Quote from: brdx86 on June 01, 2017, 05:37:45 PM

Quote from: ibminer on June 01, 2017, 05:27:21 PM

I've left feedback for this user... there is an unpaid giveaway where excuses are being made and at least 2 others saying he has not sent the BTC.
"Moderators do not remove likely scams. You must use your own brain: caveat emptor."
A reputable escrow would have been a good choice here.

Agreed, full responsibility here. I took for granted the trust under the username on posts. I assumed 0/0/0 meant no negative feedback. I'm not sure how it works, but I guess I have to click the trust link on every single person. I agree with using an escrow, but I feel using an escrow with scammers only enables their further scamming and keeps them functioning on bitcointalk, when what we need is them disabled from plaguing this site.

The trust system is also not moderated, but clicking on the trust link of someone whether is says 0/0/0 or not is usually a good idea before trading. Only members in the "DefaultTrust" (DT) network can impact that 0/0/0 score (unless you have customized your own trust list). By default, accounts will start off trusting only the DefaultTrust network. Feedback from non-DT accounts will show up under "untrusted" feedback on the users trust page, but may not be as noticeable because it does not change the 0/0/0. Untrusted feedback is a lot of times unreliable and anyone can leave feedback in this area saying whatever they want.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1066857.0

Also, how is using an escrow with a scammer enabling their scamming?