Extend the deadline for the reputation removal & encourage users to update their reputation

[Kiri]

As I'm sure Mick understood the backlash this announcement would cause, I don't really have a reason to believe that he will revert the change based on a community poll. I understand the reasoning behind this change; however, I think the process could benefit from the two modifications to the implementation of this change.

• Extend the deadline for the reputation removal - 2 weeks seems a bit too short for many of the members to do what is expected of them to do, which is contacting each seller/buyer to update their reputation. I feel the whole process has no reason to be rushed and could benefit from a more lenient timeframe.
  
• Encourage each user to update their reputation - I don't think it's entirely reasonable to tell everyone to contact each person to get their reputation updated. There should be some sort of a nudge to each member to encourage them to update any reputations they have left previously over to the new system.

 

[Doge]

What there needs to be is a way for users to add proof which they've been given by someone else. This was even discussed by staff but yet it never happened.

Are we really expected to PM members which have been inactive for 1-2 years and expect THEM to add proof? They have 0 incentive to do so.

 

[Canis Lupus]

I agree with Doge. There should be a way to provide proof on rep given to you.

 

[Mick]

Back about a year ago we introduced some pretty radical changes to the way that we handle reputation. We made all reputation left by banned members be marked as uncounted in your reputation totals and disabled the reporting functionality to reduce abuse and targeted. The changes that we made were certainly controversial at the time, but looking back I'm a firm believer that the changes we made back then were the best that we could have made.

Our reputation system is very far from being perfect in its current state, and we fully recognise that. Since it's introduction we've changed many policies and spent countless hours developing new custom systems, such as disputing feedback.

At the moment we aren't planning to do any more development for our site until we can migrate to XF2. We're also not going to be making any changes to our policies surrounding reputation. Our system is stable at the moment, and making a change now when we're going to be redeveloping everything shortly isn't beneficial. Perhaps once we move to XF2 and have fixed all the bugs that come with that and have more time for some new development and to consider the impact that instituting new policies will result in.

Until then, I'll move this to denied. Once we migrate to XF2 if you feel that this is still relevant please create a new suggestion thread and we can look into it once again. Thank you to everyone for your support and criticism of our systems, it is definitely the best way for us to improve.

Thank you,