Topic: Bitcointalk CEO, Please Flag/Tag Josh/Inaba/BFL as Scammers XXXXXXX (Read 2019 times)

Did you just use Ebay as an example?? You do know that system is one sided and broken far beyond this system.
ANY system thought up will be quickly exploited by those that seek "loopholes". People will game the system.

there should be a better way tho ?? Trust ratting are like gold in IRC/ebay ... we need to do something??? even tho I don't like what BFL/josh stand for ... I do agree with him on this ... Trust system is NOT the greatest here ...

being new to the site and not fully knowing how trust works here...

Could it be setup to be similar to #Bitcoin-otc?  Or is it already?

The same excuse was here 6 months ago on BTCTalk. They won't mark them as scammers because the trust system exists, unfortunately this is a pretty good reason.

Theymos (the 'ceo'-like creature last I heard) seems to be a guy of principle.  The platform he operates is quite free and open.  The platform offers services to scammers, and extra services seem to be available with the appropriate remittance.  This is a win/win for both scammers like Josh and the operator who has done quite well.  It is up to the users to watch out for themselves.  Sadly it takes a bit of time to understand the dynamics and newbies do get burnt regularly, but that is how things are supposed to work in Libertarian-land.

The flip side is that it is damn difficult to be censored on this platform.  Censorship is not a service that Theymos seems to offer to his clients.  That is why I say, with a completely straight face, that Theymos seems to be a guy of principle.  By giving everyone a voice and letting the users make up their own minds on who is credible Bitcointalk.org is a valuable (if harsh) resource and a net benefit to the ecosystem.

People who abuse the Trust system may receive negative feedback, no need for any tags to be given by the forum (for the same reasons why scammer tags are no longer given out).

Maybe you can just Make a new tag for people that abuse the trust system

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/marketplace-trust-211858

I think by that he meant not necessarily people who have DefaultTrust on their Trust list, but people who are part of DefaultTrust (currently it's sirius, theymos, HostFat, Maged, OgNasty, CanaryInTheMine, John (John K.), Tomatocage, SaltySpitoon, BadBear, escrow.ms).

What are "Default trust users" I'm not aware of this?

Leave Negative feedback for these three accounts:

Inaba: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=8198

BFL_Josh: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=63314

BFL: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=44366

https://forums.butterflylabs.com/announcements/8203-win-butterfly-labs-imperial-monarch.html

and


Leave Positive feedback for these three accounts:
    
Theymos: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=35
  
Dogie: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=87869
    
Bicknellski: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=76550

the latest from Josh

Saying that Bitcointalk is A BIG JOKE!



"I'm not, I just did the default trust people and a couple of the other more vocal hypocrites of the community.

 For the record, I don't think anyone is out to get me, nor do I think any of the staff has it in for me. I fully realize this particular bit was brought on by myself and unlike many of the trolls over there, I take responsibility for my actions. I just don't care what my rating is over there as the rating is completely meaningless. What will it prevent me from doing?

 Of course I win no matter what, the system is flawed which was my premise... what did you think, that I was going to go into an argument about something I wasn't sure of the outcome already? Are you kidding? It's not a circular argument - it's a demonstration of a flawed system. The actual results of the feedback direction are immaterial and not germane to the the argument. I have purchased ratings in a trivial manner and I have done so publicly. Default trust users are using it to voice their opinions on what they disagree with, not on any inherent trust in dealing and seeing as I've proven Default Trust is the only thing that matters, I've shown that the whole system is a joke. It's nothing but a popularity contest and if one of the Default Trust people dislikes you, you've got a permanent negative rating to most users and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it... no amount of positive trust from non-default trust users will EVER change your score."

https://forums.butterflylabs.com/announcements/8203-win-butterfly-labs-imperial-monarch-3.html

If they dont start with Scrypt asics i suppose they will lose market share.

That is unethical for sure. But is it a scam? I guess people that it had impact on need to decide.

People said this and said this and said this about MtGox until multitudes were blue in the face and yet, the only thing that actually made MtGox irrelevant was utter financial collapse. And at that time, somehow, thousands of people were screwed over.

Now if you take a look in Service Discussion you will see a poll thread where some 30% of respondents said they would put money back into MtGox if it were re-established.

In short, there is a hard core of marks that will always be marks.

Bitcointalk CEO?
Admin is the correct word...

Yep absolutely agree. The sooner BFL becomes irrelevant the better.

A NEW low for JOSH wowowowowowowo , Josh you will go down as the worst BTCscammer in history!

what do you think bitcointalk should DO!!! 



Josh will give u a Free Monorch to anyone who play His little GAME, Manipulating trust review.


Heres why i think they should be tag as scammer.
latest post for Josh:
"Dogie and Bicknellski are trolls on Bitcointalk, I figured it would be appropriate to use troll accounts for that demonstration. I included Theymos as well to prove that I have talked with him about the demonstration and that I'm not trying to hide or scam anything (not sure what I'm trying to scam here, according to Dogie, anyway). The good thing is, I don't need Dogies permission to run a contest, last I checked!
So don't worry about what Dogie says, his complaints are meaningless and the trust system will likely be removed/changed after we are done. The whole point is to show that the system can be gamed and twisted with minimal effort. Dogie begging you to remove the rating is part of whole thing... if he can convince, plead, pay, etc... you to remove the negative rating, then the system has been subverted, just like you are being convinced, pleaded with or paid to leave positive feedback. This is being done publicly to demonstrate what is possible. If this were done privately, either through a private system of communication or through a use of many shill accounts, one would never know it was possible or happening.

So the whole point is that anyone can use whatever method they choose to get YOU to do what THEY want you to do, whether it's remove feedback that helps guide others or to add feedback that deceives others.

Also - please be sure you click the "This rating is negative -- the person is not trustworthy" check box on the negative trust postings, otherwise it defaults to positive, which is also a huge problem with the system. (It should be a non-defaulted radio button)"

Last edited by BFL_Josh; 03-30-2014 at 10:25 AM.



putting bounties on memebers


https://forums.butterflylabs.com/announcements/8203-win-butterfly-labs-imperial-monarch.html