Topic: Why aren't obvious scammers banned? - page 2. (Read 525 times)
To go over each case, look at it, determine whether or not the user deserves to be banned and ban them would take an enormous amount of time and effort. More than the mods or admins care to put in, I'm sure.
Why aren't the obvious scammers banned from this forum? I was reading through scam accusations and have come across a lot of serious cases. For example this user is a scammer that stole 20 btc https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/quickseller-358020
I would consider these type of people much more harmful than someone that plagiarizes.
I would consider these type of people much more harmful than someone that plagiarizes.
Quickseller didn't steal 20 bitcoins. He was "given" 20 bitcoins in order to peruse legal action against vod which never happened nor were the coins returned up until very recently I believe. However, I say "given" because it is very likely that QS and Tf were one and the same (the guy who sent him the coins in the first place), so the deal was just a fraud in order to scare vod. So maybe that's why staff don't moderate scams because they're not always black and white or open and shut cases.
Forum doesn't moderate scams. Its up to each individual to determine if a person is going to scam or not. The forum doesn't act as a judge,jury or executioner.
The question is why.
Forum used to moderate scams, but doesn't do it currently. The main reason for that, if I recall right, is that determining if someone is a scammer can be quite subjective, framing someone as a scammer is relatively easy (so abuse surface is significant) and it also takes a lot of time.
Sometimes the community at large can be very wrong. Cultural differences exist too -- something that's scamming in the western countries is nowhere near scamming in eastern -- and vice versa. For example, you may remember the OKCoin domain usage contract with likely faked signatures... People said that it's normal business in China. Maybe it is partially, maybe not, but that is just an example of possible cultural differences. Not always easy to mark someone as a scammer.
Forum doesn't moderate scams. Its up to each individual to determine if a person is going to scam or not. The forum doesn't act as a judge,jury or executioner.
Why aren't the obvious scammers banned from this forum? I was reading through scam accusations and have come across a lot of serious cases. For example this user is a scammer that stole 20 btc https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/quickseller-358020
I would consider these type of people much more harmful than someone that plagiarizes.
I would consider these type of people much more harmful than someone that plagiarizes.
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