Hello,
This topic has been discussed previously:
Here was our response:
Hello,
Fortunately, we are aware of the promotional issue, and we have been working on it. We do not treat Rob any differently than other enthusiastic members who have come to NamePros over the years and created large influxes of content that sometimes violates the rules.
We are in communication with Rob about this and working with him (just like we do all other members that have done this in the past, including you Frank) to help him learn the rules and post within the expectations of the community. He is making strides to improve. However, please use the Report link on any posts that you see where a rule has been violated, and we will take the appropriate actions. Your reports will help contribute to his learning of what is considered acceptable use at NamePros.
We appreciate your help.
As for the secondary discussions and feedback regarding Epik that took place in this thread, please move those topics to the
Reviews section if you'd like to continue them.
Ideally, we would like to move the secondary discussions from this thread to their own threads, but unfortunately, that would take an unreasonable amount of time. In the future, please create a new thread for separate topics, and if you really want it to appear in a thread that has a different topic, then link to it within that thread rather than discussing it in that thread.
Notice: This thread will be closed soon since it is a duplicate, so if anyone has anything final they'd like to add to it (or edits to make) before it is closed, do so soon.
namepros doesn't seem to care.
We care. We are being diligent. Some solutions are easier to find than others.
I would like to know what NamePros definition of "staff" actually is when it comes to a badge.
I would say it really needs to be an employee that draws a paycheck (above minimum wage).
I am not sure contractors or people who have some other sort of compensation arrangement are really "staff".
This is mostly at the companies' discretion. However, we only offer the badges to
well-known companies in the industry (e.g., used by or known by a significant portion of the professional community).
As a result, we trust them to make responsible decisions about who they grant permission to represent their company.
Interestingly, we have a lot of evidence that there are hundreds of employees of these top companies on NamePros without staff badges. There are reasonable reasons for that, such as the employee not using their NamePros account for company-related purposes or not wanting to be sent company-related support requests, especially if that's not their department at the company.
The purpose of the program is to enable companies to provide their audience with transparency and the most accurate, authoritative, and engaging information. Most importantly, it helps to prevent false representations (e.g., impersonation) because company representatives with a verified badge have prevailing authority and legitimacy.
Learn more.
No, I just wanted clarity on what "staff" meant as Epik appears to have a disproportionate amount in comparison to other much larger companies.
Epik has recently been more proactive about keeping the badges up-to-date than most other companies.
Epik is also hiring NamePros members, which is contributing to that.
Should come in and say what's allowed and what's not and these threads should be done with. Someone posted a thread like this last week and the mods closed it pretty quick, curious as to why this one is allowed open.
Priorities. Some times are less busy than others. We are very busy and threads like this are low on our priority list. Once we're done fighting off blatant spambots and fraudsters to try to keep the community safe, and other higher priority matters such as keeping the website accessible/online despite attackers, then we may handle things like this thread if we have time.
how many violations can accrue for any member, before NP takes next level action?
This is an excellent question and really should be in its own thread so more attention could be dedicated to it. However, the short answer is that is varies based on the situation and the automated system. The latter is often being tweaked and altered to try to improve it.
if I promote my names for sale in other members discussion threads, and keep doing it no matter how many times mods warn me, then how long can I do it, before I get infracted?
if I get infracted, then how many infractions can I accumulate, before I get banned?
Infractions are very common when we receive reports and determine that a rule violation has occurred. This is important for our internal record keeping. Once enough infraction points accumulate in a short period of time (because they expire), the member's account is automatically closed.
If we decide that a member is unwilling or incapable of following the rules, such as in your example, then we will restrict their account in a way that will prevent them from being able to violate the rule(s) again. This typically happens before their account is closed and alleviates the need for it to be closed.
We hope that helps.
