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No ability to enforce makes it moot. At most you get banned from the forum.
by devwastaken 5y ago
No ability to enforce makes it moot. At most you get banned from the forum.
- bowmessage 5y agoMute? Or moot?
- devwastaken 5y agoAutocorrect.
- flubert 5y ago"When the parties agreed, they could lay their dispute before the moot, whose members, much like present-day mediators, attempted to facilitate an accommodation that the disputing parties found acceptable. When reached, such accommodations resolved the dispute in a way that preserved the peace of the community." https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=586941 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=586941 This is like a buy-one-get-one-free comment, not only is the above about evolved dispute resolution systems, it mention the moot.
- quickthrower2 5y agoYes a blockchain escrow with this judge as the decider of how the funds are apportioned would be better.
- edwnj 5y agoYou're doing shady stuff with some fucked up people and it could be anybody incl the feds so reputation is invaluable. I imagine its like ratings on ebay but much much higher stakes.
- ehsankia 5y agoHow well this system works depends directly on the delta between how influential the platform is vs how influential the accused is. As you mention, eBay for the longest time was one of the only/biggest way to sell things online, and reputation on there could make or break how successful your business would be. Similarly, if this forum is used by the majority of people doing business on the dark web, then obviously it isn't "moot" as not following the decision is equal to heavily handicapping your business.. On the other hand, if the group accused is large enough, like some of the $20M ones mentioned in the thread, I assume said groups could easily spin off their own community or still have business even if they were banned from this forum.
- Sebb767 5y agoIf they're known to scam customers, I doubt that their community will take off. People will research you when they offer such sums. You can, of course, start anew, but it will take a lot of work to get back to the reputation level where people are trading 7 digits with you. Getting banned from the forum is more of a gesture, the impact is a lot larger. Of course, it's a different topic if the decision was against them for clearly unfair reasons.
- lallysingh 5y agoThe forums are AFAICT trading floors for product. Banning is analogous to delisting a stock.