Quote from: gmaxwell on January 01, 2014, 06:04:09 AM

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BFL was clearly illegally with holding refunds and you seemingly not only turned a blind eye

I am not your mommy wellI'm actually quite paternalistic in places where I have full reign but the style of the forum is that you need to look out for yourself. This is advertised everywhere. The forum leaves known, even admitted, scammers to post. This is not necessarily policy I agree with (although I suppose I understand the arguments: better the known threat), but its the kind of open community that exist here, and really not all that many other places.

There is simply nothing I can do, as a moderator, to help about these things. I have no power over these companies. And even when I express even the most mild disapproval just as a regular user of the forum, which I also am I am met with vicious attacks by the companies supporters. I only know what I've experienced too. People do make fraudulent scam accusations on the forums (and elsewhere on the internet) in order to try to extort reputable vendors and persons.

Quote from: gmaxwell on January 01, 2014, 07:56:37 AM

I'm not some mod-puppet. I'm a person too, and a regular user of the forums as well.

As a person if you saw someone getting robbed in the street i bet that you would help that person right away either by calling the cops or any help or by smacking the thief or by any other means. I never saw that here from you even if you are not obligated. There is no warning here for the new people. I thought there was a warning with "Caveat emptor" on the Securities sub-forum, but i see that is gone now. If someone that just discovered bitcoin gets here, he has no idea that he got into a scammers den unless he starts reading everything here and starts screening paid shills from regular users with valid points and concerns. While i like the fact that everyone should be very careful with his own investments and own money, i think a simple warning or some guidelines about the scams that are around here could help people be more cautious before investing into something.