So, yeah, we cannot always have enough information regarding if we are dealing with someone who is genuinely attempting to contribute in a positive way or if that person is more trouble than they are worth in terms of scamming and scumminess.
Well, Lauda was fired from their staff position by theymos for engaging in a very likely extortion attempt..
Since the new engagement of the new trust system/flag system, Lauda has completely refused to comply with theymos's guidelines on the use of the trust system, and theymos has therefore blacklisted Lauda from DT1..
Now Lauda is getting belligerent with their use of the trust system and using it to abuse senior members, opposite to the guidelines of theymos ofcourse, for reasons such as Lauda believes I myself should not have freedom of speech..
I am completely against freedom of speech when it is used by virtue signallers like eddie13
Lauda is still on DT2 because users, such as yourself, are either too afraid of Lauda, or are betting that Lauda will prevail despite their blatant disrespect of the forum as stated above and just want to maintain their "in" in the end no matter the outcome..
This isn't about busting petty spammers and saving idiots.. This is about the political direction of this forum..
You either want this place to become facebook lorded over by Lauda who wishes to remove the freedom of speech of users who disagree with them, like me, to state my opinions, and wants to ban me for my words, or you want this forum to maintain the original ideals of it's founder Satoshi Nakamoto of liberty and freedom from authoritarian control by those such as Lauda..
theymos has also ~Lauda
theymos Distrusts these users' judgement:3. ~
Vod (
Trust: +29 / =2 / -5) (
1351 Merit earned) (
Trust list) (
BPIP)
17. ~
Lauda (
Trust: +34 / =4 / -1) (
1233 Merit earned) (
Trust list) (
BPIP)
JayJuanGee Trusts these users' judgement:1. theymos (
Trust: +32 / =2 / -0) (
DT1! (56) 6380 Merit earned) (
Trust list) (
BPIP)
4. Vod (
Trust: +29 / =2 / -5) (
1351 Merit earned) (
Trust list) (
BPIP)
14. Lauda (
Trust: +34 / =4 / -1) (
1233 Merit earned) (
Trust list) (
BPIP)
Source:
LoyceV's Trust list viewer.
It seems you are either confused or betting the middle.. IDK..
So which way do you want this forum to go?
Do you want it to ultimately be a safe place for idiots to be free of petty scammers, and users to be free of criticism, offence, and opposing ideals?
Or would you rather have it hold onto the founding principles Bitcoin is based on by it's creator and earliest supporters that made all of this possible?
A wise man once said "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
In that regard, any of us can consider and reconsider how much to engage in these kinds of battles or whether we spend more time participating in crypto threads
I am into Bitcoin for its principles of freedom and anti-authoritarianism.. These are the most important battles in the world to me and not just on this forum..
You have your fun with your pump and dump threads and I'll have my fun opposing any and all who wish to spite the very reasons Cryptocurrency and this forum came into existence..
I know why I'm in crypto, for the betterment of all humanity, possibly the greatest tool for peoples to gain freedom from oppression, and I will stand up against attempts of oppression as I am here..
I don't know why you are in crypto.. Likely not the same reasons as me it seems..
Maybe you are best off to play the seemingly safe centrist bet, if principles don't have anything to do with it for you.. IDK..
I'll take 1,000 petty scammers over a tyrannical dictator any day..