While [the case of Mogul game](https://steemit.com/scam/@samupaha/warning-potential-scam-mogul-build-your-invisible-empire) is pretty much closed now because Matt Trainer ragequit Steem, there seems to be still a few users who didn't like the witch hunt (for example, [@thejohalfiles](https://steemit.com/ostracism/@ats-david/ostracism-on-steemit-why-or-why-not#@thejohalfiles/re-ats-david-ostracism-on-steemit-why-or-why-not-20170605t182456599z) and [@onceuponatime](https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@onceuponatime/re-stellabelle-re-stan-re-sinned-re-stan-re-matttrainer-steemit-based-reality-game-announced-usd10-million-prize-pool-20170605t065953728z)).

It should be noted that there is nothing bad with a witch hunt if there actually is an evil witch.

In this case everything was pointing to a scam. The game was made by a guy with a history of multilevel marketing scams and he was even convicted to jail once because of a fraud. The style and language he used was just like any other "get-rich-quick" scam.

But did we, as a community, react too fast? What if there actually was a legitimate business after all? Should we just have wait and see what happens?

Of course not!

If you give freedom to scammers act how they like, they will abuse that freedom as much as they can. If other scammers see that one has pulled off a successful con in a certain platform, you can be sure that there will be more of them. They are attracted for weak people with money.

"Let's just wait and see what happens" is very retarded strategy in the case of scammers. What actually happens is that the scammers take thousands of dollars, sometimes even millions, from ordinary people and give nothing valuable in exchange. No refunds, of course.

That's why it's not a shame to speak against and downvote something that seems like a scam even if you are not really sure if it is. Very effective strategy against scammers is to make sure that all legitimate businesses stay away from marketing techniques that scammers use. Then we can be pretty sure that when somebody acts like a scammer, he really is because no serious entrepreneur would do something like that.

And we should also understand the meaning of reputation. People usually earn their reputation by their actions. If people lose their reputation with bad actions, they should suffer from lack of reputation. That's the only way to incentivize everybody act ethically and with integrity in all situations. Open blockchain is a good place for people with high moral sense because everything is recorded forever.