Re: Where do we draw a line? Signature campaigns or shilling campaigns
It's not addressed period. Since some here argue that it's not right and some argue that it's an acceptable power for advertisers/campaign managers to have, I believe admins/mods should make it clear whether a signature campaign implies a purchase of your freedom to speak honestly or not.
The fact that it's not even mentioned says it all: it's up to the community. And that's the only way: there's no way for Admin to check who makes what deal in private.Quote
I'm sure if a campaign manager made it as clear as what's in bold, they'd receive backlash for manipulating speech.
I wouldn't mind. You can't have selective freedom of speech. Freedom of speech comes with campaign managers having the same freedom. If you don't like it, don't join the campaign.Quote
That's up to you. Lying is allowed on Bitcointalk.
Just because it's allowed, it doesn't mean that one should. Especially while helping someone with a choice or giving them your opinion.Quote
Since you've raised my curiosity, how often do you lie on BitcoinTalk? Maybe that's a good topic to give me a reality check...even though the data would probably be inaccurate 
Interesting question, I've actually thought about it before. I think I've never lied, but I'd instantly have to add a disclaimer: at least not intentional. But that doesn't mean I answer all questions. See this interview for example.On the other hand, lying is a social construct. Everyone lies many times per day, and most people wouldn't like you if you're always brutally honest.
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So helping another member who is asking for experience or opinions would then be foregone, just for the advertiser? Still doesn't sound right to me.
I'm not saying it's right. But that doesn't mean it shouldn't be allowed. The longer I'm here, the more I appreciate theymos' "hands off" approach. Who's going to decide what's right or wrong? There will always be edge cases, and it can quickly become a slippery slope.Quote
In the real world, advertising influences pretty much everything around you.
And is that right?Quote
Wasn't Bitcoin created to change a part of the world that is wrong? Are we aiming to be like the real world on Bitcointalk, or something better? That is an option and power that we as a community have, one of the beauties of the internet...Why not have the goal to be better, instead of using the real world as justification not to be better?
Great questions! But let's keep it up to the community to find an answer, while "upper management" gives us the freedom to choose.