agreed. am only here a few months but it seems, to me, to be just the same couple of vendors over & over again. if I want a book, guitar or handbag - ill go onto another sale site. why are they even on here?

Finally now this is a good idea

i cant believe this still hasnt happened

what does it take to make this happen?

I think all the resistance against this is really 1 thing: people don't want to get posted ON, they don't want to be the subject of posts because it doesn't seem to have much utilty besides getting trolled on.

How about an initiative to clean up the initiative format?

yes someone needs to take the initiative on this

Yes!

Arguments Against
upvote here against the initiative

Just make thei author's links appear colorless/dead, that will be accurate and it says something about the author that deserves disclosure to readers.

Arguments For
upvote here for the initiative

When you make any post you are speaking in public. I don't see why your other public statements should be hidden, they are also public statements. As for others statements on you that is a primary mechanism of accountability here. Is there anything else on the page?

Maybe some kind of "context throttle" so you can't just dive into a person's life's posts if people feel sensitive about this but the real issue is vote throttling so access is not abused.

I think just a switch, close your page and then all your posts across the site are invisible so if someone has a panic they have this control switch. I'm sure that it can be abused but it need not be a permanent also a kind of throttle.

Funk shway, This is a great idea! Perfect compromise.

I see folks shitposting and hiding. Their victims are often sellers that can't hide nor can they retaliate. It's an invitation for trouble as this community grows.

I agree, as a self policing community we all inevitably become a police department. Like any cop I'm lazy and would rather have intrinsic crime prevention than get all into some petty domestic case.

Arguments For (upvote here for the initiative) DEADLINE 7 May

Absoloutly, annoymous buyers are subject to a bigger risk as they have no way to rate. Better of having a profile to prevent this.

There is no anonymous posting or voting on little biggy but for some reason people can click “buy” without registering, this offers no additional security (a throw away account is for all practical purposes the same risk) but creates several problems.

Buyers are subject to worse treatment as they lose the power to rate the seller.

Buyers get no reputation and never have an even hand in transactions.

Hell yes, I have so many customers that lose their temporary password.

OK you've convinced me :)

More ratings clearly makes a better community.

I agree anonymous accounts are a perfect example of security theatre.

Where does this stand?

littlebiggy should only record orders from registered users.

this would make a better name for the initiative, noobs will misinterpret what you have as a call for legacy identities.

Arguments Against (upvote here against the initiative)

I am for the idea but I have to vote against the initiative, it is terminally biased. Here is the problem: the "eliminate" option can not be fairly represented. People that don't want to register are presumably not registered to begin with. If they do register a throw away account for the initiative it will be a noob account with little weight per vote. I can't think of any way to mitigate this problem in the public format here. With biggyscript you could do a few things I suggest this approach or changing the structure of the initiative.

It makes people comfortable for their first transaction. Yes to keep buying this way is stupid and I understand the argument for preventing it, I just think it's a weaker argument.

This was voted down a while back, the consensus was why not let people do what they want.

when you post on little biggy or vote or list an item you are adding content to little biggy. buying on the other hand does not happen here but rather at a payment processor. apart from anonymized reputation there is no permanent content and thus no owner to assign the data to.