What is the new user swap limit and why does it exist?
All new users of Swap-bot start with a swap sign up limit and can only sign up for five swaps at a time at first. This limit lasts until they have completed five swaps (i.e. marked them all as “Sent” once their packages are in the mail) and received five positive (5) ratings from their swap partners. (The ratings can be from five individual swaps or all from one swap with multiple partners.) Once a user has met these requirements, the limit is removed and they can sign up for as many as twenty swaps at a time. We implemented this limit to prevent new swappers from over-extending themselves and to prevent bogus “scammers” from creating new accounts and signing up for tons of swaps with the intent of stealing swap items.
