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[FU22Y]

I'm suggesting this as i think it would be a pretty nice feature; basically i think you should add like a placeholder for example %User_name% for threads; basically so it goes like this for example if i was looking at a thread with that -

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Hello (players name)

then blah blah

blah blah
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I think it would make it look a whole lot nicer & overall a nice feature.

 

[FU22Y]

I don't care if you disagree. I see a reason if you do but it was just a idea i thought might be cool.

 

[Justis]

I can see this easily being abused and confusing our members with misleading contexts.
It's just another thing that would need to be manually moderated unnecessarily.

Also, please, please don't refer to people as "players"; we're not a Minecraft server.

Thank you for the idea though, it is interesting.

 

[FU22Y]

I can see this easily being abused and confusing our members with misleading contexts.
It's just another thing that would need to be manually moderated unnecessarily.

Also, please, please don't refer to people as "players"; we're not a Minecraft server.

Thank you for the idea though, it is interesting.

ah sorry just was making something probs why but thanks anyways!

 

[Ally]

I can see this easily being abused and confusing our members with misleading contexts.

Misleading contexts, such as...? It's possible to just click "Reply" on a post and see that it's actually a placeholder.

But aside from that ^, perhaps a different placeholder/s (not placeholder person name). I think they would be cool to have.

 

[Justis]

Misleading contexts, such as...?

Such as referring to people in conversation using the placeholder.
"So this guy {placeholder} scammed me $1000 today, what should I do?"
Or "Congrats {placeholder} you won the auction, please send your bid to <paypal> and PM me when you've done so, and I'll respond with the account details".
Just two out of a million possible examples.

Whether it's to troll or is malicious, it's trouble.

It's possible to just click "Reply" on a post and see that it's actually a placeholder.

It's also just as simple as asking someone to message you on site to confirm it's them before dealing, and yet impersonator scams happen incredibly frequently.
We cannot rely on everyone to be experienced/intuitive enough to make responsible decisions, and thus we must protect them through whatever reasonable means we have.

 

[lonemineah]

It could be a a different font automatically to see the difference

yeah or make it like color that you cant use normally so it can't be abused

 

[FU22Y]

Thank you everyone so far; I think it’s a nice feature also

Such as referring to people in conversation using the placeholder.
"So this guy {placeholder} scammed me $1000 today, what should I do?"
Or "Congrats {placeholder} you won the auction, please send your bid to <paypal> and PM me when you've done so, and I'll respond with the account details".
Just two out of a million possible examples.

Whether it's to troll or is malicious, it's trouble.


It's also just as simple as asking someone to message you on site to confirm it's them before dealing, and yet impersonator scams happen incredibly frequently.
We cannot rely on everyone to be experienced/intuitive enough to make responsible decisions, and thus we must protect them through whatever reasonable means we have.

Just use there @ instead or make it so if your in a conversation or scam report things don’t allow anybody to use it

 

[pace]

umm fu22y this isn't a plugin..


i think you got the wrong place

 

[FU22Y]

umm fu22y this isn't a plugin..


i think you got the wrong place

ahahah are you toy

 

[pace]

ahahah are you toy

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

 

[Mick]

I can see this easily being abused and confusing our members with misleading contexts.
It's just another thing that would need to be manually moderated unnecessarily.

Also, please, please don't refer to people as "players"; we're not a Minecraft server.

Thank you for the idea though, it is interesting.

Denied, thanks for the suggestion.