First off I'd like to make it perfectly clear that I oppose account sales. I would venture to guess that the vast majority of times accounts are sold or bought for deceptive purposes. Even if no scam is intended, the buyer might only want to elevate his rank to earn more in signature campaigns, which some may argue is a mild, or even acceptable deception, it's a deception none the less and I'm opposed to it.
But I'd like to paint a hypothetical scenario where I might actually find the sale of an account as acceptable:
Lets say for example a member has an anonymous account used solely to conduct a service that doesn't require clients to trust the account. The owner of the account and service decides he no longer has the time or desire to continue operations. If one were to have such a service that's profitable, valued by it's clientele, and would be sorely missed if it ceased, would it be acceptable to the community if the service along with the account were sold? If the account and service were offered for sale out in the open, transparent, and continued to operate in a way that didn't require it's client's trust, I think I would be okay with such a scenario.
Obviously, this would be a very unique case and I'm merely trying to open up the discussion (play devil's advocate.)
Theymos has refused to ban the activity, probably in part due to his Anarcho-Capitalist tendencies (I speculate.) Since I tend to lean right-of-center I understand this, and back his decision. It's his decision to make, after all.
So, I present this question to the community: Is there any scenario you could think of where you would find account sales acceptable?
Well of course unless you can GUARANTEE that EVERY member that comes into contact with a purchased account is aware that is is a purchased account then some will say that it is impossible to prevent DECEPTION.
I mean if you are saying: if you could 100% ensure the account would never be used in a way that leveraged that deception in a way that could result in any financial damages ever then that is more acceptable, but how to say if they will ever just go scamming someone at any moment?
WHATEVER the accepted case for selling or buying accounts is IT SHOULD BE THE SAME FOR EVERY MEMBER. No saying " well he's our pal so he can do it" or " he has been good now for a couple of years so this deception is fine" or " well I believe the little message posted months later saying..not selling now"
Transparent clear rules that are applied equally to all members.
Nutildah's case as I have told you previously is MORE indicative of someone who is FINANCIALLY HIGH RISK because he is certain that selling his account is clearly facilitating scams, most selling their accounts likely are not 100% sure or even believe they are facilitating scams. This seemed a difficult concept for you and mikey to grasp though.
The fact there is more compelling evidence he sold his account that these others that are getting flagged COUPLED with his willingness to facilitate scamming is WAY MORE reason to flag him up that these other members.
Double standards and total and utter corruption. Undeniable.
Lauda has said previously that there is nothing anyone could tell him about nutildah that would cause him to give him negative trust. Sounds legit. It seems very likely lauda or some gang member purchased the nutildah account when you start to look at how he is operating even though he is presented with the undeniable evidence of nutildah selling his account, and saying nothing will cause him to give him negative trust. They include each other on DT, merits passing between them, I mean both accounts are clearly aware of each others undeniable wrong doing and yet they both believe they are DT material LOL
Theymos must be blind watching this happen under his nose. Well actually he isn't and blacklisted lauda, however according to lauda they are all pals again now.
Get a flag on Nutildah because these other flags are just fuel for the clear double standards we will enjoy presenting everywhere when they are on topic and relevant. Also get him off DT. Unless you want people that will willingly facilitate scams for 0.3 btc on there.
