I would like to suggest the default message that request a fee for whitelisting should also come with an info of this development.
That was
theymos' intention indeed.
For some reasons this might need a bit of clarity by LoyceV because, my idea of Vouching for someone brings me to the point of standing in for a shortee or like putting in your foot to say, I trust and what ever effect that might arise from this user can be pinned on me. I really hope this isn't the case because, humans do change and the user you vouched for might be good today but turns to something else tomorrow.
I added the "vouching part" because of
dkbit98's post. In my opinion it's quite simple: if you vouch for someone, you need to trust they're not a spammer. If you have to worry about what they might do later on, then just don't vouch for them.
Another issue I'm finding with Vouching someone is the fact that, from the way the forum works, you automatically project yourself to be studied against that user for the build up of a relationship. Either as an alt or merit wise and any evil at all. It doesn't seem so idea to me should tred this part.
If you're vouching for a bunch of bounty hunters, this might be true. But if it's
someone on the Collectibles board,
a vouch adds credibility.
This is the same as saying it's a personal judgment thing
Of course it is, that's all I can do. But I'm not the only one doing this, so if I don't Whitelist a certain user, someone else may do it.
there should be some sort of requirements to be a voucher, so everybody would have a chance.
I don't want Bitcointalk users to behave in a certain way to earn certain benefits. It's a bit like running a signature campaign: the campaign manager gets to pick whoever he wants.
Tagging a defaulter? Like oh yeh this user abused the whitelist system? Is it? Or is there something I'm getting wrong about your answer?
Well, if someone would vouch for a bunch of accounts that start posting malware, that would reflect badly on the user. But let's not get to that, this topic is meant to
help the users who don't deserve to a Proxyban. It's not meant to test the limits.
Do you know why we get whitelisted for all accounts? I thought that the link would only appear to newbie members, in other words what is the point of whitelisting high rank members.
For accounts with less than 500 Activity it also reduces the
time limit between posts (or reports). I don't think it adds anything for higher ranks.