Doesn't make sense for the Admin (Theymos) or the staff to defend Ponzi scams to this extent unless they are making a profit of it. Blatant advertising and condoning of this behavior is detrimental to the site and bitcoin as a whole. Lost a lot of respect for the staff here.
When it takes ordinary users such as Tomatocage to combat scammers, there is a serious issue. The extent of moderation is misplaced posts and spamming. Not very difficult job but keep it up.
Where do you see anybody in this thread defending ponzi schemes whatsoever?When it takes ordinary users such as Tomatocage to combat scammers, there is a serious issue. The extent of moderation is misplaced posts and spamming. Not very difficult job but keep it up.
So far I've only seen people bashing on it, and people defending the owner's right to advertise whatever he wants.
Big difference.
There is a running defense by the staff that Ponzi constitutes gambling but the logic behind that defense is gambling = inherent risk for being involved in the activity. This can be applied to ANYTHING. They are taking the definition of gambling too literally. Maybe it needs to be reworded to "Traditional Gambling". The easiest solution is to simply move all Ponzi related threads to "Games and Rounds".
