Quote from: TradeFortress on May 21, 2013, 02:44:21 AM

Can some moderator PLEASE add a mod warning to everyone who came from Ripple forums?

I have noticed that Ripple moderators has began adding the following mod note to anti Ripple posts:

[mod edit: see below, it would appear that GryphonArk is bitcointalk's jubalix and that he/she is just trying to spread anti-Ripple FUD. Read and make up your own mind.]

I think it's only fair that Bitcointalk do to same - add a warning to everyone who is also registered on Ripple forums. Especially if they came here to QQ about the broken liquidity providers feature in Ripple.

For reference here is the topic that TF is refering to: https://ripple.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2597

That was added because users oblivious to the "experiment" TF did were wasting their time trying to answer questions that were not asked by someone honestly having difficulties but by someone attempting to manipulate Ripple or spread FUD. They were effectively complaining that they were having problems sending an IOU of their own to Bitstamp and claiming Ripple was broken because it didn't work. Well duh, no shit Bitstamp isn't going to take their private IOU. It was a question that appeared to me was made in bad faith concealing their intent and that both Ripple addresses in question belonged to the same person. I simply wanted people new to the topic to have some information before they wasted their time on it. Perhaps my phrasing or the way I responded in that topic was a bit severe or something; shit happens, I'm only human.

Quote from: TradeFortress on May 21, 2013, 02:44:21 AM

I am joking of course. Free speech apparently isn't one of the beliefs of OpenCoin inc moderators.

First, free speech in no why means you or anyone else is allowed to say/do whatever the fuck you want in whatever forum you want. The forum registration there (as I'd guess here; I don't recall) explicitly says that the owners can remove whatever they want (typically those clauses are so that deleting outright spam like Viagra ads doesn't become a legal problem). It is in no way a free speech issue if a post is removed or a notice edited in. Just as it wouldn't be a free speech issue if the mods here edited out my use of 'fuck' (silly when forums do that IMO, but not a free speech issue).

Second, to suggest OpenCoin is censoring it's forums is absurd when one considers this topic: Explain to me how Ripple is not a scam. I'm fairly certain not a single posting in that topic was touched in any way. There are also other topics on those forums highly critical of OpenCoin. When they made me a moderator (I'm just a volunteer, I complained about spam and offered to help) they mentioned they didn't like any censoring/deleting of non-spam.

The solution to bad information is more good information. That is why some people that like Ripple post replies when the see outright lies about Ripple made here. It's almost amusing to see the claims that pro-Ripple information given on bitcointalk is from people coming from the Ripple forums; as if there is some directive over there to "invade" here. More amusing are the frequent claims that paid Ripple shills are posting to bitcointalk.

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