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personally i think so many people have been burned by other people in swaps that many are starting to not want to participate, or even host! (cause hosting means you are making extra customs when people go MIA)but just my opinion.
Sometimes the problem ends up being that, even though the host checks feedback, proper feedback was not initially left.I have checked up on feedback left by PMing the person who left it, and had them tell me they got the pony late but felt bad leaving and such feedback.
Quote from: jupiternwndrlnd on February 18, 2012, 09:46:35 PMSometimes the problem ends up being that, even though the host checks feedback, proper feedback was not initially left.I have checked up on feedback left by PMing the person who left it, and had them tell me they got the pony late but felt bad leaving and such feedback.This is a good point as well. I have recently looked at some feedback of people who I know have had problems in swaps before and it is all still glowingly positive, which is super misleading.
Quote from: NoDivision on February 19, 2012, 07:46:38 AMQuote from: jupiternwndrlnd on February 18, 2012, 09:46:35 PMSometimes the problem ends up being that, even though the host checks feedback, proper feedback was not initially left.I have checked up on feedback left by PMing the person who left it, and had them tell me they got the pony late but felt bad leaving and such feedback.This is a good point as well. I have recently looked at some feedback of people who I know have had problems in swaps before and it is all still glowingly positive, which is super misleading. Seconded. It's incredibly important to leave proper feedback, even if it seems cruel.
I recently held a poll about proper feedback. There were many mixed feelings but the general majority felt unable to leave appropriate feedback on the grounds that it was difficult to tell who was working hard and just needed to improve their skill, and who honestly just didn't care and slapped something together at the last minute, failed to read preferences, did not research a topic they knew nothing about and ended up with something inaccurate to the theme.
... one very bad, or at least disappointing (Disney Princess swap i think it was, i never received nothing, the host was MIA and my partner never told me anything about if she likes or not the custom i sent ) so yes, before joining any swap i check who is the host, who approved it, and if the participants are active, constant and if we made trades or sales in the past. At least the ones are options to be my partners.
If people are being disappointed so much, do you think that we, as swap hosts, aren't doing a good enough job of filtering people out and pairing up? If that is the case, what do you think could be done to improve this?
Quote from: Sarahlacewing on February 19, 2012, 09:50:58 PMI recently held a poll about proper feedback. There were many mixed feelings but the general majority felt unable to leave appropriate feedback on the grounds that it was difficult to tell who was working hard and just needed to improve their skill, and who honestly just didn't care and slapped something together at the last minute, failed to read preferences, did not research a topic they knew nothing about and ended up with something inaccurate to the theme. That's not the sort of feedback that is the issue, as that kinda has to be a judgment call that has to be addressed on a case by case basis. The issue is when someone is extremely late or doesn't ship at all and no one wants to be the first to say "hey, this person was really late" or "they never sent me a pony and never communicated with anyone about anything" or the like. There really is no good reason to not leave feedback in those cases and yet people fail to all the time. Then in the next swap the same people do the same things and make huge headaches for the host and everyone involved again because their last several partners never said anything.