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eBay is a great example of how charging money does not curve bogus, repetitive listings or fraud for that matter. A reputation system might go a long way and m
by webology 17y ago
eBay is a great example of how charging money does not curve bogus, repetitive listings or fraud for that matter. A reputation system might go a long way and make people more accountable.
- tghw 17y agoeBay is a great example of how a reputation system does not curb bogus, repetitive listings, or fraud for that matter.
- thras 17y agoWhat is the spam/gold ratio on ebay? The reputation system and the monetary charges do help to curb problem users. The problems are still there, but not as bad as they would be. Or as bad as they are on Craigslist. On the other hand, the Craigslist approach to fighting this sort of thing is "keep it local." But they've gone as far as they can with that.
- randallsquared 17y agoWell, of how their reputation system... There's a lot of room for experimentation.
- brazzy 17y agoApparently you have no memories of how ebay was before they started charging for listings. I have. It wasn't pretty. When ebay started charging, the howls and cries for boycott were loud and numerous, but fact is, the quality of the listings soared, and ebay's competitors did not profit; instead, they disappeared one by one.
- jacquesm 17y agoEither that or they were bought out (marktplaats.nl for instance).