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01.06.2006, 17:16 quote

Anonymous

people might want an option to not have a guest-book at all, just in case they don't regularly check their profile.

I've seen sites where people who have met the person are allowed to leave their opinions on the user?

Maybe only the user who's profile it is, can authorise people to leave comments?

Unfortunately, this could lead to people creating accounts just to leave comments on others'

Agh. I've argued myself into a corner. Very Happy

 
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01.06.2006, 17:29 quote

Anonymous

ligthmeup wrote:
I see where you're coming from, but the problems could be stopped by the admin. The guy who runs this site knows our IP address and our email. One account per email is how i think it is run at the moment, and just by looking at the IP address you could see whos been setting multiple accounts - and then the admin could just block their IP. Smile


Unfortunately it's not as easy as that, plus if you're behind a router, your entire network is sharing one IP.

Plus, not all IP's are static, and therefore they can change each time some people dial up.

But technicalities aside, would the administrator of the site want to police each guest-book for scammers?

I'm not against the idea, but I wouldn't really want a guestbook on my profile. I could see it being just another thing i'd need to check and occasionally clean up, so if it was approved, i'd want the option to switch it off.

 
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01.06.2006, 17:50 quote

Anonymous

ligthmeup wrote:
You have little faith in people, yeah you'll get a few dickheads who'll post shit on your page, but 90% of people who'll post will be genuine guys and girls. *shrugs* What else can i say.

If it were to be implemented i'd have a feature that would show your new messages on the top of site everytime you log in. But hey, it's not my site.

As for the policing: You'd give that power to the moderators, people can complain to them in a message, they will discuss, and act occordingly.

You see this as just a dating site, but i can see it as a community. We are all united by the same thing...


What makes you say that?

I don't see this as a dating site at all, I just think you're optimistic, while i'm a pessimist. You're wrong about the number of people who are genuine, there are no statistics saying how many people on this site are those who they say they are. In fact, i'd warrant a safer guess, especially on the lesbian part of the site, that the majority are fake accounts.

I have faith in people, but the people who hide behind fake profiles are a different matter, you've obviously taken my comments the wrong way - I wouldn't want a guestbook on my profile, because I don't want one! Very Happy Simple.

As for moderation - i'm not aware of how many people police the site, but I was under the impression it was just a single guy who responds to all reports and problems?

Of course, I could be wrong Smile

 
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01.06.2006, 18:05 quote

Anonymous

ligthmeup wrote:
Yeah man, if don't want a guestbook then that should be your choice. I'm on a site at the moment that has the guestbook thing, and it's pretty good. They do have people who create profiles to bash people and stuff, but it's not really that much of a problem - the community sorts it out Wink .

The moderation matter was more a futuristic look on things. At the moment the forums are seperate from the rest of the site, and so would be the moderators, if the two were combined then they could moderate the entire site. Obviously they would be in a position of trust, so you'd have to earn the right to be a mod.

That's the problem i see with sites like this - trust. If you gain it, then you're on to a winner.

Smile B-)


Well until sites like this install a half-decent proof-of-ID system, trust is always going to be difficult. Even if you insisted on faxing passport details, drivers' license etc - these could easily come from anywhere. And that'd discourage a lot of people from signing up!

Ahhh, as long as the option to switch it off exists, i've no complaint.

 
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01.06.2006, 18:07 quote

toby

Well guestbooks will come, sooner or later.

But if they are introduced I make sure:

(a) that people can decide to switch them off
(b) or that they have to appove them manually before going online
(c) or that only certain members (activity, number of messages/postings, number of "friends" or only friends)
will be able to make guestbook comments that do not need any approval.

 
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