Now, the settlement. As you may or may not be aware, there are numerous scammer thread accusations against me. While I feel they are mostly trolls, I no longer wish to spend the rest of my life trying to answer the dozens of complaints against me. It just takes too much time, causes spam, and is not productive. I want to do the right thing, so I am asking for your help.
Here is my offer. I will:
a) return the 50 BTC I spent on Donator status to BMF,
b) pay 100 BTC of my own money to BMF investors,
c) pay 100 BTC of my own money to CPA investors,
d) and 100 BTC of my own money to NYAN.A/B/C investors (to be paid out first to make .A worth 1 per share, then .B, etc.)
e) donate 50% of my stake on all companies back to the company. This will mean your share of the company (and thus your value) increases. This is not an insignificant amount, I invested $10,000 of my personal money into my companies to try and make them work.
Whether you accept or reject this offer, I beg you -- please write a short note to me and BCB regarding your thoughts on:
a) whether or not you, as a shareholder, feel I deserve a scammer tag, and
b) whether or not you, as a shareholder, accept my offer of settlement as described above.
Usagi sent me a personal message showing an offer to settle any dispute that a shareholder could have with him.
My notes:
a) I do not think Usagi deserves a scammer tag. I have been watching Usagi before Pirateat40 defaulted. This campaign of false accusations against Usagi was initiated by users like Eskimobob, Puppet, Deprived, etc. Usagi only decided to protect his business (thus his shareholders) when he requested a scammer tag for the users casting aspersions over him. No accusation against Usagi has been proven true, beyond doubt. Hence such accusations became evident for an organized campaign to defame Usagi's business.
b) Since Usagi is not a scammer and not a fraudster, there is no reason for Usagi to offer such generous settlements to his shareholders. Instead, it is the false accusers who should be offering a settlement to repair all damaged caused by them to Usagi's shareholders. But that is not what is happening. Usagi has already requested that the accusers present any remedy to settle the dispute. The false accusers have still not offered any remedy. They have demonstrated that they are not interested in any settlement. They want what they always wanted: Usagi with a scammer tag. Whatever offer is made to settle this endless campaign of false accusations, that will be eventually ignored. A new accusation will pop up without any evidence and the whole fiasco will continue until Usagi receives a scammer tag. The only way to stop this campaign is to threaten the false accusers with a scammer tag. The false accusers have a free pass to falsely accuse Usagi (and any other business) as much as they want. There is no retaliation against them by the forum administration. Moreover, two moderators have already demonstrated a complete lack of fair judgment regarding this situation. Therefore, I think Usagi has no obligation to offer any settlement to his shareholders because it was not him who decided to destroy his business. The false accusers are the ones who should be penalized with a scammer tag if they do not offer a remedy to stop the false accusations.