Wall of Shame is great idea to learn about already failed markets but that doesnt protect anyone yaknow? People tend to forget or not even learn about alot of things cause they get buried so quick, it would help alot of people gain perspective on the stability and integrity of markets if they could see what ongoing and historical problems each market has had, this would be a neutral way of accessing the markets.
Like i follow this stuff night and day cause being a vendor i can get fucked pretty hard at any moment and ive been on the scene since 2011, so like for instance SR2 would have a list like:
Current
- Reports of missing deposits ending at SR in the blockchain
- Getting vendor bond back causes vendor account to be revoked
- Prolonged support times
- Staff allowing scammers to persist after repeated reports
- Slow performance
- Accounts showing negative balances, preventing use of funds
- Customers can order product after stock reaches 0
- Captcha broken, it can take 10+ times to log in.
Historical
- All staff members persisting from original SR team were arrested during SR2.
- Admin DPR2 ran off when staff got arrested leaving escrow hijacked for weeks then came back as Defcon.
- Withdraw system broken for a week.
This could all be dated and refenced for legitmacy but if people saw the state of the markets they could make a more informed choice. What u think?
I'm all for writing up a history of how each market went down. I don't agree with detailing everything wrong with current markets though, it isn't our job to do your research.
I feel that a lot of people are already hand lead through this process and by adding a little warning like "Just to let you know, literally everyday in /r/SilkRoad people have been reporting deposit problems" people would rely on us for their information too much.
It also brings up problems with people accusing us of working with a scam market. If a market suddenly goes down (like TorMarket did) I'm sure people would come here and complain that we didn't list that, even if it is a complete surprise.
In addition it brings up the problem that if certain markets are listed as bad then it implies that others are good. I think only in the worst cases should we put warnings next to markets (DL, Cantina, etc.)
In my honest opinion if you refuse to do your own research then I don't feel bad at all when a market steals your money, especially when the signs are obvious.