Ask for mcm user’s discord ID then use the API to get his most recent name#discrim

[Bug]

This should be super easy to implement, while I don’t think it will be due to the load on the devs, it should be part of mcm. If MCM had a field in the user’s profile settings asking for their discord ID, mcm could use discord’s api and get their latest contact info. This would stop cases such as skier’s ban, and it would GREATLY decrease scams if implemented correctly. And it isn’t too much to ask either, it would take me max a day to implement it back-end wise and I’m sure its not much harder to implement it front-end.

An example brought up by Jasmine:

 

[Bug]

This is already in place in the information part of your profile though. Updating your account where you have it linked is no different than updating it in your information section. It takes 2 clicks. No matter what solution we implement, the problem won't be fixed of not confirming on site and scams will still happen where there's impersonation. Additionally, I don't believe your "workaround" is actually a workaround that would not cause us to get rate limited just simply due to the number of users we have that can be clicking at one time trying to access that discord information. Then when profiles pictures need to be changed, that's another call, usernames are another call, etc.

We don't need to grab the user's profile picture, also I don't think rate-limiting would be an issue honestly. I've worked with the discord API and their limits aren't too bad, and even then you can get the limits increased if you contact them directly as I've said previously. My workaround would stop slowing down the site, also iirc user avatar-wise the avatar url is grabbed with the request for the username so it shouldn't be a problem either. No one is saying it's hard, this stops cases where users accidentally have old discord info on their profiles. Also, iirc this has been implemented on other forums before so it's not impossible. From my POV it seems like the suggestion would better the site, even if it only stops 1 person from being scammed I think that's worth it don't ya think?

 

[Mick]

Verifying on-site is not hard, but as has been said before many users who have been scammed previously do not confirm on-site, obviously if the issue was just getting people to confirm onsite it would be much simpler. Considering most people who do get scammed don't have much knowledge of the marketplace, they don't know about confirming on-site and even those who do, tend to ignore the whole on-site confirmation if they already see a discord listed on the user's profile.

Making it more convenient to verify on-site will not result in more people verifying on-site. The problem isn't a lack of convenience, it's a lack of education. The best way to reduce impersonator scams is to strongly encourage people to deal on-site, which is what we currently do. Spending many hours on custom development for something like this to only encourage people to deal on an inferior platform for deals simply doesn't make sense.

Finally, there is now a Discord ID section in your contact details which can be filled out.
https://www.mc-market.org/account/contact-details

Denied, thanks for the suggestion