Quote from: The Sceptical Chymist on February 15, 2023, 04:16:49 PM

OP, that shit goes on everywhere scams are found--and yes, bitcointalk isn't immune from it although I haven't seen many blatant examples of scam-busters going rogue in a while (unless I've missed something very obvious). I remember a few years back there were a few members who seemed to appear suddenly and make a fast reputation for themselves by sniffing out scammers, only to pull shenanigans of varying degrees of seriousness.

If you asked me to provide names, I wouldn't be able but I'm sure members with better memories would if they've been here since at least 2016 or so.

And Jesus, it seems like Youtube has turned into nothing but a drama TV service with 20-somethings slamming everything, including each other. And yep, they're usually shilling questionable crap from their sponsors like Established Titles and whatever else. It's maddening, because no matter how many times I clear my browser cache, I always wind up with the same suggestions within minutes and it's all the same style of content as OP described.

There is guys like yahoo62278 that scam people on bitcointalk with his fake donations.