Should There Be Another "Trusted" Member Thread?

[Meanies]

It's too much work for what it's worth imo

[Immenseman]

i see where you're coming from, however what im saying is, you dont say that they are a scammer in the thread, you are saying how many people say they are trusted and how many people say be careful. so people can make an advanced judgement on who to trust

yeah but if you disliked someone who is trustworthy you might not put them on the list.

[Jordy]

Vouching on this forum is ridiculous, I've had friends on this forum ask me to vouch them in a thread when I've never even dealt with them before.

Vouching should mean you've personally dealt with them before and had a good experience, hence why your prepared to back them and put your reputation at stake. But in reality it's just people who get on vouching each other which means absolutely nothing and that's how so much scamming goes on.

[The Professor]

What happened to the old trusted trader thread in the runescape forum? That system worked pretty well.

[keister12345]

i know....

[Catzsy]

What happened to the old trusted trader thread in the runescape forum? That system worked pretty well.

I agree it did, Alex and the answer is I don't know. This has been an ongoing problem for years and if there is a trusted list I feel it would have to be for established members with a good amount of posts to their name and many + rep for safe trades as new members could do a fair few good trades just to get on it and then scam. This is where the problem lies. It is a difficult one to solve.

[keister12345]

Mabye there could be a middleman system
for example:

somebody wanted to do habbo for runescape
the middleman would accept the habbo
then the person would give the runescape
and once that it sorted, the middleman gives the person the habbo.

[The Professor]

I agree it did, Alex and the answer is I don't know. This has been an ongoing problem for years and if there is a trusted list I feel it would have to be for established members with a good amount of posts to their name and many + rep for safe trades as new members could do a fair few good trades just to get on it and then scam. This is where the problem lies. It is a difficult one to solve.

The limits of that system apply to any other trust based system. The poster above (sorry I didn't quote) suggested a middleman system but the same problems apply to that. Due to the nature of the trade being done where one person has to go first and give up something for nothing, there will always be the potential for someone to scam. In theory, even if we appointed nvr as a middleman and he was feeling evil that day, he could scam, and you'd think he'd be the most trustworthy person on here.

Its an unsolveable problem. Offering a trusted list listing people with a good reputation can help the person make an informed choice about who to trade with but ultimately there will always be the risk of scamming. Imo its far more responsible of habbox to support the traders by helping them make an informed choice than making them take a blind leap of faith.

A trusted list also keeps within the HxF ethics of promoting a good reputation but not trying to give people a bad reputation by accusing them of scamming.

[Catzsy]

The limits of that system apply to any other trust based system. The poster above (sorry I didn't quote) suggested a middleman system but the same problems apply to that. Due to the nature of the trade being done where one person has to go first and give up something for nothing, there will always be the potential for someone to scam. In theory, even if we appointed nvr as a middleman and he was feeling evil that day, he could scam, and you'd think he'd be the most trustworthy person on here.

Its an unsolveable problem. Offering a trusted list listing people with a good reputation can help the person make an informed choice about who to trade with but ultimately there will always be the risk of scamming. Imo its far more responsible of habbox to support the traders by helping them make an informed choice than making them take a blind leap of faith.

A trusted list also keeps within the HxF ethics of promoting a good reputation but not trying to give people a bad reputation by accusing them of scamming.

Yes I completely agree as long as the list is strictly vetted and monitored. Obviously this is just a personal opinion.

[Arch]

What happened to the old trusted trader thread in the runescape forum? That system worked pretty well.

People on the list began to scam.

Mabye there could be a middleman system
for example:

somebody wanted to do habbo for runescape
the middleman would accept the habbo
then the person would give the runescape
and once that it sorted, the middleman gives the person the habbo.

Well a middleman would have to be a Mod, and since i don't think any Mods play rs, would be kinda pointless.


Also, no i don't think we should have a trusted list, because no matter what anyone can be a scammer, its just what the offer is that will make them do it. Some wouldn't ever scam for like 30Hcs but im sure trusted members would scam for 10kHcs (obviously just an example).

Anyways if you wanna check if someone is safe search their previous trade threads, and check their vouchs, and PM previous people who have traded them. Obviously there is no 100% way to ssafely trade but just be careful and don't trade sketchy looking members?