But theymos said there should be a written contract between the two parties (scammer & victim)
Don’t worry;
Flag #1388 is fully compliant with flag rules. It requires objective evidence of a
high risk of losing money. I have provided that evidence, whereupon Lauda saw fit to create a flag. A Type-1 flag does
not require violation of an oral or written contract with the person raising the flag.
If you believe that the evidence in my scam accusation thread adequately demonstrates that IOTA presents a
high risk of losing money, then please consider supporting the flag so that newbies and casual websurfers receive a warning. (Logged-in users above Newbie rank will not see the warning, unfortunately.) I don’t think there can be much of a reasonable question on this point, whereas
Lauda quoted reporting by no less than
IEEE Spectrum two years ago that
“multiple prominent security researchers and academic cryptographers... implore investors not to hold the [IOTA] currency”, and I pointed out that they are insecure crypto snake oil who also can
and do shut off the network anytime they please.
2. Warning newbies/guests who don't know how to research properly about high-risk people.
A newbie-warning flag is active if there are more people supporting such a flag than opposing it. It shows a banner on topics started by the flagged user for guests and for users with less than 7 days of login time. For all users, a "#" is shown next to their trust scores.
The flags that may be raised on violation of an oral or written contract are different types of flags:
For contractual violations only, a scammer flag can be created. This is the only thing which causes the "Warning: trade with extreme caution" warning to return. It also triggers a banner similar to the newbie-warning banner which is visible to all users. A scammer flag requires 3 more supporting users than opposing users to become active.
My disagreement with some DT members about the proper use of feedback is unrelated to flags. Indeed, I argue for somewhat broader application of negative trust feedback partly on the basis that the flag system has narrow rules, which I respect.
