I absolutely agree with the sentiment but not so much the censorship.
I think this is more about education. As a community we need to educate our members and tell them why statements like those listed (and any other ‘destructive’ behaviour) are bad for btcz especially when they are on public social media channels.
I don’t think we should be banning anyone but we can politely ask them to stop and then educate as above but if they choose not to, there should be no repercussions.
Maybe we can have some “official guidelines” posted on the site/forum and direct exchanges and new investors to those guidelines.
If someone chooses not to listen then so be it, they are free to do what they like but if we have our official guidelines posted and made public then exchanges/new investors will see that this person is acting against those guidelines and will not hold it against the rest of the community.
Just to give an example of what I mean above.
So I work in a bank. Now after all the recent fiascos regarding market manipulation etc etc, the regulators are clamping down. Now the bank can’t stop any employee from doing these illicit activities and now when it does happen and the regulators step in, the bank needs to prove that it had the processes in place and had educated its staff against this activity in order to avoid a fine. So the bank has taken reasonable steps, educated staff and put in relevant processes so can’t be held accountable for the actions of a sole individual who ignored all that.
Apply same principle to this scenario.
To break it down.
- have some official guidelines to educate the community.
- point exchanges to the official guidelines to show we are serious and are taking reasonable steps to stop this destructive behaviour
- people can do what they like but exchanges won’t hold it against the community for a lone individuals actions due to the above.
I have voted yes but as mentioned earlier don’t believe that anyone should be banned or anything and think the above is the best way to go with this.
@renuzit would be great to hear your thoughts on the above.