[Proposal] Make a system for newbies to pay a fee for creating a sales thread.

[Avirunes]

I see the problem is two things: locked self-moderated topics and Auto-Buy URLs.
Setting the rank and imposing restrictions on newbies will not solve the problem because you need 30 days plus one merit to rank-up.
Also, showing trust will not solve the problem.
I hope that the solution is related to trust as the main purpose of the trust system is the market & the solution will be as follows:

0: -0 / +0

 - less than 1 trust rate=  Restrictions on creating locked self-moderated topics and Auto-Buy URLs.
 - 10 trust rate= Auto-Buy URLs
 - 20 trust rate= creating locked self-moderated topics

Imposing restrictions based on trust score is a good idea but it also won't work. Its not that hard to get that much trust score and after that they will be back at it again. It will bring in trust farming issues.

Personally I am totally against auto-buy platforms (ofc they are convenient in using but they are not escrow and they mention that in their site, so whats the point in using such platform. only bcoz its convenient?).

[malikusama]

We all know how the marketplace section is messed up every day by newbies creating daily new accounts for the intention of scam and also when one of their accounts gets red painted, they creates a new one. Maybe a criminal mind individual has tons of accounts. Aren't we unintentionally supporting this?

Why not create a system for newbies to pay a fee upon creating a sales thread specifically for Goods, Services, Lending, Auction, Currency exchange boards and Marketplace (alt)?
If possible, include Marketplace otherwise, they will start creating threads in this section.

Please share your opinions on this matter. I think a lot of criminal minds will run away and won't come back again.

I'm not sure if this topic has been discussed before. Please refer to that thread if it has been discussed. I will lock this thread immediately.

Bad idea, a criminal will never hesitate to pay a slight few if his/her intention is to scam people.
Newbies can never be trusted either they are allowed or not allowed to post in these sections.
And the most worst thing is that many scammers buy high ranked accounts to build trust so they can scam easily.

I once suggested to not allow newbies to create new threads other than beginners and help section but unfortunately it wasn't much apprecited.

We have seen a mess on the forum due to many similar and crap threads, what i have observed that most of these threads are started by "Brand New" and "Newbie" members.
Just a suggestion that if there would be some restrictions for "Newbie" and "Brand New" members that they can't start a new thread on the forum except "Beginners and Help" section then i think this will help to keep clean the forum.
Share your views about this. Thanks

Anyhow it's your own practice to investigate before dealing with these people.

[r1s2g3]

I tend to agree with yahoo that user need to be cautious while dealing with others irrespective of rank. Asking a fees d0es not look good solution.
I guess lending section is worst hit where you find newbies asking for no collateral loans.

[Pmalek]

Anyone can scam and anyone can decide to misuse his trust and become a scammer one day and the rank doesn't matter. Setting these restrictions only on Newbies is wrong in my opinion. And theymos is right when he talks about newbie jail. The rules should be the same for anyone. If we want this community and the crypto movement to prosper we can't set restrictions on new members because it is counter productive to what we all want to achieve with Bitcoin. There have also been cases of high ranked members turning scammers so this will only prevent one group of potential fraudsters.