• @shalafi
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    181 year ago

    It was so much better before! When being a woman, or god forbid, being black, counted as serious criteria. Oh, and you best be friends with the banker. (Read the part, again, about being a white man, who was well accepted in the community.)

    It’s not a scam, it’s a step forward. Time to take the next step.

      • @[email protected]
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        -71 year ago

        Because there are standard metrics for where the score comes from. Each of the big three has slightly different weighting, but it all broadly comes out the same.

        The numbers aren’t made up. You can look at your credit report and see what is affecting it.

        • @RaoulDook
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          01 year ago

          Yep it’s not a mystery at all if you care enough to read about it. All these “capitalist dystopia” complainers sound like what I probably thought about credit scores when I was in my early 20s and had terrible credit from being irresponsible with credit cards. My credit score is 800 now because I simply pay my bills on time and have an established history of doing so.

          • @[email protected]
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            41 year ago

            Yeah, it’s not a perfect system and I would welcome increased federal oversight and greater transparency because it does have the potential for abuse.

            That said, it’s not numbers made up to keep the little guy down. Lenders want to lend money because they make money off it. The whole point is to determine whether or not you’re a safe investment.

            We could have a discussion on the merits of modern usury, which can be deeply predatory and abusive. It’s not the credit score that’s the problem.

        • @PunnyName
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          The numbers are made up, unless you can actually prove your original statement.

          Edit: oh, and since proving a negative is essentially impossible, you can’t actually prove your original statement, so I would recommend not making statements like that, and try to rephrase.

        • @Earthwormjim91
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          -31 year ago

          You think the people that scream about credit scores have ever looked at and analyzed their credit report lol

    • @PunnyName
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      121 year ago

      Just because it was worse before, doesn’t mean we can’t also make the NOW better, again.

    • Lols [they/them]
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      i dont see the problem with improving your credit score by sacrificing a virgin to the volcano every year, at least anyone can do it instead of just the well accepted white men

      im being unfair of course, unlike modern credit scores tossing a virgin into the volcano doesnt still put minorities at a disadvantage