I saw red flags - nothing was conclusive until they scammed. Major red flag was anonymity mining campaign, which was well after my application to their signature campaign.
What red flags are you referring to? Where did you talk about these issues before they went completely dark? I read your
review and didn't catch any mention of red flags or major issues with their service. And what's more, you even stated that you didn't find any flaws in their app:
One thing I will say is that after the most recent update, I have found zero flaws in the app. I do however have some suggestions which I will include in the review!
It's easy to act like a general once the battle's already done. If you were aware of any reasons for concern, why didn't you mention them earlier? So, you either weren't truthful in your review, or you're being untruthful now.
WW was definitely not worth being endorsed. Signature campaigns are not endorsing though. It's a transaction, advertising space. Publishers for ad networks are not endorsing services provided by the ad network, neither are users in signature campaigns.
So, why did you endorse them? Besides a few suggestions to "improve" their mixing process, you didn't really mention anything negative about them in your review. You even expressed gratitude for the opportunity and wished them success in their endeavours:
Thank you Hhampuz for managing this campaign and thank you whirlwindmoney for the opportunity. I wish the whirlwind app the very best in its endeavor and I hope that my review helped in at least some way!
And now you claim there were red flags all along? Or was this all just a show because you were afraid you wouldn't get paid for your review?
What everyone is overlooking is TIME.
- I applied for the signature campaign when WW was first released - not enough research or usage to conclude if it was a scam or not at this point.
- During the review campaign I put in my cons that WW offered a basic level of privacy, explaining further that it was the equivalent to a hot wallet, pooling all coins together. WW gave some responses which I didn't believe were entirely satisfactory for me to use the service, but not worth posting much more about UNLESS someone wanted to continue the discussion, which no one did.
The other red flags (as already mentioned in a previous post):
- Anonymity mining campaign (I did not voice anything here because anyone could and should have. I did not have time.to write a report and deal with responses to posting about this red flag) - this was the most major red flag.
- The creator was a newbie (anyone could have posted this red flag, I definitely didn't have to)
- The service took custody for extended periods (again, everyone knew this, I didn't need to point it out)
- It came right after Chipmixer (I elaborated in this IN the WW thread itself and even explained why I said it)
- Not decentralized. Centralized, and custodial. Everyone already knew that anyway and it is a norm (kind of).
I didn't withhold any information that would have prevented anyone getting scammed. I withheld red flags, such as the above, and my thoughts when things looked fishy, because none of it was concrete evidence that WW was a scam UNTIL they became a scam.
Unless I had 100℅ concrete evidence that I withheld information that WW was a scam (which is impossible until they are a scam) then I should not be blamed for not being a guardian for the forum. I don't think that anyone can disagree with that. Being a guardian is an option, it is not a responsibility for every user. That would be extremely unfair to put that burden on me, or anyone.