I believe it is all about how one see that forum. IMO it should be seen as a communication tool that is provided to vb.org members (coder or service requester), it is not a vb.org "service" we offer to "clients".
It is just like our help support forums: If you are stuck with a hack code, you ask help in our support forums and you get help from many members with different experience or background. You can even get a reply there that will wipe your board off if applied due to the inexperience of the poster but it is your responsibility to maintain safety. We don't close our other forums although there are incorrect or dangerous replies or hacks posted there because we are not providing any support service here but we are just providing a platform where vbulletin owners communicate with eachother.
I agree that trade ratings might cure such problems a bitbut it should always be considered that if someone gets a bad rating, it is not that hard for him to register a new username with a clean rating record. We had such members in the past who registered different usernames when they had a bad reputation here. As you know even we can not easily say who a new user was before if he prefers to remain hidden.
Service requests forum's traffic constantly increases so obviously it is useful to our members hence IMO it is not a good idea to close that forum. I also fail to see how your suggestion about a new forum will help the problem you mentioned here. Let alone curing it, it will just increase the complaints as people will start complaining about the hacks and services posted there as well.
09-12-2004, 09:36 PM
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