Quote from: tmfp on September 28, 2016, 09:08:32 PM

It's amusing when scammers and their lowlife buddies get all butthurt about potential gullibles being warned off, like OneCoin and MMM go on about "haters" and "establishment stooges".

Turning it into a "Scammers have Rights too!" Freedom of Expression deal is going to get you a long way.

everyone is innocent until proven guilty, whether you like it or not. that is a moral that isn't followed here. which is appalling considering this is a forum based around a currency focused on decentralization, and one core moral is the freedom of speech. and yet, our freedom of speech is limited due to cryptodevils campaign against every single topic in that forum.
is it ok to red trust hyip/ponzi owner accounts? yes, as a warning to anyone considering investing
is it ok to red trust those that decide to invest and participate in these games? no. I don't see why we should be punished for playing these games.

Quote from: actmyname on September 28, 2016, 11:51:01 PM

Quote from: Lauda on September 28, 2016, 01:26:30 PM

Why 'HYIP' isn't going to be removed is fairly complex question to which I can't provide an answer to. IIRC sometime in the past this section didn't exist.

Wasn't the section added in the past to shift the HYIP and ponzi threads from the gambling section (or other sections for that matter) to a single section to prevent newbies from falling for it? (Well, they still do, of course, but the section prevents the gates from being breached by barrages of threads)

Unless I'm wrong. Can a bitcointalk historian clarify?

if that's the case why arent these hyip's just banned so that no one invests in them in the first place? instead of 'clueless newbies' being punished with red trust for making a post in that section.