I asked yahoo62278 to respond to this thread, and below is his response:


I find it interesting that yahoo62278 thinks trying to eliminate conflicts of interest is a "witch hunt". This does not sound like someone who wants to be held accountable.

If anyone doubts the authenticity of this statement, it can be verified by an admin, the PMID is msg8205732


I also reached out to Blazed for a response, but he has not logged in since ~6 hours after I started this thread

You have conveniently chosen to ignore the different circumstances that the forum has gone through in the years 2015-2018. You are trying to make their actions look questionable by differentiating between the actions they take in 2018 and compare it to actions they didn't take in 2015. This was the time when some of the Sig campaigns were just starting. Nobody would have guessed that this will become such a huge problem. Least of all people who were still just members back then, like Yahoo.

I tried looking at how the threads you quote ended as examples of yahoo's wrongoings really ended. Here it is.
Yahoo clearly mentions that he is a relatively new account and made his intention pretty clear. On being suggested by Vod that it's not a good idea, he promptly closed the thread. This is what he said at the end:
"maybe this is a bad idea. sorry guys, not looking to be thought of as new scammer on the block. ill close the thread. im not in need of 4-8$ to be thought of as a scammer"

Again this was back in 2015. His actions just look to be someone trying various ways to set up a business/ income. When he sees that the offers aren't worth it, he simply took it back.  What I would be worried about is if someone continues to do this through these years making account trading their chief business and resulting in scams.

What exactly is wrong with that? I see just some member account being over-enthusiastic and doing the reddit inspired "Help me out" guys. This isn't begging. He just tried his luck. Not sure he got much out of it apart from the curry and ice cream at the day's end.


Again. selling an account back in 2015 and asking for an escrow. Trying to make a business out of it till it became kindda unacceptable.

In my opinion, he was just more enterprising than others. That shows even now. He has taken some positive steps like paying more for members with merit scores. He has also called for improvements in campaign management.
He even offers this signature campaign with his name on it. I'd say he isn't shying away from sharing his earnings to those in the forum. He is just being the old-blooded capitalist while also providing an opportunity for other members to earn through his own signature campaigns as well as those he manages. What is the problem here?

Next you have tried to drag in actmyname and Lauda as usual. You just have to go through their post histories to see the kind of work they put in. People like you on the other hand are only creating distractions. You seem well-intentioned enough so I'd really prod you to read what Lauda said about the thread. The examples you gave above were all without basis and anybody who takes the time to go through them will understand that you are trying too hard to make a false case here.