[๖ۣۜEnlightened]

Hi,

Do not take "Reputation thread" anything to do with the reputation system, no relation at all....

My suggestion is something like bitcointalk, thread such as: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=381041.0

It allows the public to publicly reference successful deals OR for HF's case any open deal disputes/marketplace alerts with the rule that in order to post a negative/deal with caution on their reputation thread a marketplace warning or a deal dispute link must be included.

Pros:
- Publicly displays the reputation (of those who choose to) of users on HF in regard to DEALS rather than the current reputation profile which not always relates to marketplace information
- Allows new members to easily access marketplace information about a user who chooses to make one of these threads
- Puts apart trustworthy users from scammers. Anyone who puts up a reputation thread obviously isn't afraid of their public marketplace reputation therefor it already shows overall good look for the user.

Cons:
- Possible miss-use (like fake vouches)
- Flaming (I guess that would be up to how strict rules are/moderated?)


Honestly I think it's a good idea...I would make one though I'm not sure which section is the best? (Marketplace discussions?)

Thanks

[Riyu]

Fake vouches and harassment would be a huge problem tbh. I think the way it is now is fine

[Vitani]

This will never get implemented because people will just abuse this with fake vouches and such.

As Sam said, this will do more harm then good.

[Egregious Jr.]

A big no. This would get abused like mad.

[AxiS JR]

Everything in the current system is fine, the only downfall at the moment is scammers and comprimisations. Personally I would have a passphrase implemented to all accounts, upgraded or not. The passphrase would have to contain six letters minimum, one symbol and one number; this would help a lot of compromisations. As to scamming, well we can't stop scammers because you never know when someone turns rogue, however, we can stop this by having a better section for deal disputes.

Although OP, your idea is pretty amusing. Best of luck with this.

[Bluffer]

Ideally that would be nice to see on HF but some features that are great for other forums would never work here. This might be one of those.