Banning the Sale of Minecraft Accounts

[Lotus]

Hey all,

Recently, MCM made a good step in the right direction by enforcing strict policies against resource leakers and those affiliated. However, in the eyes of many, it was a half-baked effort knowing that this site thrives on the Minecraft TOS violating sales of accounts (and the other range of TOS violating services this website facilitates). I wish to see the removal of accounts as a step towards making this marketplace a platform that actually cares about ethics.

Why would we want to ban the sale of accounts?

1. Legitimize the marketplace. The site hypocritically enforces Rule 5.4 by striking down those who violate product ownership rights heavily, yet turns a blind eye to the sale of Minecraft Accounts which violates Mojang’s TOS. Choose one or the other. Remove 5.4 and commit to being a black market, or equally enforce your own rules across all sections of the forum. Being inconsistent and half-assed only annoys the community even more.
   
   
2. Get rid of our most toxic and notorious members. The accounts market is saturated, comprising of crackers stealing accounts, returning ban evaders and is also the section holding the most linked scam reports often closing due to inconclusive evidence.
   
   
3. The site no longer needs to allocate resources to develop features and moderate the section. "Opportunity cost"
   
   
4. MC-Market will not die. By considering points 1 and 3, MCM can become an even better place for everyone and expand into even more markets. There are far more and far better opportunities out there.

Fun reads :

• https://www.mc-market.org/threads/81435/ (60% agreed)
• https://www.mc-market.org/threads/85005/ Announcement in the past for the removal of accounts.

The site doesn’t need to be plagued by accounts anymore. This site has a bigger future for itself by legitimizing itself into a community that leads others. Honestly, I shouldn't even need to be trying to convince everyone by explaining all the benefits of removing the section. This should not have been even allowed on this site in the first place.

 

[Mick]

I'll move this to pending for further consideration and preparations for implementation.

This is one of the most contentious topics on MC-Market at the moment and has been for the past few years. We want to protect our creators and provide the safest and best possible marketplace we can, but what it ultimately comes down to is the direction that I want to take MC-Market in moving forward.

I'm not saying that I'm removing Minecraft account sales from the forum right now, but I'm also not saying it's off the table.

 

[Mick]

I believe that this suggestion has had the most impact on the future of MC-Market out of any ever created, also making it one of the most controversial.

Ultimately, we've accepted this suggestion and Minecraft accounts have been removed from our platform. I think that this is a very positive change, and one that we had been working towards for a long time.

Removing account sales has hurt the number of users we have active on the site as many account sellers have left, but it is a good thing and has had no significant impact on our talented creators or enterprising business owners. The only people who have been hurt by this change are those who are involved in selling Minecraft accounts which they have no rights to do and are not providing any value to our community.

If you'd like to read more about our removal of Minecraft accounts, refer to this announcement thread: https://www.mc-market.org/threads/626993/

Thank you to everyone who provided their valuable insight towards this change. I'm excited for our future of the site now and the new direction we're moving in!

Mick