Quote from: cryptodevil on September 29, 2016, 07:29:25 AM

Quote from: vigory on September 29, 2016, 02:20:35 AM

You are completely missing the point. I know how ponzi's work, you know how ponzi's work...I choose to play them because I can profit from them but at the same time I can lose, just like gambling. It is exactly the same.

It is *nothing* like actual gambling, which has odds unrelated to the ability of the 'game' or its 'players' to rope in more suckers so you can get a share of their deposit in return for helping the ponzi scam function.

You know how these ponzi 'games' work, many people do not, many people on this forum do not have a particularly good grasp of the English language and struggle to recognise scams.

But, and here's the thing, the negative rating is to show people that you are untrustworthy. Your intention to profit from other people's loss in a scheme which is all about encouraging others to deposit after you, means you are not trustworthy. The rating is a valid way to communicate to other forum members who may read your posts about this-ponzi or that-ponzi looking 'good', that you are provably untrustworthy due to your motivation to profit through these schemes at the cost of somebody else having their deposit stolen when it collapses.

So what, that is how a ponzi works, no?
So I am punished for playing the game how it's supposed to be played?
If the section is meant for Ponzi games then why am I getting painted red (and others) for playing the games in that section?
I am not condoning ponzis outside that forum, I am not encouraging fradulent behaviour....threads in that section are technically admitting to being a ponzi due to that is where they are posted, why would anyone not know it's a Ponzi if it's in the Ponzi section?