Thanks to /u/gwern for the help, by the way:
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/darknet-slang-watch-exit-scam
[PSA/Article] I wrote this article on exit scams. I'd be interest to hear /r/darknetmarket's thoughts
Thanks to /u/gwern for the help, by the way:
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/darknet-slang-watch-exit-scam
[7 Points] gwern:
[2 Points] None:
Word salad.
[2 Points] DnmAvenger:
I was skimming the article, and I saw this comment:
“You very rarely hear of exit scams from escrow users,” Gwern said. “Some selective scamming and feedback stuffing, but nothing like exit scams.”
I think the ones you really have to watch out for are the ones who normally use escrow and have a good rep but go FE after a dive in the BTC rate or site seizure. Normally they would have a sale or something with special FE pricing. Vendors who have been FE the longest at this point have been less likely to exit scam in my experience. They get their money upfront, so they cash out nice everyday. Please do not quote me if you find this to be of use in anyway.
[1 Points] agorathrow80:
Barely skimmed the surface. If your gonna expose the scammers do it. Being the amounts into it, etc
Hopefully it saves some people some lost money but overall a pretty weak article to me
[1 Points] aft3rm4th:
Eh, I don't like your writing style personally. But that's just my opinion
Could have used a more logical flow of writing. I would have explained how ordering normally worked, why escrow is used, why anyone would ever FE and the bad incentive created, and then gone into examples; as it is, I don't see how a regular reader who doesn't already know how the blackmarkets work would really understand the topic.