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Online marketplaces (like eBay) should mark all "ungiven" feedback as positive unless the buyer specifically opts-out of giving feedback (which must be selected on each order) or, obviously, leaves negative feedback. The current system punishes good sellers just for selling their items to buyers who can't be bothered to click through two forms on an email.

People are very quick to leave feedback when something goes wrong but rarely go out of their way to write a review when the order is fulfilled just as expected, this artificially inflates negative feedback. The feedback system I'm suggesting would counter this effect.

An order where nothing goes wrong is a "good" order! If an item you ordered arrives exactly as you expected, when you expected, etc., then the seller should receive positive feedback on their end, yet people rarely do so because they consider that the bare minimum. Counterpoint: Maybe so, but what's the "above and beyond" in that situation? The reality is that marketplaces require sellers to have positive ratings in order to succeed.

~~Unpopular preference, maybe? I've worked the title a few times but can't get it phrased as a concise opinion. Regardless, I think it still fits the spirit of the group.~~

SMS Texting in 2025 sucks. The overwhelming majority of "unknowns" texting me are marketing BS (that I didn't sign up for), scams, and other junk. It's almost at the same state that calling was ~10 years ago. Even besides that, texting a friend/family member to have a conversation feels so... wasteful? It's something I used to do and now never would. Anecdote: I also barely respond to texts at this point unless it's a direct question, "I'm at the store, do we need milk?" "Yes." Even still, half the time I'd just call them to say "yes." According to my cellular provider, I've sent 16 SMS messages since March 25th.

If I'm trying to contact someone, I always just call them unless I know they won't pick up and have told others to do the same with me.

Counterpoint to this is that some people think it's rude to cold-call, which is fair, but I have a good enough relationship with the people I keep regular contact with so that they know they can just call back at their own decision. Other than that, I'm only calling businesses/customer support, so it's a moot point.