Here QS actualy has an interesting and valid point. The poll asks us about self-escrow and we all cry "no! it needs to be a neutral, third party". QS says, not all third parties are neutral, and he has a point. To be fair to QS's point, I believe that ethical escrows probably ought to avoid escrowing for their friends, or at the very minimum, warn the other party about their connection to one of the parties beforehand. If Salty is besties with BAC and will be escrowing his deal, in my opinion, Salty ought to tell BAC's trading partner, "btw, I have a long and tight friendship with BAC, I'll do my best to honor my duty as a third party here, but you should know about my connection to him". That's merely full disclosure. After such disclosure, the other party might say to BAC, let's use another escrow, or not, but at least they'd go into it with their eyes open.
Friends don't go to great sketchy lengths to hide their friendships. (I did refuse a picture at a conference one time, but only because I didn't want to break the ladies camera.)
If I'm recommending the escrow then of course the other party is going to know that I know them, but the people I prefer have a fucking rock solid background. You probably don't know this and I don't want to get this thread off topic, but Salty did the escrow for
MP painted as Hitler. MP is on the
Web of Trust. WoT is a great way to cross reference trusts from here to "there". Salt is also free... not to be a jew or anything.
Expecting disclosure from a scammer is only going to annoy the people who are honest. People should be encouraged to do their own research, ask questions and try not to be a fuck face while you do it.
I would only trust certain people here with up to maybe 50-60
I've did much more then that without meeting up, just fyi. 
