Regarding why users who give you + or - rep not being shown, I don't know... I think it would curb on the rep abuse. I don't think there is a major issue on rep abuse right now though, because if there was the rep would be disabled of that user if they were abusing it. They would only be allowed to give + rep.
I think you might attract more people to your hosting if you make changes to your ad every week, because it shows you're putting in time to make some offers for your customers.
I agree there can't be a major issue but at the same time it only takes 1 person for what ever reason to dislike me or one of my posts to report all of my posts which aren't breaking the rules.
I respect your opinion but I don't agree. The fact remains that every host is offering very, very similar features and features that rarely change. I do update my thread every few weeks when features change but generally it's the same. There's thousands of things small to medium sized hosts can spend their time on but changing the advert each week is unlikely to have any impact. Also if someone has viewed your advert once and didn't purchase than there's only a few options:
1) They are not interested and carry on looking
2) They have found another host
3) They will come back to either the same advert or Google the name
I can't see many people viewing the same companies threads each week and those that do are unlikely to be offended by the same advert as the features, options, pricing etc hardly ever change for any company.
I do agree in terms of making new offers but even then for a smaller host time can be better spent in many areas to keep existing clients happy or find new customers rather than making a unique advert each week.
Jack
zomex, you have understood the rules correctly. Rule number 7 is for replies to requests, not ad threads.
If members would start to report things they find abusive instead of -rep we could sort out these misunderstandings of the rules.
Thank you for your confirmation!
Recently I got 2 negative reputation. One for user name change request (Reason: username fail) and another for replies on shared hosting request (Reason: Aren't you a Burst.NET reseller?).
So, I am requesting please enable ability to see who gives +rep and who gives -rep.
That must be very annoying but it's nice to know that I'm not alone in this.
It may not look like much but because I have the negative rep it means I'm loosing business/coming across as unreliable/having a bad reputation just because some users don't understand the rules!
The risk of -rep wars is what worries me about that. I think -rep would only get worse, but it's possible that some members would stop the abusive -rep if they knew the other member would know who gave it.
That would definitely be a big help
The most annoying example of bad rep:
- Someone was looking for a host and then accepted one of the offers. This was my response:
It looks like Occeanic meet your needs. Good luck with your goals.
Jack
I got negative reputation for this with the comment being: Hi
