Sorry man, but this sounds like gas-lighting and deflection.  To be honest, I don't care.  You can use whatever logic or philosophical gymnastics you want to excuse and justify the signature you wear, that's not my point.  I've worn signatures for two mixing services so far during my tenure here, both ended up shutting down due to seizures or fear of such.  I've yet to advertise any scams thankfully, but in retrospect, how could I have known before hand?  The truth of the matter is that any centralized mixing service is shady by design, and needs to be if the operators are to maintain their own security and privacy.  That alone makes them among the services most likely to exit scam.  They're have little to no incentive preventing them from pulling an exit scam, and if the feds start sniffing closer, it might be the only way to avoid prosecution.

What's ironic is that whirlwind seemed like the most legit mixer to pop up in the post CM days, yet here we are.

I'm not saying people should stop advertising mixing services, but if you do don't spread the BS too thickly, it starts to stink.