Originally Posted by
Scooter
Somebody started a thread recently stating that there should be a monthly payout report thread for USA citizens and a second thread for non-USA, since the USA's restrictions are much worse than anywhere else and an easy payout to a non-USA location could be an impossible payout to a USA location.
Thus someone in the USA could read that Book X is having no problems, then try to get a payout and find delays because the people stating easy payouts aren't in the USA. And someone non-USA could get alarmed reading about problems with Book Y, but then find out that the problems are only when dealing with USA citizens.
I had suggested about 1-2 years ago that posters should be asked, if they are willing, to state whether they are USA or non in their post.
This would solve the problem, and dual payout threads would not be necessary.
If others agree with this, it would probably be necessary to get a mod other than Lou involved - perhaps notify Bill Dozer or SBR John - because after I posted my suggestion, Lou responded "SBR cannot force posters to give their address". This demonstrated that he hadn't bothered to read all 4 sentences of my suggestion.
I responded that I had said nothing about FORCING posters to reveal it, simply suggest that it would be appreciated at the head of the monthly thread.
There was no response from Lou.
I would now suggest that there be a popup, asking "Is your location: A) in the USA?; B) not in the USA?", or checkboxes in the posting window with these questions.
It's tough for me to imagine that anyone would object to this (but if anyone thinks that it would be a problem, there could be a third choice, "C) Would rather not say").
This would make the info in these threads much more valuable to people in both locations.
If this is not feasible, then I agree with the monthly dual threads idea.