TC Rules suggestion

Orderedchaos • 21 June 2012 at 8:51 AM

I can't be the only one who is tired of seeing this happen:
-You go to the "15 most recent trades" page and see some trades
-A few hours latter you visit is again and see the SAME TRADES, just reordered a bit

The "15 most recent trades" page has turned into "the 15 trades that uses keeping taking down and reposting", and its annoying. I have seen the same creatures in slightly different trades for days now. And no, its not just one person but several. There is no reason to keep reposting the same trades just so they stay on the "most recent trades" page. If someone wants the type of creature you have in a trade lot they will *gasp* search by species *gasp*. Your trade will be seen by people interested in it. And not continually seen by people who are just browsing the TC.

I propose that a rule is set that makes such repostings spam and people who are found guilty of it should get warned for spamming. And if you are a repeat offender you loose your trading privileges for x amount of time (where x increases the more you do it).

whispers • 21 June 2012 at 9:12 AM

@orderedchaos
It does get quite annoying! D8
Your idea is well thought out, and it is well needed.

But maybe after you take down a lot, there could be a time limit (like 4-5 days?) before they can post a lot with those creatures in it again?They would be able to offer them on lots, but not create a new lot with them. I'm not sure about that, but it's a suggestion 😋

cotton • 21 June 2012 at 9:30 AM

I agree!

arabianninja • 21 June 2012 at 9:34 AM

@orderedchaos
@whispers

I totally agree with both of you. The trade spamming really is horribly annoying.
Though I think waiting 4 to 5 days to put the same creature in a new trade is a little much. 1 day or even only 4 to 5 hours would already be enough, to keep such things from happening.

whispers • 21 June 2012 at 9:36 AM

@arabianninja
Yeah >_>
I guess 4-5 days is too much, 1 day sounds more reasonable.

syndrome • 21 June 2012 at 9:42 AM

@orderedchaos Great Idea! Maybe the punishment shouldn't be so strict though. I think they should have to wait 12-24 hours 😊

Orderedchaos • 21 June 2012 at 9:42 AM

@whispers I thought about something like that. But then you would run into the problem of, for example, person A with two lots of different creatures posted, person B coming along and wanting a creature out of each but not wanting both lots. Person A would have to take both down in order to trade with person B, but would be unable to a) post a lot with both creatures for person B (which is worked around by having person B post a lot but becomes tricky if they were offering ec), and b) they would be unable to repost the creatures they didn't trade.
@arabianninja 's idea of a shortening it to a few hours would work better.

Edit: @pirateseaz You would only loose your ability to trade if you got warned for it more than once. Which really isn't all that bad. If you keep doing something that you've been warned for before, then the punishment should be strict, to make you learn to stop doing it.

Deleted • 21 June 2012 at 10:33 AM

@Orderedchaos

I like the idea and I think it would be very helpful but what if you have a trade up, no one offers so you close it and then like 30 minutes later you decide to put it up again but ask for something a little less?

Orderedchaos • 21 June 2012 at 10:38 AM

If you are taking a trade down after 30 minutes because no one offered on it you need to learn a little patience, in my opinion.

The original idea does not involve a time limit between trades, it just makes posting basically the same trades multiple times a day count as spam. Because it IS a problem right now. Whether a time limit needs to be instated is up for debate. But taking down and reposting trades multiple times a day is a problem.