The first four posts are for context.
IMO, the purpose of this is to see if people are willing to scam a scammer and if anyone is willing to do anything about it (leave negative trust).
Isn't the answer to that question already obvious? "It depends".
If 3-People scam then they will all receive different reactions.
If (almost) anyone else were running this experiment I would happily take the "loan" to aide in your research with the caveat of neutral feedback or no feedback, but given your current standing (inb4 hypocrite) I feel like participating in this might assist you in scamming members in the future.
I don't think this is about a "protected" person possibly scamming. I think it is more about what would happen if *anyone* scams TF.
Sure about that?
Besides the fact that i'm still able to read and understand what i'm reading off (jk), TF answered and clarified it already. So yes, pretty sure about that.
It's a one time experiment, sorry!
If (almost) anyone else were running this experiment I would happily take the "loan" to aide in your research with the caveat of neutral feedback or no feedback, but given your current standing (inb4 hypocrite) I feel like participating in this might assist you in scamming members in the future.
I don't think he would lend to you anyway, not with your current trust level.
No red trust for obvious reasons.
I don't think this is about a "protected" person possibly scamming. I think it is more about what would happen if *anyone* scams TF.
It's an interesting experiment, but the value of it is eludes me. TF won't lend to a member with red trust, so it's almost like he wants, or needs a member with a good or neutral trust score to scam him for the experiment to work. And if or when that happens, what then? Does he expect DT members to stand by and not tag the scammer?
I don't think this is about a "protected" person possibly scamming. I think it is more about what would happen if *anyone* scams TF.
It's an interesting experiment, but the value of it is eludes me. TF won't lend to a member with red trust, so it's almost like he wants, or needs a member with a good or neutral trust score to scam him for the experiment to work. And if or when that happens, what then? Does he expect DT members to stand by and not tag the scammer?
I previously stated that it is my belief that part of the experiment was to see if someone with reputation to lose would scam him, so he doesn't necessarily need to get scammed.
I am not sure what his end goals are, if any. He might be trying to see if it is safe for him to trade here.
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I am not sure what his end goals are, if any. He might be trying to see if it is safe for him to trade here.
Repaying 0.02
BTC is going to prove nothing other than the person taking the loan is trustworthy enough to repay a small loan.
It is perfectly safe to trade here if you use a reputable escrow service.
I don’t see anything positive for TradeFortress to gain from this other than him hoping that he gets a DT member borrower so he can get a positive trust towards trying to repair his unrepairable trust score.
This is all a pointless waste of time imo.