Gathering Opinions: Stickies in Lending

[imsaguy]

I'd like to know what the 'scam subforum' is.  Could you please clarify?  If you're implying that all long term investment opportunities are scams, then you need to start a new thread about that.

In this very thread, the decision was made to create a subforum for the express purpose of housing several ponzi schemes. The subforum was given a misnomer; Ponzi schemes are not long term nor are they investments. You can call it whatever you want. I prefer clear and simple language.

No, the decision was made to move all long term investments to a subforum.

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[Micon]

I created the subforum. Someone else can move the posts.

1)  at least they are out of Lending

2)   "Long Term offers"

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=88.0


is not the right words for the sub-forum.  Here are some suggestions for naming that forum that you wont' have to move all the scams:

-- 1000%+ APY Investment offers
-- Extremely high yield investment plans (still would have to set an APY cut off)
-- Questionable Investment Plans (either mod or community voting could be applied)

[myrkul]

If I find one (or even a few) rotten apples in a basket, should I then label the basket "Rotten apples"?

[PatrickHarnett]

What a surprise. The scam-artists want to get the expose as far away from their promotional material as possible.

Keep in mind that the scam subforum (I fail to see how a ponzi scheme qualifies as "long-term") remains under the legitimate heading "Lending."

I made a suggestion, and you call me names.

[Micon]

If I find one (or even a few) rotten apples in a basket, should I then label the basket "Rotten apples"?

no you shouldn't.  But only rotten apples should be in the basket labeled such.  further more there are many of them.

I further propose to list what they are:  1000%+ APY investment offers from anonymous internet people.  A catergory re-name to: 

"1000%+ APY investments"

seems best to me right now.  That is factually correct, and by nature those with fundamental understanding of economics will know that grouping will be all scams

[ripper234]

Without getting into this entire discussion, there is one problem with the Long-term Offers board - it is buried too deep from the main page. I believe that right now Lending, and "Long-term lending", is one important aspect of Bitcoin, and shouldn't be buried so deep that it's not reachable from the main page.

Can the Long-term lending board be a sister board to the lending board? (Perhaps Lending should be renamed "Private loans", as opposed to "Professional loans")?

I realize that this is not ideal, and adds clutter to the top level, but I think the current alternative is worse.

(For the record, I thought we were doing just fine with one Lending board)

[Bitcoin Oz]

I created the subforum. Someone else can move the posts.

1)  at least they are out of Lending

2)   "Long Term offers"

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=88.0


is not the right words for the sub-forum.  Here are some suggestions for naming that forum that you wont' have to move all the scams:

-- 1000%+ APY Investment offers
-- Extremely high yield investment plans (still would have to set an APY cut off)
-- Questionable Investment Plans (either mod or community voting could be applied)

Its not for you to decide what is legitimate  nor how people invest their coins.