Scam Projects should be moderated

[borovichok]

But what stops the handlers of the forum from pulling the campaign down since it's the belief (proven facts) of majority here that 1xbit is a scam? It may not just be enough tagging it. A lot of users don't worry themselves reading or trying to find out why accounts are tagged and so may not know why they're. I've seen some users who applied to the campaign without knowing it's accused of scam. They just want to get in their applications as fast as they can because of the pay.

If scam is moderated then the Trust system will have no value or whatsoever so in other to keep the trust system active and valuable, a scam or cheater must be left in the hands of the DT Members, I think this is why the trust system was introduced.

Any users who ignore the Trust system warning and play blindly into the hand of scammers do that at their own risk.

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[The Cryptovator]

In the beginning, I thought the same as OP. But at the end of the day, I realized this isn't really easy to do that moderating scam. The main reason to prevent abuse is forum moderation. Each other will blame then this forum ban us illegally because we didn't pay to the admin or moderators. Which is a strong valid point IMO. And if in case the forum moderate scam then you or me would blame to the forum admin and moderation in the event of being scammed. Users will claim how we are being scammed since the forum moderating scam and would ask for compensation from the forum.

Here is what the trust system works for. Believe me, even 1xbit has many red flags and negative feedback, still gamblers are using that. Because humans like to play with luck. We can just make awareness, but the person has to decide whether he should trust or not. Since the trust system is decentralized currently, let it be as it was. Admin will never concentrate on moderate scam as I am pretty sure from previous experience.

[Pmalek]

OP, I share in your concern and sentiments. If people get tagged for scam activities and posts are deleted for seemingly being off topic or substandard responses, I don't see why the major issue of companies accused of scam activities shouldn't be controlled too. It's like catching the small thief and letting the bigger thief go scotfree.

Nothing related to scams or scam attempts is being "controlled" or moderated here. I don't like that policy, but that's the way it is. If the post or thread you made breaks other forum rules, that will be the reason it gets deleted. But not for scamming. You could literally start a "if you send me 1 Bitcoin I will send you 2 Bitcoin back" type of scam and if admins follow their own rules, they can't delete or trash that. If they do it to one thread , they'll have to do it to all the others as well.

Also, when someone gets tagged, he gets tagged by a member of Bitcointalk for reason X. That member doesn't speak for the forum and it's owners and operators. The tag doesn't show Bitcointalk's opinion about a user.

Also this is Bitcoin forum, the forum remain decentralized like Bitcoin. Moderating scam will make it less decentralized.

Bitcointalk is not decentralized. It's an online forum to discuss Bitcoin that has its rules, admins and moderators (a centralized group) that make sure those rules are being respected. If you get banned, you will get banned by a centralized group of individuals. If you appeal your ban, the same centralized group decides if you will be given a second chance.