I have been a member of Digitalpoint for years now and I’m starting to notice there are a lot more scammers joining the forum. Now i don’t know what Shawn is doing with the forum but I’ve heard rumors that he’s not as interested in the forum as before.
Once an administrator of a large forum like Digital point doesn’t care what happens on his forum, it starts to die a slow death with corruption and scams. I’m not saying that’s whats happening but if your a member there I’m sure you’ve noticed it as well.
Another thing going on is mods going crazy with power. I have seen so many people banned for silly reasons. I mean a lot of these people make a living from sites like this and should really be reviewed when certain rules are broken. I know its hard to manage a big forum like DP but some sort of review system should be in place for members banned with 50+ reps on their account. OK well i guess my rant is over and I’d like to hear what you think on the subject.
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I hope this isn’t the case.. I’ve been on DP for about 5 years now, and I’ve met some great people through the site. I don’t frequent the site too often anymore, but whenever I want to find out the latest about a PageRank update, I know where to go.
sad but true the scammers know they can get away with it as long as the scammers are supported by DP staff it will continue
what makes you say they’re supported by the staff? what else do you think is wrong with DP?
Scammers aren’t supported by staff but disputes aren’t resolved by them either.
We’ve taken big steps to remove some of the “problem areas” like money exchanges because they were so risky. Why do you think Paypal etc don’t allow them in the first place.
Most of the scams I’ve seen could have been avoided with a little common sense, due diligence and use of escrow services.
It’s amazing how many sellers are outted as scammers but still people post “pm me, I’m interested” because they can’t be bothered to read the thread. If they don’t do that, what other checks are they skipping? And then they wonder why deals go bad?
If you buy something in a normal store you check out the product before taking it home don’t you? Why not do the same online?