In parallel with Trust Levels / Circles of Trust, and following along with the same general philosophy, I have a request for development out for a more automated Verification system
Below is an excerpt of that request
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I wish to implement a system by where one user can "vouch for" another user. This is indirectly related to my request for a Trust Levels or Circles of Trust function, but only in that it's regarding some kind of system to establish a basic level of trust for a new user entering a community.
The primary purpose of this addon would be that new users, when they first register, could be vouched for by another user for one reason or another. In this specific case, the person vouching for another might personally know the new user, or has interacted with them outside of the forum in such a way that they can confirm that they are indeed a real person and/or are serious about wanting to discuss the subject of the forum (and not just jerking people around, etc).
Description of primary function:
An example of value ranges on might set up:
Verification Record
A user's voucher value could be displayed on their profile page
A record of who vouched for a user could be created that could be displayed on a user's profile
Verification Tree
One could view what other users someone vouched for
One could view an expanding tree of the above
User A vouches for User B
Select User B and the tree expands to show who User B vouched for
And so on
Permissons
Can receive voucher
Can give voucher
Can give devouch (negative)
Can modify voucher
Can reset voucher
Can view others voucher value
Can view others voucher record & tree
etc
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If anyone has any further recommendation for how they might like this to function, please let me know!
Below is an excerpt of that request
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I wish to implement a system by where one user can "vouch for" another user. This is indirectly related to my request for a Trust Levels or Circles of Trust function, but only in that it's regarding some kind of system to establish a basic level of trust for a new user entering a community.
The primary purpose of this addon would be that new users, when they first register, could be vouched for by another user for one reason or another. In this specific case, the person vouching for another might personally know the new user, or has interacted with them outside of the forum in such a way that they can confirm that they are indeed a real person and/or are serious about wanting to discuss the subject of the forum (and not just jerking people around, etc).
Description of primary function:
- Each user has a numeric value variable for their status called Vouchers
- User A vouches for User B. This action increases the value of User B's variable Vouchers
- Upon reaching a threshold value for vouchers, User B is promoted to a target User Group
- Multiple thresholds could be established, promoting users through various User Groups as they accumulate Vouchers
An example of value ranges on might set up:
- "I have seen this person on another site" +1
- "I have met this person face to face" +2
- "I can personally vouch for this person" +3
- "This person is not nice" -1
- "troublemaker"-2
Verification Record
A user's voucher value could be displayed on their profile page
A record of who vouched for a user could be created that could be displayed on a user's profile
Verification Tree
One could view what other users someone vouched for
One could view an expanding tree of the above
User A vouches for User B
Select User B and the tree expands to show who User B vouched for
And so on
Permissons
Can receive voucher
Can give voucher
Can give devouch (negative)
Can modify voucher
Can reset voucher
Can view others voucher value
Can view others voucher record & tree
etc
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If anyone has any further recommendation for how they might like this to function, please let me know!