Three accounts:
1) Charlie Shrem aka Yankee - https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/yankee-bitinstant-21181
Scam Accusation: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/charlie-shrem-is-scammer-watch-out-817069
He was the owner of bitinstant, so he got a lot of rep back then for running such a business. HOWEVER, he has disappeared and owes over 25 BTC and has for months now. Yet he's still in the green and what many would consider a trustworthy account from the outside. The only ones who have left negative feedback are those who are not on default trust list.
2) Coinhoarder - https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/coinhoarder-67959
Scam Accusation: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/charlie-shrem-is-scammer-watch-out-817069
This one kills me. This guy bought a couple things from people trustworthy and instantly got green trust. He isn't even light green, hes a solid 7 green. He took two debts and has failed to fully pay them off (at least 1 of 5 BTC remaining). He offered a contest for 5 BTC and never paid the winner. Over a year ago. Only people who marked him of course were those who were untrusted.
CONCLUSION: The biggest flaw is that the trustworthy on this site are the old members and the old members don't spend as much time on here anymore. They also don't look for scammers or anything, the only one who does is Tomatocage. So many members USED TO BE trustworthy and gained an extensive amount of rep, however once they scam their account doesn't reach red unless they really piss off EVERYONE hence TF for example. The people who have the ability to mark someone a scammer do not participate in marking people who are proven scammers, as a scammer. Tomatocage's rep can only hurt someone who used to be trustworthy so much. Not enough people on the default trust care about correcting misgiven trust after someone turns out to be a scammer. These accounts left trustworthy are then abandoned, resold, and then used to scam further.
These two accounts are two perfectly good examples of accounts that should be in the red with the "trade with extreme caution" but are not.
Everyday almost for the past 2 months I have sent Tomatocage links to accounts that have been scamming to get them the red trust they deserve.
A third example, user Lazlo who created the thread RipDice. His site NEVER paid out. He bumped his thread for 3 months. Just recently, last week HE FINALLY was red trusted by Tomatocage after I messaged him to get it done. However, you look at the thread and so many people call him out as a scammer.
3) Lazlo - https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/lazlo-367551
RipDice Thread (read thru, you'll see the scam accusations): https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ripdice-launch-promotion-5-deposit-bonus-until-november-834371
Not enough is done to combat the scammers around here. The small time lending criminals are gotten everytime but the real scams, the ones who can do real damage of 4 figures or higher are often left unnoticed or ignored completely and hence I'm almost positive if Charlie Shrem or CoinHoarder came on here they could scam easily with their accounts. Why? Cause no one has followed through with the maintaining of their trust. The trust system works two ways: 1) to add/remove trust to those that get or earn the positive or negative and 2) To maintain current trust levels of members on a regular basis, especially ones assumed to be trusted by the system.
I'm leaving bitcoin for good, but thought I would write this out as it has been one thing I have hated about this forum for awhile now.
1) Charlie Shrem aka Yankee - https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/yankee-bitinstant-21181
Scam Accusation: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/charlie-shrem-is-scammer-watch-out-817069
He was the owner of bitinstant, so he got a lot of rep back then for running such a business. HOWEVER, he has disappeared and owes over 25 BTC and has for months now. Yet he's still in the green and what many would consider a trustworthy account from the outside. The only ones who have left negative feedback are those who are not on default trust list.
2) Coinhoarder - https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/coinhoarder-67959
Scam Accusation: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/charlie-shrem-is-scammer-watch-out-817069
This one kills me. This guy bought a couple things from people trustworthy and instantly got green trust. He isn't even light green, hes a solid 7 green. He took two debts and has failed to fully pay them off (at least 1 of 5 BTC remaining). He offered a contest for 5 BTC and never paid the winner. Over a year ago. Only people who marked him of course were those who were untrusted.
CONCLUSION: The biggest flaw is that the trustworthy on this site are the old members and the old members don't spend as much time on here anymore. They also don't look for scammers or anything, the only one who does is Tomatocage. So many members USED TO BE trustworthy and gained an extensive amount of rep, however once they scam their account doesn't reach red unless they really piss off EVERYONE hence TF for example. The people who have the ability to mark someone a scammer do not participate in marking people who are proven scammers, as a scammer. Tomatocage's rep can only hurt someone who used to be trustworthy so much. Not enough people on the default trust care about correcting misgiven trust after someone turns out to be a scammer. These accounts left trustworthy are then abandoned, resold, and then used to scam further.
These two accounts are two perfectly good examples of accounts that should be in the red with the "trade with extreme caution" but are not.
Everyday almost for the past 2 months I have sent Tomatocage links to accounts that have been scamming to get them the red trust they deserve.
A third example, user Lazlo who created the thread RipDice. His site NEVER paid out. He bumped his thread for 3 months. Just recently, last week HE FINALLY was red trusted by Tomatocage after I messaged him to get it done. However, you look at the thread and so many people call him out as a scammer.
3) Lazlo - https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/lazlo-367551
RipDice Thread (read thru, you'll see the scam accusations): https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ripdice-launch-promotion-5-deposit-bonus-until-november-834371
Not enough is done to combat the scammers around here. The small time lending criminals are gotten everytime but the real scams, the ones who can do real damage of 4 figures or higher are often left unnoticed or ignored completely and hence I'm almost positive if Charlie Shrem or CoinHoarder came on here they could scam easily with their accounts. Why? Cause no one has followed through with the maintaining of their trust. The trust system works two ways: 1) to add/remove trust to those that get or earn the positive or negative and 2) To maintain current trust levels of members on a regular basis, especially ones assumed to be trusted by the system.
I'm leaving bitcoin for good, but thought I would write this out as it has been one thing I have hated about this forum for awhile now.
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