Also, some people who I consider very trustworthy, like DannyHamilton, John K, or DeathAndTaxes didn't make the list simply because they don't spam up every thread with their unsolicited opinion like I do

Ah, ok. Thanks for clarifying that. I misread it as having to do this every time you wanted to view a new thread

I'm skipping past all the replies, so forgive me if these concerns have already been brought up. First, I'll go on record as saying this system appears cumbersome and somewhat annoying. I'm not just saying that because I'm in the DefaultTrust group and this change would affect my status quo (in fact Theymos even points out that I'd rank #2 for points in this proposed implementation of forum Trust). Right now there's a 1-click barrier to reading a thread, and that's actually clicking the thread link. The new proposed system would increase that click count by at least 300% and possibly by as much as 2000%+. Moreover users would be forced to evaluate each option every time they wanted to view a new thread, and while I'm not speaking for everybody, I'm pretty damn lazy and would probably just end up clicking the 3 check boxes that happened to be closest to my mouse pointer, resulting in totally random Trust ratings displayed within that thread.

That's just my $.02 from an end-user perspective.

IMHO everybody participating in the practice of leaving negative Trust in retaliation should cease this immediately. This is not what the Trust system is for, and doing so only diminishes the value of our ratings. Also we should go back and audit our Trust ratings periodically so that only those who are legitimately untrustworthy (ie. they've been proven to be scammers or walk/talk like a scammer and want you to send first without escrow, etc) remain with negative Trust. Finally, Trust ratings should not be set in stone. If someone gets lit red because of a loan default, but then eventually pays it back, I feel that the negative rating should be removed. Gotta keep in mind that everybody has their own life and their own life issues to deal with, and sometimes shit happens. And yes, I realize I should probably do a better job of heeding my own advice.

Looks like he abandoned the account.

Currently awaiting Yung1 to fund the escrow address provided to him.

As requested, 1.50 BTC is now in escrow (the extra is from various escrow fees).

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I verify that 1.5 BTC is now being held in escrow for user Blockchang at the following address:

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Regards,
TC
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Why wouldn't it be good?

Please make a separate thread and present all relevant evidence.

Oh I get it. It's a time-machine thread. In that case...

What? You're paying $32 each?? You realize you can buy them on any exchange for 70 cents. If you're paying $32 each, I'll fly out to whatever country, whatever area you want and deliver as many as you want.

Flagged for precaution. Hopefully I'm wrong.

Why did you do this deal without escrow when he was already flagged with red Trust?

Already tested this one with an alt account. He wanted me to send first and refused the idea of using escrow.

Sigh.

Good point. I have edited my original message where I included his sig. Redsn0w, you should probably edit your message where you quoted me.

The moreia account appears to be back in control of redsn0w, according to the signature which checks out as Message verified

Edit: Removed verification info

I say we get moreia's account unbanned and hand it over to lihuajkl. I'll remove my negative Trust at that point, and if we can get it cleared of all the trusted red, it's actually not a bad deal for an aged account like that.

It's really quite simple: lihuajkl gets moreia's account. Once he verifies control of the account, I'll remove my negative Trust. He felt the account was worth lending 0.8 BTC for, so to the victor go the spoils. redsn0w merely held the account to ensure that the lender didn't take total control of it and bail without giving the loan.

This should underscore why forum accounts as collateral are worthless.

That's the address that redsn0w sent you in Email. Don't you remember?