Greenwood2
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Post by Greenwood2 on Jun 27, 2019 17:27:15 GMT
A real verification method would need to involve the operators of the lendy.co.uk website, as that's the only authority that can definitively confirm whether someone is in fact a lender.
A mechanism involving an authentication token could be used to avoid either site sharing personal information with the other, but require the user to be able to confirm they logged into the lendy.co.uk website as an investor [with an investment in a specific loan] in order to be able to access certain content. There are certainly other services in existence that allow authentication via one website to be used for logging into another, without sharing the login credentials or personal information with the other site... I don't know the detail of how those work, but that could be a model to follow.
For logged-in users of LAG website, perhaps it could record against their profile which attributes have been authenticated [allowing that authentication to be retained in the future even if the operators of the lendy.co.uk website later stop co-operating], but it could also allow for a "browse only" mode for authenticated users of the lendy.co.uk website who are not [yet] willing to share personal information with the LAG website. No it wouldn't. I've already suggested a verification method on LAG which doesn't require any information from the administrators, and also prevents them and any non-investors from accessing restricted areas. So is it open to anyone or are you tightening up security to prevent non-lenders getting in? We welcome everyone and we don't. Some mixed messages in this thread.
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ilmoro
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Post by ilmoro on Jun 27, 2019 17:30:51 GMT
No it wouldn't. I've already suggested a verification method on LAG which doesn't require any information from the administrators, and also prevents them and any non-investors from accessing restricted areas. So is it open to anyone or are you tightening up security to prevent non-lenders getting in? We welcome everyone and we don't. Some mixed messages in this thread. I think its very clear. Its/it will be open to everyone except the bits that arent/wont be. Same as here.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2019 18:24:05 GMT
To ensure we have an area not visible to borrowers, and where the communal discussion can take place without non-investors skewing the course of communications, such as our good friend dovap who posted above, but isn't actually a Lendy investor. Given you claim you are not a LAG admin I wonder what makes you state " dovap " isn't a Lendy investor? As a member of this forum I wouldn't have a clue whether they are a Lendy investor or not, or indeed even if they are a P2P investor. Furthermore, even if I should know by chance I certainly wouldn't be making public posts about it. I do hope there has been no breach of privacy here by the LAG "staff"? His posting history makes that abundantly clear.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2019 18:24:41 GMT
No it wouldn't. I've already suggested a verification method on LAG which doesn't require any information from the administrators, and also prevents them and any non-investors from accessing restricted areas. So is it open to anyone or are you tightening up security to prevent non-lenders getting in? We welcome everyone and we don't. Some mixed messages in this thread. I think you're being intentionally difficult.
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Monetus
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Post by Monetus on Jun 27, 2019 18:25:58 GMT
The website. I thought it was as @mfry says, restricted to registered users, but then I saw guests disntinguished from registered users. No idea who or what they are. Yeah, I realise I was probably asking the wrong person  , thanks for clarifying though - guests here are all unregistered (or not logged in) and just viewing the forum. I assumed a bit similar but it sounds a bit odd to have people viewing if you have to log in to see it - perhaps it's the "staff"?
Actually I had hoped it meant they were (as Monetus claimed) going to be a public site so you could view rather than necessarily log in - if all and sundry can join I really don't understand why the entire thing needs to be cloaked in secrecy and private/closed groups?
In Edit: just seen Monetus 's explanation - bit odd and creepy, but at least clear. May I ask how the LAG website differs from DD Central? This is a genuine question as you seem to have a real issue with LAG in general for some reason based on your recent comments. Why isn't DD Central open to "all and sundry" like you say LAG should be? You are clearly someone who supports all information being publicly accessible across the whole internet rather than being hidden away in "private portals"? In fact the barrier to entry for DD Central is significantly higher as you need to make at least 50 posts in order to access this private/closed off part of the "deep web"? Quite simply the site isn't 100% public because borrowers/assets will be named (against forum rules here) and there may be some material that posters will not want to be "wide open" or indexed by search engines. That's really it. No big conspiracy. No mysterious agenda. I really don't think it's that big of a deal to ask anyone interested to register for a website in 2019 and it certainly doesn't make the entire thing "cloaked in secrecy" either. It's actually fairly standard practice.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2019 18:31:01 GMT
It's because they're not happy at the prospect of the discussion being moved away from this general P2P site into a specific Lendy forum. Less traffic, less influence, less ad impressions & click through etc.
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iRobot
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Post by iRobot on Jun 27, 2019 18:53:06 GMT
It's because they're not happy at the prospect of the discussion being moved away from this general P2P site into a specific Lendy forum. Less traffic, less influence, less ad impressions & click through etc. Who are 'they'? What is 'their' beneficial relationship to the traffic, ad impressions, click thru's etc?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2019 18:55:01 GMT
It's because they're not happy at the prospect of the discussion being moved away from this general P2P site into a specific Lendy forum. Less traffic, less influence, less ad impressions & click through etc. Who are 'they'? What is 'their' beneficial relationship to the traffic, ad impressions, click thru's etc? The owner of the AdWords account serving advertising content to this forum, and revenue from a "pro" subscription.
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iRobot
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Post by iRobot on Jun 27, 2019 19:06:44 GMT
Who are 'they'? What is 'their' beneficial relationship to the traffic, ad impressions, click thru's etc? , a nd revenue from a "pro" subscription. So ProBoards themselves? This: what revenue, from whom and to whom?
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dovap
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Post by dovap on Jun 27, 2019 19:09:57 GMT
Given you claim you are not a LAG admin I wonder what makes you state " dovap " isn't a Lendy investor? As a member of this forum I wouldn't have a clue whether they are a Lendy investor or not, or indeed even if they are a P2P investor. Furthermore, even if I should know by chance I certainly wouldn't be making public posts about it. I do hope there has been no breach of privacy here by the LAG "staff"? His posting history makes that abundantly clear. checked my posting history to conclude I'm not in Lendy - I thought you were just a bit of bell but thanks for confirming that you're hard of understanding also sad
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2019 19:10:15 GMT
The owner of the AdWords account serving advertising content to this forum, a nd revenue from a "pro" subscription. So ProBoards themselves? This: what revenue, from whom and to whom? Don't you have anything more constructive to do instead of trolling this thread?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2019 19:11:27 GMT
His posting history makes that abundantly clear. checked my posting history to conclude I'm not in Lendy - I thought you were just a bit of bell but thanks for confirming that you're hard of understanding also sad Do you also have nothing better to be doing with your time?
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iRobot
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Post by iRobot on Jun 27, 2019 19:13:29 GMT
This: So ProBoards themselves? This: what revenue, from whom and to whom? Don't you have anything more constructive to do instead of trolling this thread? Not trolling just asking you to support your statement. Can you? (I'm of the opinion that no-one running a PB forum - either 'pro' or otherwise - can generate any revenue from that forum, but I am prepared to shown that I am incorrect and will happily admit when I'm wrong.)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2019 19:15:00 GMT
See my previous comments.
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ilmoro
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Post by ilmoro on Jun 27, 2019 19:26:52 GMT
His posting history makes that abundantly clear. checked my posting history to conclude I'm not in Lendy - I thought you were just a bit of bell but thanks for confirming that you're hard of understanding also sad I suspect your positive, complimentary & a trifle long winded contributions masked your involvement.😉
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, thanks for clarifying though - guests here are all unregistered (or not logged in) and just viewing the forum. I assumed a bit similar but it sounds a bit odd to have people viewing if you have to log in to see it - perhaps it's the "staff"?