Your comments are also interesting.
> An ethics code, BBB, etc. would be nice, but the real problem is
> the participants.
> It seems to me that not only e-gold, but the entire
> internet, is prone to scams because everyone on the internet has an
> immediacy to everything. Every investment must have an immediate turn
> around, and always a proft.
Yes, that is a psychological reason why people might be becoming
more gullible. But mere gullibility is not so much of a problem
without people who prey on it. And even without any gullibility
there still would be crooks (just less successful ones!).
> This is not just ignorance but stupidity, a BBB made up of stupid
> people will not protect the stupid people.
True! Witness the frequent case of people who have Ponzi games
explained to them at great length and still can't resist sending
money to a con man! So what else can we do???
Here is an example of how this list attracts crooks. As a result (most
likely) of my previous post I was emailed a solicitation from a con
game!
But are the participants (in egold or the internet generally) really
worse than the general population? Perhaps yes, perhaps no. The
real problem, it seems to me, is the difficulty of telling the good
guys from the bad guys and holding the bad guys responsible for
their scams. And the REAL problem is "accomplishing" this last
goal in a non self destructive manner: that is, without falling for
the greater con of giving up our liberty by turning our lives completely
over to the bad guys (in the form of the state).
> I just get mildly frustrated at times because tools like this list
> could be so handy for helping people to get togehter, "network",
> exchange "useful" ideas, and maybe even do business together.
How right you are!
CCS
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