The Return of the 30 Days Rule - Possible Future Process Update

Talk Discussion in 'BeerAdvocate Talk' started by nmyers462000, Oct 22, 2015.

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  1. nmyers462000

    nmyers462000 Initiate (0) Oct 1, 2013 Florida

    First, great move going back to the waiting period.

    I'm sure the method invoked was likely the quickest/easiest to administer, and possibly code. But I am wondering if a possible future enhancement to this would be to make the 30-day wait begin once the user indicates their desire to trade and clicks on the agreement.

    It seems to me that a good portion of these issues stem from people getting ahold of a hot release and then realizing they can trade with just a few clicks. While making a 30-day wait upon site registration for the BA keeps brand new folks from signing up and immediately trading, it feels like the "waiting period" may not be in the appropritate place for those who actively seek to trade and have been registered users of BA. This would actually work for new sign ups as well, since the check-point would be their clicking the agreement to abide by trading rules.

    I know these things are all configurations or coding that take time and effort (and possibly $$$). Just trying to offer perspective that if we are trying to curb new traders from bending/breaking rules, placing the firewall after the trading agreement step would curb all folks that think they can trade the "whale of the day" on a whim (or whatever the case may be), not just people new to the site.
     
  2. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    This would require a considerable amount of coding and additional tracking. I don't think the effort for such a small number of users would be worth it.
     
  3. instagibmo

    instagibmo Zealot (613) Sep 30, 2015 Iowa
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    I hope I wasn't one of the offending rule breakers. But I am none the less caught in the crossfire. This isn't a request for reinstatement, but rather a question about previous and pending trade records.

    Were they deleted? Are they simply re-enabled once the 30 day threshold has been met?
     
  4. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    Your trade history (if any) will reappear once the criteria is met.
     
  5. instagibmo

    instagibmo Zealot (613) Sep 30, 2015 Iowa
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    Roger that and thanks for the reply.
     
  6. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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