I personally saw it and posted what I thought in one of the threads, but this should not be a case for immediate alarm for most sig campaign participants.
If it is not a case for immediate alarm from most signature campaign participants then which are the minority that it is a case for immediate alarm?
It's not a must that participants should have an opinion on any complaint that comes up.
That is your opinion and I welcome it, however I disagree. That is the beauty of an open forum we can all express our views
I would say that at the very least, signature campaign participants should study the complaints against those that are paying them even if they do not make public statements to support either side to start with. After a scam or misconduct allegation is closed, signature campaign participants should leave the campaign if a scam has taken place or stay if no scam has taken place and/or a resolution has been found... or leave if they are not satisfied with the outcome.
In my opinion allegations against websites/organisations cannot be overlooked or dismissed by those promoting them simply on the basis that they pay weekly signature campaign fees on time, even with added bonuses such as in the format in which Best Change operate.
I believe some members don't even check on scam accusations board.
Yes that is true, hence my posting about the issue in this thread where all Best Change participants would be perusing in order to check there were updates as well as if they were in line for receiving the weekly bonus.
That is why I suggest Best Change signature campaign read what is actually being discussed about their service:
Openchange (Openchange.cash) (PARTIALLY SOLVED) SCAM EXCHANGE MONITOR: BestChange Most of the negative press was initially based on "
Guilty until proven innocent" If you were active when this happened. Most members who rushed to send them negative feedback had to remove or change it to neutral. A couple of scam accusations have come by, but even just as an exchanger monitor, they did try to resolve them amicably.
Well let us for argument sake say that happened in an amicable manner, that was the past. The latest allegation against Open Change via Best Change affiliate links was mentioned. The previous alleged good conduct of Best Change (in resolving scam allegations and other issues associated to them) was not raised here.
As for the thread you linked above, the very same thread has this post (#3) which also should not be dismissed:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.53602682And my reply to it (#63) making my feelings known:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.53617135In the same thread (post #61) the member states that the OP (that you linked above) demonstrated Best Change can add scam exchanges without proper checks:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.53616819Are BestChange.com scammers? If they are, please let me know.
I think the onus is on forum members who agree to promote a business, project or service to apply due-diligence before deciding to receive remuneration in lieu of promotion. When applying due-diligence, prospective signature campaign participants can come to their own conclusions about whether they are promoting as scam or not and whether they feel they are happy to promote the website paying them.
As for me stating whether Best Change are scammers, I not am going to say they are a scam but some of their practices are borderline. For example, they promoted a scam exchange (Open Change) and the incident was mentioned by the victim. He visited bestchange.com and found Open Exchange via an affiliate link on thier website. The user sent approximately $5000 worth of crypto which they withheld, only to release 90% but kept 10% for themselves under the guise of their highly dubious Terms and Conditions. They effectively are saying their ToS allow them to confiscate 10% of funds if they they deem the transaction to be suspicious.
And they did it here:
Openchange (Openchange.cash) (PARTIALLY SOLVED) SCAM EXCHANGE MONITOR: BestChange Best Change have not yet answered a simple question: Are they going to receive an affiliate payment from Open Change for 10% that they stole from the victim?
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.60513258Keeping this in perspective and looking at the current situation, I would not be promoting Best Change and would disassociate myself from them if I were on their payroll and that is only because my threshold is very short therefore for me it does not need to be an out-and-out scam for me distance myself from promoting it. Having said that, other members have their own threshold and their own criteria for carrying out their own due-diligence and come to their own conclusion.
Will any signature campaign participants post views defending the manner in which Best Change is operating?
I believe this is a choice, not a must.
You believe absolutely correct, it is a personal choice.
From what I can see, for now at least it is only Best Change that can force those participating it their signature campaign to make a public statement about how it conducts business on the bestchange.com website and they will probably refrain from doing so as it could backfire spectacularly on them.
For obvious reasons, signature campaign participants questioning Best Change publicly about the way it conducts business will probably be removed whereas those that do not have any issue with Best Change business practices (or those that do not publicly question it) will be allowed to continue promoting it for their weekly remuneration.
I will be waiting to read their next post in the threads I linked, especially looking for the answer to the question about whether they will receive an affiliate payment from Open Change as a result from the 10% they stole from the victim.