Proposed change - Mandatory Location

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Time of Madness ( 552 )
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Proposed change - Mandatory Location

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Is it not possible to "force" people to input their home location. I'm rather tired of continually having to ask people where they are from.

I'm not asking a lot here I don't think. I don't need specific details like city and address, but it would be nice to force people to at least put down what Country they are from.

If you look under my avatar (which is a Canadian Maple Leaf) it lists my location as Ontario Canada. Even if it just said Canada that would be helpful to most users I think.

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Re: Proposed change - Mandatory Location

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I'd be totally on board for this.
I always trade using standard Bartertown practices (i.e., traders with a lower Trader Rating ship their items first, unless other mutually agreeable terms are reached).
I always ship items using USPS, and I always ship using Delivery Confirmation. You should, too.
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I would appreciate postal code too. :)
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Re: Proposed change - Mandatory Location

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I totally agree - it's even in my sig
Please be sure to list your location!
Saves everyone a lot of time.
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Re: Proposed change - Mandatory Location

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It's not something we've ever supported officially in the past as a requirement, and I don't foresee that changing any time soon.
There's a certain level of public anonymity we like to retain here. "Top Level" management has always resisted that as anything more than a suggestion.

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Re: Proposed change - Mandatory Location

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Then what about putting a mandatory location in a thread title? If you want to ship something, I'm going to know where it is coming from
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Re: Proposed change - Mandatory Location

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Time of Madness wrote:Is it not possible to "force" people to input their home location. I'm rather tired of continually having to ask people where they are from.

I'm not asking a lot here I don't think. I don't need specific details like city and address, but it would be nice to force people to at least put down what Country they are from.

If you look under my avatar (which is a Canadian Maple Leaf) it lists my location as Ontario Canada. Even if it just said Canada that would be helpful to most users I think.

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I always thought that was just a beer cap from the Case of Molson Canadian you were working on.

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Re: Proposed change - Mandatory Location

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optimusprime14 wrote:Then what about putting a mandatory location in a thread title? If you want to ship something, I'm going to know where it is coming from
That is the same as requiring a location.
I don't foresee that going anywhere.


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