these threads... interesting.

Well, at this point, they're almost taking over Off-topic. Their continued existence, it seems, is enough to encourage more. It's time something is done, either to remove them entirely to discourage them, or put them in their own section to corral them.

I would suggest putting them in a separate and hard to find section.

10 more rep thread creators added to my iggy box. This is absolutely insane. What I am noticing, When I go to ignore the OP of a rep thread in off topic, who ever replies in these are already ignored from creating a rep thread. I see a pattern here.

Traders who use reputation threads... use reputation threads?

Alright.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=129.0

Hoooray!

Thank you, Overlord. ;)

I feel the same as you do with the rep threads, do not really want to encourage them, but that was a lot moved out of off topic.
It's one of those things, [what can ya do?].

Least we have an option to ignore reputation thread, rather ignoring the users.

Thanks, theymos.

So theymos gave in to peer pressure.

I prefer to think of it as "listened to the wishes of his people." ;)

Cool! Please move this as well : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=183806.0

they are annoying, but there is obviously some demand for something there....

Is there a forum plugin that could be installed for "feedback" or karma type thing...

trade with person, click a + or a -
hide it away on the profile, so if you really want to see it, you can..

just an idea

That is a good idea, many forums which support trading incorporate that - more like +ve and -ve trade count, with specific comment option - but the downside is, it is easier to cheat unless the actual trade thread is validated. Almost all precious metal trading forums have this.

Karma counter is a bad idea, and I have seen that abused more than anything else.

We're not a trading forum, is the thing. Not really. For trading, there's Bitcoin-otc.

I think I got most of them, in off topic at least, there may be more scattered around.

Yeah.

I mean it just screams "don't mind me, i'm just setting up my next scam!" to begin with. I bet 90% of those posting are just scammers.

Don't get me wrong, there are users who aren't scammers and only use it to show they have done past trades. But, it's getting out of hand, and a thread saying how good the OP is doesn't mean anything. The OP could of just paid them to say it, maybe they lose out that way. But, think of it, when they actually do scam. It more than makes up for it.


If someone says they are trustworthy and shows you their thread, that DOESN'T MEAN THEY ACTUALLY ARE.

I owe you a beer.

Thanks!

Very nice, great success!

I use it and like it when potential trading partners have one. When I see names of people in a rep thread that I know and trust, I know my potential partner has a good history and is less likely to throw that away for a few quick scams.

If they don't have a thread like that you have to wade through a jungle of old threads, saves time.

But now that there's a rep thread area of the forums you dont have to be annoyed by it anymore :)


EDIT What seriously ? You ignore people with rep threads ? Oh well I guess you can't read this then. The problem with ignoring someone is that their threads still show up so it does nothing to releive your annoyance.

The notion that people with rep threads sockpuppit eachother is rediculous, most of us have a lot to lose. Finding good trading partners for altcoins is not easy you know.

it's a good way to keep track of each user's past trading activities. much better than having a .txt file that you paste into every selling/buying post you make.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=211858.0

There shouldn't really be a need for rep threads anymore.

Whatever happened to the good ole' web of trust?