Like, if some reason halts a vendor or a market from operating as usual (like sickness or legal trouble) and everyone spazzes out and thinks they're scamming, the "scammer" might decide might as well do it if that's what they think I'm doing. You see lots of times people making posts explaining delays or downtimes that turn into real exit scams, but they make me wonder if the person is being honest.
For instance, when BB went down cause of the DDOS, and everyone said they were scamming, maybe they just decided it was their time to go? Their reputation had already been damaged anyway. The community has basically moved on from Blackbank, a forgotten memory of the way things used to work. And they've ESPECIALLY moved on from Evo. If there were some alternative reason to their closings, really at this point, what motivation would they have to come back? People wouldn't trust them. Are maybe some ES just opportunistic rather than premeditated, and if so, is the community somewhat to blame?
I absolutely believe some exit scams are simply the admins seizing a perfect opportunity. While I would like to believe that this community doesn't push people towards scams that simply isn't true. Public opinion influences more than people think, and if the entire community is crying "scam" then some admins, vendors, etc might think that they're better off taking the cut and run route. Just my thoughts on it.