In that vein...
I would like to be able to see members who agree to be "verified" as successful traders. (or unsuccessful/beginners for that matter.) It is difficult to have open, meaningful dialogue with people whom we have no assurance actually know what they are talking about.
I would be willing to submit my official trade logs as verification of my trading abilities. In return I would expect to see under each user's profile their "rating" or just "declined to participate."
~reply from another thread~
"02-27-02 11:38 AM
That will never happen
There is no practical fraud-proof way to verify trading success.
Maybe tax returns, but that seems unlikely."
I would still be willing to give it a shot if it were at least time-prohibitive to cheat. Even a verified trader's words are still relative. If some looser has enough time on their hands to cheat... oh well. At least it would raise the bar a little.
I just get frustrated when I see the potential for communication and community this site could offer, get ruined by people goofing around.