Originally Posted by HigherFlyer
In fact, on ebay you cannot leave feedback unless you have completed an official ebay transaction. The current FT system allows ANYONE to leave feed back for ANYONE!
IMHO, even the ebay system is flawed. 99.9% of ebay feedback given is positive, in hope of receiving positive feedback in return. Ego stroking at it's best. For example, I have been an ebay member since item numbers had five digits (they have ten now). I have nearly 2000 positive comments, and zero negative. Clearly if the feedback system worked, I would have made SOMEONE angry enough to leave at least one negative.
On FT, feedback will be nothing more than another weapon for flame baiting. Do we really need that? PLEASE don't unleash this abomination on us.
I agree 100%, especially on the eBay part above. During my year or so running a full-time eBay business (I've been using it for a total of six or seven), I've gotten two negative feedbacks - and I don't think I deserved either one. Conversely, I know I've not gotten feedback on at least one transaction where if I had received it, it would have been negative. (A guy in the UK was mad at me because his government charged him duty and fees on a package - he insisted it was my responsibility to tell him what his government would do.) Feedback on eBay is only reflective of the people who actually participate in it.
Now, back to the FT side. If anonymous trolls were enough of a problem in OMNI, then they've got even more potential for harm here. And to me, this comment section makes it possible that *everyone* who doesn't disclose their name is an anonymous troll.
Mike