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Proposal: Rule Change to Local
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thebold
MASS
Pandemic Horde
#1 - 2016-07-10 16:01:16 UTC
As we all know and as proven by someone about 5 years ago (or something like that Chribba maybe?) who did a study on Jita local (after CCP said... No bro those are all individual real people, not Robots) that it turned virtually anyone that uses local in these trade hubs are simply scammers/bots spamming at a ungodly rate with multiple accounts spamming the same `contract` with promises of glory and great worth/value for money.

Why do we not do something ever so simple, and suspend the ability for ANYONE to post a contract link into local specifically in trade hub systems, Jita .. Amarr (Insert Hub).

The only issue I can see to this idea is that people out there would say something like, But I want to advertise my contract in local, Well you can still send it in e-mails, corp, alliance chat or other channels you may be apart of, I am simply suggesting only a new rule to local chats.

By doing this we shut down 90% of the scam spam in local and perhaps reduce allot of the lag in Jita Local

However From a CCP perspective I guess Scamming is seem as part of the game (otherwise it would of been addressed by now...) and that if we think logically with the reduction in people recently) more active accounts scamming away ultimately leads to more real world ISK.

Just my 1 dollar of thought on the subject.
Ramses Davaham
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#2 - 2016-07-20 02:14:30 UTC
*Sarcasm*Yes lets move contract spamming to systems around Jita - namely citadels with market hubs - yes lets cause a crapton of eve mail spamming where certain key individuals have 0 isk spam filters set for diplo reasons.*Sarcasm*

I suspect you didn't put much thought into your proposal.

Back to the drawing board you go.

You want a solution? Yes delete contract linking - make a new browser for contract searching where can create ads like corporation recruitment ads. - however people will complain they want to link contracts.

If we can make the contract window more market viewer friendly....maybe you can talk them out of it.

This won't stop morons from spamming "literally anything" in local as it is.

In my honest opinion CCP should be more aggressive about spamming when it comes to frequency and WHAT is put in local. But that's me and my "5 cents"

-Ramses
Malcanis
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#3 - 2016-07-20 08:07:16 UTC
thebold wrote:
As we all know and as proven by someone about 5 years ago (or something like that Chribba maybe?) who did a study on Jita local (after CCP said... No bro those are all individual real people, not Robots) that it turned virtually anyone that uses local in these trade hubs are simply scammers/bots spamming at a ungodly rate with multiple accounts spamming the same `contract` with promises of glory and great worth/value for money.

Why do we not do something ever so simple, and suspend the ability for ANYONE to post a contract link into local specifically in trade hub systems, Jita .. Amarr (Insert Hub).

The only issue I can see to this idea is that people out there would say something like, But I want to advertise my contract in local, Well you can still send it in e-mails, corp, alliance chat or other channels you may be apart of, I am simply suggesting only a new rule to local chats.

By doing this we shut down 90% of the scam spam in local and perhaps reduce allot of the lag in Jita Local

However From a CCP perspective I guess Scamming is seem as part of the game (otherwise it would of been addressed by now...) and that if we think logically with the reduction in people recently) more active accounts scamming away ultimately leads to more real world ISK.

Just my 1 dollar of thought on the subject.


Just minimise local while you're in a trade hub. It's not hard.

"Just remember later that I warned against any change to jump ranges or fatigue. You earned whats coming."

Grath Telkin, 11.10.2016