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Post by mrclondon on Sept 23, 2017 11:47:10 GMT
Thanks for the votes and comments everyone.
We will indeed take this into account when we next review the board positioning, and in particular see if we can find space to put one of the newer, but popular platforms (for example unbolted) on the front page.
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dzo
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Post by dzo on Sept 23, 2017 18:29:26 GMT
What data do you have to support this? My AC and FS accounts AC and FS don't make your investment decisions for you. The whole point of p2p is that you decide who to lend to.
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btc
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Post by btc on Sept 23, 2017 21:50:00 GMT
AC and FS don't make your investment decisions for you. The whole point of p2p is that you decide who to lend to. They do hide information, such as if the borrower is borrowing from other places, such as Wonga. If we had access to this kind of information it would help with any decision.
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Post by lynnanthony on Sept 24, 2017 7:17:22 GMT
Wonder if something could be incentivised so that platforms actually contribute. It is worth noting that just because a platform has a rep doesn't automatically mean it's a good platform, just like a platform that doesn't contribute is automatically bad, but on the whole I would say there is a fair correlation between reps answering queries and overall customer experience. Certainly my favoured platforms have changed over the years in part because of this. So perhaps going away from listing the platforms in alphabetical order, and maybe by some kind of other ranking. I must be odd but I can find stuff much easier when it is in alphabetical order.
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Post by lynnanthony on Sept 24, 2017 7:20:11 GMT
AC and FS don't make your investment decisions for you. The whole point of p2p is that you decide who to lend to. They do hide information, such as if the borrower is borrowing from other places, such as Wonga. If we had access to this kind of information it would help with any decision. And you propose to base where a p2p company's discussions appear based on someone's (your?) perception of whether or not you think they hide information?
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Post by lynnanthony on Sept 24, 2017 7:20:53 GMT
It ain't broke. Don't fix it.
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JamesFrance
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Post by JamesFrance on Sept 24, 2017 7:37:57 GMT
Rating the platforms by post count does have the problem that the most popular platform seems to be equated with the one with most to complain about, so a new forum member who hasn't time to read old posts could easily get the wrong impression.
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invester
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Post by invester on Sept 24, 2017 8:31:26 GMT
Of course, any ranking system other than alphabetical/money lent would be on an arbitrary basis.
I wonder though if there could be a separate page on the forum which provides a 'league table' which summarises every lender on the site. You could produce stats like amount lent, number of registrants, also a 'rating' system (ratings given by the community), representative posts (absolute and by % of posts to that forum).
It would genuinely be useful and also be beneficial to the site as well as you could run your own affiliate links off it. I think the magnitude of the site would be such that a company with a poor rating may well decide to do something about it.
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Post by archie on Sept 24, 2017 17:09:19 GMT
Instead of demoting anyone, the main board could be increased to 15 platforms instead of 10.
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shimself
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Post by shimself on Sept 25, 2017 9:22:26 GMT
I must be odd but I can find stuff much easier when it is in alphabetical order. Cntrl-F does it for me nowadays
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