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One idea: require invitations from other, trusted by some criterion, customers. But this would severely slow scaling.
by danuker 4y ago
One idea: require invitations from other, trusted by some criterion, customers.
But this would severely slow scaling.
- michaelmrose 4y agoYou could scale it by sharing it between businesses to help them identify the small minority of customers screwing everyone they deal with. I'm sorry sir we can't take your order because our records show that you already ripped off 6 other merchants in the last 5 years and we aren't willing to deal with you.
- benlivengood 4y agoWe could call it a social credit score and force everyone to positively identify themselves with government identification for every financial transaction.
- tlogan 4y agoThere is a company for that: https://www.theretailequation.com/ https://www.theretailequation.com/ They track customer’s returns and calculates a “risk score.”
- michaelmrose 4y agoI'm familiar from dealing with the employee side of this situation but I mean refusing to sell to the customer in the first place not merely refusing their refund.
- prmoustache 4y agoThat would be illegal in some countries.
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- 2143 4y agoWhat if somebody just moves into a new country and they don't know anybody to vouch for them? I once moved to USA as a student and didn't know anybody for a while. And being the introvert that I am, I had trouble making friends. (Off topic: years later I returned "back to your (my) country”)
- danuker 4y agoMake acquaintances on the Internet. You can get to know someone enough to know they're not a scammer.