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10-14-2010, 12:31 AM
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Originally Posted by TaeKwonJoe View Post
If they haven't done anything wrong then they have nothing to worry about. If they have done something wrong, then you're giving them freedom to keep on doing things wrongfully.
You are assuming everyone will always be honest. To use the last thread as an example, Jordan could have typed up those logs herself (I am not saying she did) and completely lied about his communication.

Originally Posted by TaeKwonJoe View Post
Yeah, you do get a full story. Someone may be lying, but it's pretty easy to tell who's lying and who's not. It's a hell of a lot more beneficial than a short sentence. No one is asking you to judge anything. Just give both parties time to make their statements, and if it gets out of hand then lock it as you would any other thread.
It is not always easy to see who is lying. Some cases are clear cut, but certainly not all of them. IM logs can be made up and anyone can say anything. The iTrader does not focus on an investigation, it focuses on how many clients of yours ended up happy.

Originally Posted by TaeKwonJoe View Post
I'd love to agree with you there about the iTrader, but it's simply not true. Anthony Bullock is a prime example: http://www.talkfreelance.com/itrader.php?u=1

91.4% positive reviews, yet a single thread which luckily made it for a period of time without getting deleted revealed who he really is. 91.4% positive reviews, yet he's one of the few members here whom are actually banned. Prime example of how the iTrader system is severely flawed and how much a single thread can be useful.
The fundamental problem with Anthony's iTrader could happen to the threads as well. No one would leave a bad rating for him, meaning they are either idiots or became happy in the end. If the vast majority of his clients ended up being happy the threads are the ones that conveyed inaccurate information; not the iTrader. Anthony was not banned as a result of that thread or any info in it, a member who had not even posted there came to me with proof that he scammed. The thread accomplished nothing.
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