[Dean C]

Originally Posted by Princeton

a feedback / rating system can be abused - it will only create new problems

the best form of promotion (or selling your services)...
is to act appropriate (whenever posting), release great products, write great articles, and offer support.

your actions dictate:
- Who you are.
- What type of person you are.
- How good you work with others.

once you start doing this employers/buyers will start contacting you


TIP:
Large employers are often lurking in these forums - looking for qualified personnel. The actions you take here can make a difference in your life. By standing out, you will start getting offers too good to pass.

You are totally missing the point of the thread poster. It's the coders that are the problem in this instance. I have no problems getting work, and I'm sure most of the experienced coders around here are the same, as you point out. Good coders tend to attract good buyers, so I don't have the problem with them either.

The problem is with the bad apples within the community. Yes, a feedback system can be abused with inaccurate feedback placed, but you have the same thing on ebay and amazon marketplace. Why not make such a feedback system opt-in. Bad coders would soon disable it and have no feedback on which to base their experience, and good coders can disable it if they feel it's being abused for whatever reason. I think it's also important to do as ebay does and let the person to reply to feedback they recieve, but only once.