Probably a solution for the "dubious coder" problem
 

Hi all

I´ve read the thread below about the dubious coder hate, who did nothing for the the money, his customer paid.

This is just a suggestion how this problem may be avoided in the future.
There are 2 possible solutions.

1.) vbulletin.org may set up a "proved by vbulletin.org" system. Honest coders may send their references to vbulletin.org, and the get an extra titel
below their nickname "Proved coder" , so possible customers can see at a glance, that this coder is honest

2.) A rating system like eBay may be implemented, where possible customers can see what other customers think about the coder.

yours

Markus

1) references can be faked

2) I think someone else just started a thread about this too :)

So what we need is a honest coder :D to program the "rating hack"

And if another thread about this should exist, please close my thread or merge the threads.


yours


Markus

I think the title ideal is good, I deserve one since I do so many requests lol :) But for real, the references can be fake, but I have had some satisfied clients actually post in their request when I got finished stating stuff like: Rick Sample does an excellent job, highly recommened, etc! So I mean those can't be fake! Just a thought :)

You can´t be sure, that a reference isn´t faked. If the users has more then 1 account, he may rates himself.

The only thing you can do is the same thing eBay does. To send a letter by post to every member who wants to use the rating system.

There will always remain an element of uncertainty.

yours

Markus

always remember, that the service request forum is just a platform to find someone.
It's not the main aspect of vb.org to bring together a professional coder with a customer.

that's why we won't change much here, as the main aspect is still free hacking community.

hello stefan

yes you are right. this is just to place where customers can meet coders.

but since there is a special area where customers can pay for hacks, there should be a suitable solution to protect users here from black sheeps

yours

Markus

Regarding your post:

1) We do not want to be an "accreditation" site. You can imagine the issues to do with this.

2) We are a volunteer hacking site. The Paid Requests forum is there for people's convenience.

I have some ideas though and may look into it.

I think this site should also look for the member's protection... I mean what can be done if members are ripped off by a specific individual...?

but also I think is important to think that this will bring alot of issues as erwin said...

maybe just activating the reputation system will help, (maybe not)... just a thought..

anyways, thanks for taking this issue in mind :)

I don't see how the rep system would help - you will get points for all sorts of odd things, very few will be related to how honest you are ....