Self-Moderated not only for that's a purpose, even a popular manager will use self-moderation.
The reason why they doing this because when the bounty is over the manager will doing a calculation stake so they will lock the thread until the calculation is over. The manager will unlock again when the calculation is done, sometimes bounty manager will give times for all participants to check the result or make a complaint about the calculation if nothing wrong at all he will lock again.
About scam bounty, you are responsible for your self when join the bounty for making due diligence from your self.
Topic: Bounty thread with self moderated lock - page 5. (Read 563 times)
It's no wonder and there have been many cases like this before. actually joined bounty managed by their own team has enough risk in between.
- lock thread bounty
- lock ann thread
- manipulate spreadsheets
- reduce bounty allocation
- not pay participants
- lock thread bounty
- lock ann thread
- manipulate spreadsheets
- reduce bounty allocation
- not pay participants
I would go one step ahead and say that self moderated thread especially of an ico or a bounty campaign should be considered as a red flag and such projects should be avoided both for investment and promotions, as simple as that.
Guys please be careful with bounty campaign threads that is self moderated by the bounty manager, it means you won't be able to ask questions or raise an alarm in the thread, presently it's what the bounty manager of ibidtowin project did. Most self moderated bounty thread are scam
Yeah, it is definitely a delibrate attempt from the project team to hide the facts and silence the critics, I think this option should not be available in the forum because it should provide freedom of expression to everyone in a democratic way. 
Not only bounty threads that are self-moderated are dangerous, but even more risky is when announcement thread is self-moderated with a number of fake positive reviews. This could easily lead into misinterpretation that this is a solid project, especially if you are a newcomer and do not understand it. 
Guys please be careful with bounty campaign threads that is self moderated by the bounty manager, it means you won't be able to ask questions or raise an alarm in the thread, presently it's what the bounty manager of ibidtowin project did. Most self moderated bounty thread are scam
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