New and renewed adverts without username & dates

[novioman]

Think the mods on here must be very patient people, the message to include username and date is so prominent on the forum yet new & renewed adverts keep appearing without them. Not sure how long there patience will last though. ??

[Cannonfodder]

Agreed. I would've just deleted them and booted repeat offenders

[Enid_Puceflange]

“Nuke em from orbit”

Said the new Janitor ??

[Jez_Armstrong]

I love how you expect airsofters to pay attention 

 

Have you been to a game day before ?

 

I don't trust 90% of airsofters with shoelaces ?

[Tackle]

My patience will last til Saturday probably, after that they'll just start disappearing........

[BenJackson]

In fairness I'm just being lazy with a couple of mine.

 

One thing I will say is, having timestamps makes selling a bit more difficult, as I use a lot of photos of stuff that I own...that's sat in my warehouse in Japan waiting to ship. I completely understand why it makes sense as a rule though 

[Jez_Armstrong]

21 minutes ago, Tackle said:

My patience will last til Saturday probably, after that they'll just start disappearing........

I'm taking that as a rule so I can start binning them too ?

[ButcherBill]

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Edited December 2, 2024 by ButcherBill

[Colin Allen]

1 hour ago, Jez_Armstrong said:

I love how you expect airsofters to pay attention 

 

Have you been to a game day before ?

 

I don't trust 90% of airsofters with shoelaces ?

Only 90%?  I only trust myself and my son and I am not entirely sure about either of us.

[Cr0-Magnon]

Members with 50+ positive feedback should get an exemption IMO.

[Tackle]

2 minutes ago, Cr0-Magnon said:

Members with 50+ positive feedback should get an exemption IMO.

There's been a few cases of members getting hacked & subsequently locked out of accounts, not many thankfully but enough to show it's a "thing", if that were to happen to a member with high feedback whos exempt from pics, what's to stop the hacker throwing up a few competively priced ads in the hope of a fast turnaround ?

[novioman]

Number of adverts on here have photos stolen and are appearing on airsoft hub, and the scammers are asking for ridiculous low prices to attract victims. 

[rj1986]

15 hours ago, BenJackson said:

In fairness I'm just being lazy with a couple of mine.

 

One thing I will say is, having timestamps makes selling a bit more difficult, as I use a lot of photos of stuff that I own...that's sat in my warehouse in Japan waiting to ship. I completely understand why it makes sense as a rule though 

 

You're just showing off now ?

[Cannonfodder]

44 minutes ago, novioman said:

Number of adverts on here have photos stolen and are appearing on airsoft hub, and the scammers are asking for ridiculous low prices to attract victims. 

I'm in two minds over this. While stopping scammers is always a good thing, it shouldn't be up to this forum to police their shitty site

[Tackle]

1 hour ago, Cannonfodder said:

it shouldn't be up to this forum to police their shitty site

Agreed, but the fact it happens is just down to the fact that afuk has a lot of decent members who won't, or feel they can't, ignore this shit.

[Cannonfodder]

21 minutes ago, Tackle said:

 afuk has a lot of decent members who won't, or feel they can't, ignore this shit.

Which I agree is a good thing, afterall nobody wants to see innocent people getting scammed. I just get the impression that the mods there don't give a monkeys whether ads are legitimate or not 

[Tackle]

27 minutes ago, Cannonfodder said:

Which I agree is a good thing, afterall nobody wants to see innocent people getting scammed. I just get the impression that the mods there don't give a monkeys whether ads are legitimate or not 

Which is why I don't use those kinda sites myself, mostly overpriced kit in ads that look like they were written by 9 year olds.

[Jedi_Master]

4 hours ago, Cr0-Magnon said:

Members with 50+ positive feedback should get an exemption IMO.

 

One rule for everyone, no exceptions.

 

A member who only comes on the forum to sell stuff should not be given preference over a member who actually engages with the forum but sells infrequently.  Single tier, simple.

 

[Rogerborg]

11 hours ago, novioman said:

Number of adverts on here have photos stolen and are appearing on airsoft hub, and the scammers are asking for ridiculous low prices to attract victims. 

 

And Martin Lewis appears in AI deepfakes because he's trustworthy.  That's not his problem to fix.

[GiantKiwi]

On 03/12/2024 at 11:03, Tackle said:

There's been a few cases of members getting hacked & subsequently locked out of accounts, not many thankfully but enough to show it's a "thing", if that were to happen to a member with high feedback whos exempt from pics, what's to stop the hacker throwing up a few competively priced ads in the hope of a fast turnaround ?

 

2FA..

[Tackle]

48 minutes ago, GiantKiwi said:

 

2FA..

Had to look that up, I do hope you were referring to the technical jargon ?, & not the nose bum thing ?

[novioman]

23 hours ago, Rogerborg said:

 

And Martin Lewis appears in AI deepfakes because he's trustworthy.  That's not his problem to fix.

It’s not, but if I can stop someone from being scammed I will. I hate these scum bags. 

[GiantKiwi]

9 hours ago, Tackle said:

Had to look that up, I do hope you were referring to the technical jargon ?, & not the nose bum thing ?

 

Yes, the technical thing - just enabling multifactor authentication would be a deterrent to spam accounts in itself, and also make it slightly less likely for accounts to be compromised (Not impossible, just a more difficult).

 

Maybe worthwhile considering requiring 2FA for access to marketplace, as it could be enough of a deterrence for scammers to not bother (would also make identifying repeat offenders easier theoretically).

[Tackle]

2 hours ago, GiantKiwi said:

 

Yes, the technical thing - just enabling multifactor authentication would be a deterrent to spam accounts in itself, and also make it slightly less likely for accounts to be compromised (Not impossible, just a more difficult).

 

Maybe worthwhile considering requiring 2FA for access to marketplace, as it could be enough of a deterrence for scammers to not bother (would also make identifying repeat offenders easier theoretically).

That'd be a question for @proffrink,  hes the technical boffin. 

[Kls77]

I apologize...... I just renewed some adverts without even thinking about the new rules ...... 

 

 

Will take myself to naughty corner ?