Finally, now that I actually know what Trader Ratings are - I've been going back and giving positive ratings to as many people as I can remember that I have done business with on this site. I'm kind of wondering, also, if the BOI is even necessary given that the trader rating system exists. I wonder if a solution to this problem wouldn't be to make a few modifications to the trader rating system that provided folks with a little more flexibility in how they use it (not sure what those modifications would be - just thinking out loud) and conducting a strong campaign to raise awareness about the trader ratings system on the site.
In the past, I have emailed a link to my BOI thread to customers asking them to add positive feedback for me. From now, I'll just send folks a link to my user profile and ask them to give me a positive rating.
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