I do understand you D*G and it makes sense.
as you said how ever, Given that, have you asked yourself why, in over a decade of operation, no one has (to my knowledge), successfully challenged (in a legal capacity) the feedback system and the way it currently operates?
eBay use to once upon a time not so long ago allow sellers to leave neg feedback aswell, there for the seller could defend their character by warning other sellers of this buyer and how they may leave neg feedback with out making contact.
why not maker s strike system for sellers and remove feedback altogether, that way if buyers want they can select to not see lisitngs from sellers whom have X amount of strikes.
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From what I understand you to be saying, leaving a negative for a buyer that has left a seller a negative is a way for a seller to defend their character, and that by removing the capacity for sellers to leave a buyer a neg, a neg left by a buyer can now be construed as defamation merely because you don't have the right of retaliation?
I have to disagree rather emphatically, if that's what you're saying. Putting up a comment about the character or practice of another person, i.e. saying that they are a bad buyer who doesn't contact before leaving a neg, doesn't say anything implicitly about your own character, therefore does not defend it.
However, the feedback you leave for others can be a testament to your own character, and many here will tell you that they used to avoid sellers that left negs for buyers just because they had received one. And what of buyers who have left a negative after contacting the seller?
I'm not suggesting a buyer leaving a neg without contacting the seller to resolve the issue is ok to do, but at the very least you can defend against that by leaving a reply to the FB, which appears underneath the neg comment of your profile, not on the profile of another member. So if your primary concern is how your character is perceived by other members, you need to display your 'defence' where they will actually see it.
