I had posted most of this before, but have changed it since. I deleted the previous replies...lets start over...
I wanted to update you guys on the trading system situation...
I have found an eBay style feedback system that I think would be very good for you guys. 100x better than what you were using before.
Here it is in action: http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/traderratings.php
You can play around with it, I can easily reset it.
Trader Ratings - A user feedback hack
Copyright ©2004 Jason Rabel, All Rights Reserved.
Features:
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• Rate another member: Positive / Negative / Neutral
• Specify Buyer, Seller, or Trade
• Leave comments about the deal
• Records date when rating created
• Specify a URL to the deal
• Display ratings over time
• Filter based on Buyer/Seller/Trade/or feedback they left for others
• Users can edit/delete ratings they left for others (time based limitation)
• Admins & Mods can edit/delete anyone's ratings (just in case)
• Stats page showing best & worst rated members, and recent ratings
• PM notification when a person is rated
Basic Info:
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The way the system works is very simple. The only part that might confuse someone is that the Feedback Score is based only on UNIQUE members (like Ebay). The system still tracks Total Feedback Received.
Also, there are simple checks in place to make sure users actually do select proper info and enter a comment. A user is not able to rate themself (obviously). Permissions for viewing / rating are similar to standard forum viewing / posting permissions. Also it checks to make sure users exist and all that good stuff.
There is a field for a link to the trading forum thread where the deal went down. This field is optional at the default, but we can change it if we decide to.
The Catch:
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There is always a catch...we need to decide what to do with old feedback.
There are ways to import it, but its tricky.
Feedback Score is based only on UNIQUE members. If we keep the system this way, I need Userid numbers (not names)for both traders, something i'm sure you havent been tracking. That means someone is going to have to look 'em up which is a lot of work.
The work around...
I can create a dummy user to leave feedback for all and import just the feedback scores for each active trader, but because that won't be feedback from a unique user, your Feedback Score will only be 1. The system will still display your total postive feedback, but it will not count toward your Feedback score. Bummer.
If we change Feedback Score to not be based on unique members, then we avoid that problem, and the dummy user method will affect your Feedback score, but the system is more prone to abuse going forward, since someone could easly create a seperate user account and jack up their Feedback score.
Now what happens?
I wanted to update you guys on the trading system situation...
I have found an eBay style feedback system that I think would be very good for you guys. 100x better than what you were using before.
Here it is in action: http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/traderratings.php
You can play around with it, I can easily reset it.
Trader Ratings - A user feedback hack
Copyright ©2004 Jason Rabel, All Rights Reserved.
Features:
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
• Rate another member: Positive / Negative / Neutral
• Specify Buyer, Seller, or Trade
• Leave comments about the deal
• Records date when rating created
• Specify a URL to the deal
• Display ratings over time
• Filter based on Buyer/Seller/Trade/or feedback they left for others
• Users can edit/delete ratings they left for others (time based limitation)
• Admins & Mods can edit/delete anyone's ratings (just in case)
• Stats page showing best & worst rated members, and recent ratings
• PM notification when a person is rated
Basic Info:
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
The way the system works is very simple. The only part that might confuse someone is that the Feedback Score is based only on UNIQUE members (like Ebay). The system still tracks Total Feedback Received.
Also, there are simple checks in place to make sure users actually do select proper info and enter a comment. A user is not able to rate themself (obviously). Permissions for viewing / rating are similar to standard forum viewing / posting permissions. Also it checks to make sure users exist and all that good stuff.
There is a field for a link to the trading forum thread where the deal went down. This field is optional at the default, but we can change it if we decide to.
The Catch:
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There is always a catch...we need to decide what to do with old feedback.
There are ways to import it, but its tricky.
Feedback Score is based only on UNIQUE members. If we keep the system this way, I need Userid numbers (not names)for both traders, something i'm sure you havent been tracking. That means someone is going to have to look 'em up which is a lot of work.
The work around...
I can create a dummy user to leave feedback for all and import just the feedback scores for each active trader, but because that won't be feedback from a unique user, your Feedback Score will only be 1. The system will still display your total postive feedback, but it will not count toward your Feedback score. Bummer.
If we change Feedback Score to not be based on unique members, then we avoid that problem, and the dummy user method will affect your Feedback score, but the system is more prone to abuse going forward, since someone could easly create a seperate user account and jack up their Feedback score.
Now what happens?