Funny thing that, I was just thinking what an excellent metaphor a "train running on time" was for "everything running smoothly. Either way, it's a pretty amoral way to look at the ethical import of moderating a HYIP forum, which was the original question for this thread.
Like his signature line tooThe "evidence" of the nature of a HYIP forum is glaring when you look at the criteria for "forum standard" - they promote and inform about (positively as a rule) illegal and IMHO immoral HYIPs."A wise man proportions belief to the evidence." David Hume
"A wise man proportions belief to the evidence."
- David Hume
In rare situations, when you see some wide eyed dreamer wonder into a HYIP forum for no apparent reason, you might want to help them find the exit. Other than that, HYIP forum members know which way is up better than the mods, they don't need any instructions on thrill seeking activities from others.
Perhaps you should ask that question of some poor idiot who has stumbled on one of these smooth running forums, followed the advice on them and invested and lost their retirement or medication funds in a HYIP. And before you say that it is not likely, it does happen. . Your answer demonstrates IMHO a total lack of ethics.
Equally a moderator who knowingly permits illegal activity or activity that they should know is illegal may, in the future, find out that it is not such an innocent pastime. Law enforcement is wising up to the activities on HYIP forums. They have already made it clear, in the last speight of indictments for financial fraud that they are becoming very much aware of the role of the forums in their promotion.
I suppose there are all sorts of metaphors one could use, but I wont bother as they are giving people the excuse to take this thread off topic! lol
I thought my post above addressed this rare situation. That would be one of the things one could do as a mod on a HYIP forum, but it's not a part of the job description per ce. Ethics in general means doing the right thing yourself (in this case, not scamming), not instructing others on what is right and what is wrong.
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