So, Basically as of the last few months we've seen a sudden influx to people joining up, spamming 100 post count and buying Lifetime/Normal Sponsor in attempts to seem "trusted" or as if they were going to stick around.
@Tiber (not so much scammed on his latest acc, but was defo planning it) and @kalemscott are just two of the names that have done this and there are more than don't even upgrade and just deals in secret and end up scamming members.
What I propose is an application only marketplace.
What do I mean by an application only market place?
1) New accounts won't be allowed to trade in the market place other than purchasing/selling to people who have applied and passed
2) all accounts that want to deal in the market place will have to apply and pass screening.
This screening will entail activity on the forums / chatbox(for those who don't so much use the forums), The mods will search for linked profiles.
3) Depending on the scale of their plans of business such as flipping a lot of gold(not just few mil here and there) the Super mods/ Admins can be given a proof of I.D. to prevent them scamming and then coming on another account and trying it again as it will be in storage. I know this point won't be in favour for some, but those who're legit shouldn't mind at all.
4) In terms of Activity for point 2, you could possibly increase post count to 250+
All members will still be able to buy accounts, buy gold and vouchers from those who have applied and passed. They just won't be able to create threads relating to it until they pass the application process.
Obviously I feel this will stunt the market place a little bit, but I feel in the long run and once a lot of people have passed the right measures it will be a safer environment for all who use osbot for profit.
