And yes, campaign managers not checking his comments properly are an issue too.
A campaign manager is responsible to select suited participants to ensure that the service is advertised the best way. Campaign managers are getting paid for that by the service.
And obviously, someone who openly hates gambling is not a good pick to advertise a gambling brand.
I've been trying to figure out when BenCodie started hating on gambling so much. He came back to the forum last December after taking a long break and seemed like he just wanted to join some signature campaigns to earn money. He put in an application with Chipmixer like two days after he started posting again. But before that, I never saw him post anything about gambling on here. Makes me wonder if he's telling the truth that he's always felt this way about it. Hard to get a read on what his deal is.
I saw the campaigns when I got back and thought "Oh, cool, nice bonus for being here" and tried my luck with CM, despite not knowing how everything was working here at the time.
As for when I started disliking gambling, long ago, as mentioned in other posts I have seen it hurt those close (and once close) to me. The reason I started posting there was the first campaign that required posts there, and I thought... "Well, I'll try my luck being honest until I get kicked"
Honesty doesn't mean attacking gambling, it just means being my version of realistic with myself and the industry ..everyone has different experiences, my third hand experience has shown that ultimately gambling can do serious damage if the wrong kind of person touches it. It can be fine for some, detrimental to others.
I am glad that at least Little Mouse sees the posts as honesty, and not hypocrisy. I believe it's a little more rational to view it that way than to take this one fact, and using to to label me as a complete hypocrite, when I've shown no valid signs of such in my existence here.
In other news, I've come up with an amazing idea, inspired by past ideas and these conversations . I'll post about it sooner or later!
Until then, taking a break (as I have been) from this thread, with posts I feel the absolute need to reply to as an exception.